How David Robertson's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

David Robertson has posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .295, near the relief pitcher average of .293 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 2017, posting .218, well below the relief pitcher average of .301 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at .353, above the relief pitcher average of .300 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .297 in 2023 to .302 in 2024 and .318 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.

David Robertson Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

David Robertson'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

David Robertson'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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David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how David Robertson'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.
David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play year-over-year waterfall chart

David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes David Robertson'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.
David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play distribution box chart versus comparable players

David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of David Robertson'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.
David Robertson Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season-by-season breakdown table