How Joey Jay's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Joey Jay posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .246, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1957, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of .250 that year. The highest point came in 1955 at .315, well above the starting pitcher average of .253 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .239 in 1964 to .248 in 1965 and .283 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .000 to .315 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Joey Jay Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Joey Jay'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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Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average by Team

Joey Jay'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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Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joey Jay'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.
Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joey Jay'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.
Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joey Jay'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.
Joey Jay Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table