How Dennis Eckersley's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Dennis Eckersley posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 8.43, near the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1989, posting 4.99, well below the starting pitcher average of 8.76 that year. The highest point came in 1983 at 11.38, well above the starting pitcher average of 9.05 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 9.75 in 1996 to 8.32 in 1997 and 10.44 in 1998. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 23 seasons.

Dennis Eckersley Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career8.43
Season Avg.8.43
162 Game Avg.8.43
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Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

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

Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dennis Eckersley'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.
Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dennis Eckersley'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.
Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dennis Eckersley'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.
Dennis Eckersley Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table