How Joel Johnston's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Joel Johnston posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .212, below the relief pitcher average of .255 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 4 seasons, the Opposing Batting Average arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Opposing Batting Average arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .120 to .273 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Joel Johnston Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Joel Johnston'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average by Team

Joel Johnston'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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Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joel Johnston'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.
Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joel Johnston'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.
Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joel Johnston'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.
Joel Johnston Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table