How Darren Oliver's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Darren Oliver posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .276, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1993, posting .154, well below the starting pitcher average of .266 that year. The highest point came in 2000 at .339, well above the starting pitcher average of .273 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .236 in 2011 to .214 in 2012 and .257 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 19 seasons.

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Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Darren Oliver'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.
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Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average by Team

Darren Oliver'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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Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Darren Oliver'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.
Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Darren Oliver'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.
Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Darren Oliver'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.
Darren Oliver Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table