How Sandy Koufax's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Sandy Koufax posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .203, well below the starting pitcher average of .260 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1965, posting .177, well below the starting pitcher average of .241 that year. The highest point came in 1956 at .285, above the starting pitcher average of .250 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .189 in 1964 to .177 in 1965 and .201 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 12 seasons.
Sandy Koufax Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Sandy Koufax
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Opposing Batting Average | Sandy Koufax
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.203 | 0.256 |
| Season Avg. | 0.203 | 0.256 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.203 | 0.256 |
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Sandy Koufax Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Sandy Koufax'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.
Sandy Koufax Opposing Batting Average by Team
Sandy Koufax's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sandy Koufax Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sandy Koufax'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.
Sandy Koufax Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sandy Koufax'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.
Sandy Koufax Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sandy Koufax'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.
