How Luis Castillo's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Luis Castillo has posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 9.53, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2019, posting 10.67, well above the starting pitcher average of 8.58 that year. The lowest point came in 2025 at 8.07, near the starting pitcher average of 8.27 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 10.01 in 2023 to 8.98 in 2024 and 8.07 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. One of the more consistent Strikeouts Per 9 Innings producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 8 seasons.

Luis Castillo Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Luis Castillo'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Luis Castillo'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.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Luis Castillo'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.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Luis Castillo'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.
Luis Castillo Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table