Clayton Kershaw Career Opposing Batting Average Overview

Clayton Kershaw's Opposing Batting Average was 0.209 for his 15-year Major League Baseball career. 2016 was his best season when his Opposing Batting Average was 0.184 and his worst season was 2008 when his Opposing Batting Average was 0.265. Clayton Kershaw outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (0.26336974364437), Millenial (0.25466315016652), Y (0.24038456471203), mlb (0.26267512321167), and SP (0.26584028191208) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Opposing batting average is the batting average of players against a pitcher or a team's pitchers. Opposing batting average is calculated by dividing the number of hits allowed by the number of at bats pitched. Generally, for Opposing Batting Average, lower is better. (Source)

Clayton Kershaw Lifetime Opposing Batting Average

Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Clayton Kershaw
Clayton Kershaw
Opposing Batting Average
Career0.209
Season Avg.0.21
162 Game Avg.0.209
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Clayton Kershaw Opposing Batting Average By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Clayton Kershaw's yearly Opposing Batting Average for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Clayton Kershaw Opposing Batting Average By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Clayton Kershaw's career Opposing Batting Average changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Opposing Batting Average Clayton Kershaw had at that season in his career.
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Clayton Kershaw Opposing Batting Average By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Clayton Kershaw and related player groups by summarizing Opposing Batting Average for each season played by Clayton Kershaw. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Clayton Kershaw Opposing Batting Average Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Clayton Kershaw Opposing Batting Average stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Clayton Kershaw career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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