How Mike Clevinger's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Mike Clevinger has posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 9.14, 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 12.07, well above the starting pitcher average of 8.58 that year. The lowest point came in 2025 at 4.76, well below the starting pitcher average of 8.27 that year, a partial season. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 7.54 in 2023 to 8.44 in 2024 and 4.76 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 8 seasons.

Mike Clevinger Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Mike Clevinger'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.
Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Clevinger'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.
Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Clevinger'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.
Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Clevinger'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.
Mike Clevinger Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table