How Ken Sanders's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Ken Sanders posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .234, near the relief pitcher average of .255 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1970, posting .201, well below the relief pitcher average of .254 that year. The highest point came in 1974 at .352, well above the relief pitcher average of .260 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .352 in 1974 to .205 in 1975 and .233 in 1976. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.
Ken Sanders Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Ken Sanders
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Opposing Batting Average | Ken Sanders
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.234 | 0.257 |
| Season Avg. | 0.234 | 0.257 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.234 | 0.257 |
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Ken Sanders Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Ken Sanders'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ken Sanders Opposing Batting Average by Team
Ken Sanders's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ken Sanders Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ken Sanders'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.
Ken Sanders Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ken Sanders'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.
Ken Sanders Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ken Sanders'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.
