How Armando Benitez's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Armando Benitez posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 10.93, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1999, posting 14.77, well above the relief pitcher average of 7.14 that year. The lowest point came in 2005 at 6.9, near the relief pitcher average of 7.12 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.28 in 2006 to 10.19 in 2007 and 12.79 in 2008. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 14 seasons.

Armando Benitez Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Armando Benitez
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career10.93
Season Avg.10.93
162 Game Avg.10.93
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Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Armando Benitez's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

Armando Benitez's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Armando Benitez career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Armando Benitez's career Strikeouts 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.
Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Armando Benitez's seasonal Strikeouts 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.
Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Armando Benitez's MLB career with Strikeouts 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.
Armando Benitez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table