How Jordan Walden's Opposing Batting Average Compares to Similar Players

Jordan Walden posted a career Opposing Batting Average of .214, below the relief pitcher average of .255 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Opposing Batting Average season came in 2014, posting .186, well below the relief pitcher average of .243 that year. The highest point came in 2012 at .229, near the relief pitcher average of .244 that year. The Opposing Batting Average trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .220 in 2013 to .186 in 2014 and .189 in 2015. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. One of the more consistent Opposing Batting Average producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.

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Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average Per Season

Jordan Walden'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.
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Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average by Team

Jordan Walden'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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Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jordan Walden'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.
Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average year-over-year waterfall chart

Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jordan Walden'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.
Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jordan Walden'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.
Jordan Walden Opposing Batting Average season-by-season breakdown table