How Sean Doolittle's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Sean Doolittle posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 7.07, below the relief pitcher average of 8.78 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 2022, posting 1.69, well below the relief pitcher average of 7.91 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 9.45, above the relief pitcher average of 8.39 that year. The Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 9.45 in 2019 to 9.06 in 2021 and 1.69 in 2022. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 1.69 to 9.45 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Sean Doolittle Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Sean Doolittle
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career7.07
Season Avg.7.07
162 Game Avg.7.07
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Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Sean Doolittle's Hits Allowed 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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Sean Doolittle's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sean Doolittle career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sean Doolittle's career Hits Allowed 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.
Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sean Doolittle's seasonal Hits Allowed 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.
Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sean Doolittle's MLB career with Hits Allowed 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.
Sean Doolittle Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table