How Blake Snell's Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Compares to Similar Players

Blake Snell has posted a career Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play of .292, near the starting pitcher average of .288 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play season came in 2018, posting .244, below the starting pitcher average of .295 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at .362, above the starting pitcher average of .303 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .258 in 2023 to .266 in 2024 and .327 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 9 seasons.

Blake Snell Lifetime Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play

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Blake Snell Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Per Season

Blake Snell'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Blake Snell Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play per season line chart

Blake Snell Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play by Team

Blake Snell'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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Blake Snell Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Year-Over-Year Change

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

Blake Snell Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Blake Snell Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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