How Chris Hammond's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Chris Hammond posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .269, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2002, posting .195, well below the starting pitcher average of .264 that year. The highest point came in 1998 at .357, well above the starting pitcher average of .269 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .277 in 2004 to .229 in 2005 and .303 in 2006. 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 13 seasons.
Chris Hammond Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Chris Hammond
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Opposing Batting Average | Chris Hammond
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| Career | 0.269 | 0.302 |
| Season Avg. | 0.269 | 0.302 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.269 | 0.302 |
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Chris Hammond Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Chris Hammond'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.
Chris Hammond Opposing Batting Average by Team
Chris Hammond's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chris Hammond Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Hammond'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.
Chris Hammond Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chris Hammond'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.
Chris Hammond Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chris Hammond'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.
