How Al Downing's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Al Downing posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .230, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1962, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of .253 that year. The highest point came in 1977 at .279, near the starting pitcher average of .265 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .215 in 1975 to .250 in 1976 and .279 in 1977. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .279 — though the career average remained above league norms.
Al Downing Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Al Downing
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Opposing Batting Average | Al Downing
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.23 | 0.265 |
| Season Avg. | 0.23 | 0.265 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.23 | 0.265 |
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Al Downing Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Al Downing'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Al Downing Opposing Batting Average by Team
Al Downing's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Al Downing Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Al Downing'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.
Al Downing Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Al Downing'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.
Al Downing Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Al Downing'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.
