How Sam Freeman's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Sam Freeman posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 8.94, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2018, posting 10.37, above the relief pitcher average of 9.04 that year. The lowest point came in 2019 at .000, well below the relief pitcher average of 9.44 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.85 in 2017 to 10.37 in 2018 and .000 in 2019. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from .000 to 10.37 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Sam Freeman Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
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Season Avg.8.94
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Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

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

Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Freeman'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.
Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sam Freeman'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.
Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sam Freeman'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.
Sam Freeman Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table