How Mario Soto's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players
Mario Soto posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .220, below the starting pitcher average of .260 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1980, posting .187, well below the starting pitcher average of .266 that year. The highest point came in 1986 at .280, near the starting pitcher average of .258 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .280 in 1986 to .279 in 1987 and .267 in 1988. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 12 seasons.
Mario Soto Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Opposing Batting Average for Mario Soto
| Mario Soto
Opposing Batting Average | Mario Soto
Opposing Batting Average on Balls in Play |
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| Career | 0.22 | 0.259 |
| Season Avg. | 0.22 | 0.259 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 0.22 | 0.259 |
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Mario Soto Opposing Batting Average Per Season
Mario Soto'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, SP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mario Soto Opposing Batting Average by Team
Mario Soto's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mario Soto Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mario Soto'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.
Mario Soto Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mario Soto'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.
Mario Soto Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mario Soto'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.
