How Russ Ortiz's Equivalent Average Compares to Similar Players

Russ Ortiz posted a career Equivalent Average of .611, below the league average of .745 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Equivalent Average season came in 2006, posting .889, above the league average of .781 that year. The lowest point came in 2004 at .380, well below the league average of .780 that year. The Equivalent Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .474 in 2007 to .532 in 2009. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 12 seasons.

Russ Ortiz Lifetime Equivalent Average

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Russ Ortiz Equivalent Average Per Season

Russ Ortiz's Equivalent 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 Equivalent Average per season line chart

Russ Ortiz Equivalent Average by Team

Russ Ortiz's career Equivalent Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Russ Ortiz career Equivalent Average by team bar chart

Russ Ortiz Equivalent Average Year-Over-Year Change

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

Russ Ortiz Equivalent Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Russ Ortiz Equivalent Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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