How Roy Oswalt's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Roy Oswalt posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .258, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2010, posting .213, below the starting pitcher average of .261 that year. The highest point came in 2013 at .358, well above the starting pitcher average of .257 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .280 in 2011 to .320 in 2012 and .358 in 2013. 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 13 seasons.

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Roy Oswalt Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Roy Oswalt's Opposing 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.
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Roy Oswalt Opposing Batting Average by Team

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

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

Roy Oswalt Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Roy Oswalt Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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