How Matt Barnes's Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Matt Barnes posted a career Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings of 4.13, above the relief pitcher average of 3.6 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 2014, posting 2.0, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.28 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 5.32, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.78 that year. The Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.76 in 2022 to 4.22 in 2023 and 2.7 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 2.0 to 5.32 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Matt Barnes Lifetime Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings

Stats similar to Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings for Matt Barnes
Matt Barnes
Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career4.13
Season Avg.4.13
162 Game Avg.4.13
More InfoSee More

Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Matt Barnes's Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.
Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Matt Barnes's career Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Matt Barnes career Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Barnes's career Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.
Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Matt Barnes's seasonal Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.
Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Matt Barnes's MLB career with Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings 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.
Matt Barnes Walks Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table