How Dennis Eckersley's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dennis Eckersley posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .246, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1990, posting .160, well below the starting pitcher average of .258 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at .303, above the starting pitcher average of .263 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .274 in 1996 to .238 in 1997 and .291 in 1998. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 23 seasons.

Dennis Eckersley Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Dennis Eckersley'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.
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Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average by Team

Dennis Eckersley'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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Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dennis Eckersley'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.
Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dennis Eckersley'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.
Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dennis Eckersley'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.
Dennis Eckersley Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table