How Saul Rivera's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Saul Rivera posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .274, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2006, posting .250, near the relief pitcher average of .260 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at .550, well above the relief pitcher average of .249 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .277 in 2008 to .310 in 2009 and .550 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Opposing Batting Average profile — ranging from .250 to .550 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

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Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Saul Rivera's Opposing Batting Average for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average by Team

Saul Rivera'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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Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Saul Rivera'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.
Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Saul Rivera'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.
Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Saul Rivera'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.
Saul Rivera Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table