How Andy Messersmith's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Andy Messersmith posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .212, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1968, posting .154, well below the starting pitcher average of .230 that year. The highest point came in 1978 at .267, near the starting pitcher average of .257 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .256 in 1977 to .267 in 1978 and .244 in 1979. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 12 seasons.
Andy Messersmith Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Andy Messersmith
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Opposing Batting Average | Andy Messersmith
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| Career | 0.212 | 0.244 |
| Season Avg. | 0.212 | 0.244 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.212 | 0.244 |
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Andy Messersmith Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Andy Messersmith'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Andy Messersmith Opposing Batting Average by Team
Andy Messersmith's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Andy Messersmith Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Andy Messersmith'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.
Andy Messersmith Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Andy Messersmith'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.
Andy Messersmith Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Andy Messersmith'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.
