How Scott Olsen's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Scott Olsen 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 2006, posting .239, below the starting pitcher average of .274 that year. The highest point came in 2009 at .321, well above the starting pitcher average of .266 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .253 in 2008 to .321 in 2009 and .289 in 2010. 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 6 seasons.

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Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Scott Olsen's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National 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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Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average by Team

Scott Olsen'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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Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Scott Olsen'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.
Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Scott Olsen'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.
Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Scott Olsen'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.
Scott Olsen Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table