How Paul Blackburn's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Paul Blackburn has totaled 2,025 career Batters Faced, well below the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Batters Faced season came in 2022, posting 467, well above the starting pitcher average of 364.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2019 at 57, well below the starting pitcher average of 395.2 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Batters Faced total has gone from 464 in 2023 to 316 in 2024 and 175 in 2025, falling over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 57 to 467 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.
Paul Blackburn Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Paul Blackburn
| Paul Blackburn
Batters Faced | Paul Blackburn
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 2025 | 39 |
| Season Avg. | 225 | 39 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3248.02 | 39 |
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Paul Blackburn Batters Faced Per Season
Paul Blackburn's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Paul Blackburn Batters Faced by Team
Paul Blackburn's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Paul Blackburn Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Paul Blackburn's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Paul Blackburn Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Paul Blackburn's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Paul Blackburn Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Paul Blackburn's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
