How Jose Mercedes's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jose Mercedes posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .274, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2003, posting .231, below the starting pitcher average of .268 that year. The highest point came in 1995 at .375, well above the starting pitcher average of .268 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .270 in 2000 to .294 in 2001 and .231 in 2003. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 7 seasons.

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Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Jose Mercedes'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average by Team

Jose Mercedes'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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Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jose Mercedes'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.
Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jose Mercedes'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.
Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jose Mercedes'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.
Jose Mercedes Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table