How Oil Can Boyd's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Oil Can Boyd posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 5.17, near the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1984, posting 6.1, above the starting pitcher average of 5.19 that year. The lowest point came in 1982 at 2.16, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.8 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.97 in 1989 to 5.33 in 1990 and 5.68 in 1991. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 2.16 to 6.1 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Oil Can Boyd Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Oil Can Boyd's Strikeouts 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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table