How Ray Narleski's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ray Narleski posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .227, below the relief pitcher average of .255 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1956, posting .168, well below the relief pitcher average of .259 that year. The highest point came in 1958 at .251, near the relief pitcher average of .257 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .231 in 1957 to .251 in 1958 and .246 in 1959. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 6 seasons.
Ray Narleski Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Ray Narleski
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Opposing Batting Average | Ray Narleski
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| Career | 0.227 | 0.246 |
| Season Avg. | 0.227 | 0.246 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.227 | 0.246 |
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Ray Narleski Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Ray Narleski'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.
Ray Narleski Opposing Batting Average by Team
Ray Narleski's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ray Narleski Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ray Narleski'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.
Ray Narleski Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ray Narleski'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.
Ray Narleski Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ray Narleski'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.
