How Belve Bean's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Belve Bean posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 11.03, well above the relief pitcher average of 8.78 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1934, posting 9.29, below the relief pitcher average of 11.1 that year. The highest point came in 1931 at 14.14, well above the relief pitcher average of 10.83 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.24 in 1933 to 9.29 in 1934 and 12.66 in 1935. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.

Belve Bean Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Belve Bean
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career11.03
Season Avg.11.03
162 Game Avg.11.03
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Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Belve Bean's Hits 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.
Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Belve Bean's career Hits 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.
Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Belve Bean's seasonal Hits 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.
Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Belve Bean's MLB career with Hits 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.
Belve Bean Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table