How Orel Hershiser's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Orel Hershiser posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .249, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1985, posting .206, well below the starting pitcher average of .258 that year. The highest point came in 2000 at .389, well above the starting pitcher average of .273 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .259 in 1998 to .260 in 1999 and .389 in 2000. 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 17 seasons.
Orel Hershiser Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Orel Hershiser
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| Career | 0.249 | 0.282 |
| Season Avg. | 0.249 | 0.282 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.249 | 0.282 |
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Orel Hershiser Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Orel Hershiser'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.
Orel Hershiser Opposing Batting Average by Team
Orel Hershiser's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Orel Hershiser Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Orel Hershiser'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.
Orel Hershiser Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Orel Hershiser'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.
Orel Hershiser Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Orel Hershiser'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.
