How Russ Ortiz's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Russ Ortiz posted a career Batting Average of .205, well below the league average of .263 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2006, posting .333, well above the league average of .268 that year. The lowest point came in 2004 at .102, well below the league average of .266 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .177 in 2007 to .179 in 2009. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .102 to .333 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Russ Ortiz Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Russ Ortiz Batting Average Per Season

Russ Ortiz's 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.
Russ Ortiz Batting Average per season line chart

Russ Ortiz Batting Average by Team

Russ Ortiz's career Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Russ Ortiz Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Russ Ortiz's career 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.
Russ Ortiz Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Russ Ortiz Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Russ Ortiz's seasonal 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.
Russ Ortiz Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Russ Ortiz Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Russ Ortiz's MLB career with 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.
Russ Ortiz Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table