How Rich Harden's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Rich Harden totaled 3,929 career Batters Faced, above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Batters Faced season came in 2004, posting 803, well above the starting pitcher average of 472.8 that year. The lowest point came in 2007 at 100, well below the starting pitcher average of 444.0 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 609 in 2009 to 430 in 2010 and 363 in 2011, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 100 to 803 — though the career average remained above league norms.
Rich Harden Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Rich Harden
| Rich Harden
Batters Faced | Rich Harden
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 3929 | 38.09 |
| Season Avg. | 436.56 | 38.09 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3744.11 | 38.09 |
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Rich Harden Batters Faced Per Season
Rich Harden's Batters Faced for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rich Harden Batters Faced by Team
Rich Harden's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rich Harden Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Rich Harden's career Batters Faced, 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.
Rich Harden Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rich Harden's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Rich Harden Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rich Harden's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
