How Steve Hamilton's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Steve Hamilton posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 7.21, above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1961, posting 12.0, well above the relief pitcher average of 5.61 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at 5.7, near the relief pitcher average of 5.89 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.7 in 1970 to 7.66 in 1971 and 6.88 in 1972. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 12 seasons.

Steve Hamilton Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

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

Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Hamilton'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.
Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Hamilton'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.
Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Hamilton'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.
Steve Hamilton Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table