Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

Rich Gossage Career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Overview

Rich Gossage's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings was 7.47 for his 22-year Major League Baseball career. 1977 was his best season when his Strikeouts Per 9 Innings was 10.22 and his worst season was 1989 when his Strikeouts Per 9 Innings was 4.66. Rich Gossage outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals, besting USA (5.3869098431269), Baby Boomers (5.2654144495833), Y (5.517899035333), mlb (5.6077142926586), and RP (6.332277597311) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Strikeouts per nine innings is a metric that shows, on average, how many strikeouts a pitcher or team's pitchers throw over a nine inning period. It's caluclated by dividing strikeouts by innings pitched for a given period and then the result multiplied by nine. Generally, for Strikeouts Per 9 Innings, higher is better. (Source)

Rich Gossage Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Rich Gossage

	Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career	7.47
Season Avg.	7.32
162 Game Avg.	7.47
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Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per 9 Innings By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Rich Gossage's yearly Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per 9 Innings By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Rich Gossage's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Rich Gossage had at that season in his career.

Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per 9 Innings By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Rich Gossage and related player groups by summarizing Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season played by Rich Gossage. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Rich Gossage Strikeouts Per 9 Innings stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Rich Gossage career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.