Backup player hitting performance compared to Pacific League average for all players (2014-2023) (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Backup player hitting performance compared to Pacific League average for all players (2014-2023)

Caption

Blue bars show league average hitting ability, measured by weighted On-Base Average (wOBA). Green bars show backup players' hitting ability. The orange line shows B/ave, comparing backup players to the league average. Values below 1.0 mean backups hit worse than average. Throughout this period, backup players consistently performed below the league average.

Credit

Shimizu and Suzuki (2026)

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