How Octavio Dotel's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Octavio Dotel posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .219, below the relief pitcher average of .255 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2003, posting .172, well below the relief pitcher average of .254 that year. The highest point came in 2013 at .417, well above the relief pitcher average of .245 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .185 in 2011 to .230 in 2012 and .417 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .172 to .417 — though the career average remained above league norms.

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Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Octavio Dotel's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average by Team

Octavio Dotel's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Octavio Dotel's career Opposing Batting Average shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Octavio Dotel's seasonal Opposing Batting Average alongside a selected comparison group across all seasons he played. The box covers the middle 50% of seasons, the center line is the median, and the whiskers extend to the min and max. A tighter box means more consistency; a higher median means more output. Use the selector to switch comparison groups.
Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Octavio Dotel's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average alongside league, Hall of Fame, positional, birth region, and country-of-birth averages for that year. Career totals include sum, average, min, max, and median.

Note: A dash (—) means no qualifying players existed in that comparison group for that season. Most commonly this happens for the Hall of Fame group.
Octavio Dotel Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table