How Marv Grissom's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Marv Grissom posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .273, near the relief pitcher average of .293 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 1954, posting .230, below the relief pitcher average of .268 that year. The highest point came in 1959 at .400, well above the relief pitcher average of .278 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .266 in 1957 to .305 in 1958 and .400 in 1959. 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 10 seasons.

Marv Grissom Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Marv Grissom's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Marv Grissom's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Marv Grissom's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Marv Grissom's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Marv Grissom's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Marv Grissom Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table