How Frank Viola's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Frank Viola posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .260, near the starting pitcher average of .260 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 1984, posting .233, below the starting pitcher average of .262 that year. The highest point came in 1996 at .350, well above the starting pitcher average of .272 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .259 in 1993 to .333 in 1995 and .350 in 1996. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 14 seasons.

Frank Viola Lifetime Opposing Batting Average and Similar Stats

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Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Frank Viola'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.
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Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average by Team

Frank Viola's career Opposing Batting Average totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Frank Viola'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.
Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Frank Viola'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.
Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Frank Viola'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.
Frank Viola Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table