How Dock Ellis's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Dock Ellis posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .254, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1968, posting .212, near the starting pitcher average of .230 that year. The highest point came in 1979 at .322, well above the starting pitcher average of .266 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .261 in 1977 to .245 in 1978 and .322 in 1979. 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 12 seasons.

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Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Dock Ellis's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National 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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Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average by Team

Dock Ellis'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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Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dock Ellis'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.
Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dock Ellis'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.
Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dock Ellis'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.
Dock Ellis Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table