How Yusei Kikuchi's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Yusei Kikuchi has posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .257, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2021, posting .243, near the starting pitcher average of .246 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at .296, above the starting pitcher average of .256 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The figure has moved from .255 in 2023 to .245 in 2024 and .261 in 2025. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.

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Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average Per Season

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

Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average by Team

Yusei Kikuchi'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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Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table