How Mark Guthrie's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Mark Guthrie posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .266, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2002, posting .207, below the relief pitcher average of .254 that year. The highest point came in 1991 at .303, well above the relief pitcher average of .250 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .249 in 2001 to .207 in 2002 and .260 in 2003. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 14 seasons.

Mark Guthrie Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Mark Guthrie'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average per season line chart

Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average by Team

Mark Guthrie'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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Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mark Guthrie'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.
Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mark Guthrie'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.
Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mark Guthrie'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.
Mark Guthrie Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table