How Nolan Ryan's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Nolan Ryan posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .203, well below the starting pitcher average of .260 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1972, posting .171, well below the starting pitcher average of .243 that year. The highest point came in 1966 at .357, well above the starting pitcher average of .244 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .172 in 1991 to .238 in 1992 and .220 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 27 seasons.
Nolan Ryan Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Nolan Ryan
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Opposing Batting Average | Nolan Ryan
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.203 | 0.272 |
| Season Avg. | 0.203 | 0.272 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.203 | 0.272 |
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Nolan Ryan Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Nolan Ryan'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.
Nolan Ryan Opposing Batting Average by Team
Nolan Ryan's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Nolan Ryan Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Nolan Ryan'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.
Nolan Ryan Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Nolan Ryan'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.
Nolan Ryan Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Nolan Ryan'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.
