How Zac Gallen's Strikeouts Compares to Similar Players

Zac Gallen has totaled 1,060 career Strikeouts, well above the starting pitcher average of 438.2 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Strikeouts season came in 2023, posting 220, well above the starting pitcher average of 81.6 that year. The lowest point came in 2019 at 96, near the starting pitcher average of 88.3 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Strikeouts total has gone from 220 in 2023 to 156 in 2024 and 175 in 2025, falling over the span. 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 6 seasons.

Zac Gallen Lifetime Strikeouts and Similar Stats

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Zac Gallen Strikeouts Per Season

Zac Gallen's Strikeouts 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.
Zac Gallen Strikeouts per season line chart

Zac Gallen Strikeouts by Team

Zac Gallen's career Strikeouts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Zac Gallen career Strikeouts by team bar chart

Zac Gallen Cumulative Strikeouts — Career Progression

A running total of Zac Gallen's career Strikeouts, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Zac Gallen Strikeouts year-over-year waterfall chart

Zac Gallen Strikeouts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Zac Gallen's seasonal Strikeouts 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.
Zac Gallen Strikeouts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Zac Gallen Strikeouts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Zac Gallen's MLB career with Strikeouts 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.
Zac Gallen Strikeouts season-by-season breakdown table