How Sammy Ellis's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Sammy Ellis posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 38.51 over 7 seasons, against a starting pitcher average of 38.21 — a measure of his rotation workload across the career. His best Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season came in 1962, posting 45.0, above the starting pitcher average of 38.52 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at 35.9, near the starting pitcher average of 37.87 that year. The per-game workload has grown over recent seasons. The figure moved from 39.4 in 1967 to 38.09 in 1968 and 44.18 in 1969. The workload profile has been consistent across 7 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.

Sammy Ellis Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings

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Batters Faced Per 9 Innings
Career38.51
Season Avg.38.51
162 Game Avg.38.51
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Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season

Sammy Ellis's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team

Sammy Ellis's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sammy Ellis career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sammy Ellis's career Batters Faced 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.
Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sammy Ellis's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sammy Ellis's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
Sammy Ellis Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table