How Mark Leiter Jr.'s Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Mark Leiter Jr. has posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .246, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2023, posting .206, below the relief pitcher average of .238 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at .327, well above the relief pitcher average of .245 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .206 in 2023 to .238 in 2024 and .289 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has tracked near league norms across 6 seasons.

Mark Leiter Jr. Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Mark Leiter Jr. Opposing Batting Average Per Season

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

Mark Leiter Jr.'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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Mark Leiter Jr. Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mark Leiter Jr.'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.
Mark Leiter Jr. Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Mark Leiter Jr. Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mark Leiter Jr.'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.
Mark Leiter Jr. Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mark Leiter Jr. Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mark Leiter Jr.'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.
Mark Leiter Jr. Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table