How Roy Oswalt's Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Roy Oswalt posted a career Batting Average of .154, well below the league average of .262 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batting Average season came in 2013, posting .333, well above the league average of .258 that year. The lowest point came in 2011 at .079, well below the league average of .256 that year. The Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .079 in 2011 to .333 in 2013. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batting Average profile — ranging from .079 to .333 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Roy Oswalt Lifetime Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Roy Oswalt Batting Average Per Season

Roy Oswalt's 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.
Roy Oswalt Batting Average per season line chart

Roy Oswalt Batting Average by Team

Roy Oswalt'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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Roy Oswalt Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roy Oswalt'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.
Roy Oswalt Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Roy Oswalt Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roy Oswalt'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.
Roy Oswalt Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roy Oswalt Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roy Oswalt'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.
Roy Oswalt Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table