How Russ Ortiz's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Russ Ortiz posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .293, near the starting pitcher average of .288 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 2003, posting .255, below the starting pitcher average of .298 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at .435, well above the starting pitcher average of .300 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .327 in 2007 to .340 in 2009 and .435 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 12 seasons.

Russ Ortiz Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Russ Ortiz Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Russ Ortiz's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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 Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play per season line chart

Russ Ortiz Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Russ Ortiz's career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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 Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

Russ Ortiz Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Russ Ortiz's seasonal Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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 Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

Russ Ortiz Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Russ Ortiz's MLB career with Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play 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 Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table