How Scott Kazmir's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Scott Kazmir posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .304, near the starting pitcher average of .288 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 2008, posting .271, below the starting pitcher average of .304 that year. The highest point came in 2011 at .444, well above the starting pitcher average of .299 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .279 in 2015 to .302 in 2016 and .333 in 2021. 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.

Scott Kazmir Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Scott Kazmir's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play per season line chart

Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Scott Kazmir's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Scott Kazmir's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Scott Kazmir's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Scott Kazmir's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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.
Scott Kazmir Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table