How Kyle Hendricks's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Kyle Hendricks has totaled 7,213 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Batters Faced season came in 2018, posting 812, well above the starting pitcher average of 406.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2014 at 321, well below the starting pitcher average of 470.4 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Batters Faced total has gone from 578 in 2023 to 567 in 2024 and 695 in 2025, rising over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 321 to 812 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.
Kyle Hendricks Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Kyle Hendricks
| Kyle Hendricks
Batters Faced | Kyle Hendricks
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 7213 | 37.2 |
| Season Avg. | 601.08 | 37.2 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3806.21 | 37.2 |
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Kyle Hendricks Batters Faced Per Season
Kyle Hendricks'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.
Kyle Hendricks Batters Faced by Team
Kyle Hendricks's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Kyle Hendricks Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Kyle Hendricks'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.
Kyle Hendricks Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Kyle Hendricks'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.
Kyle Hendricks Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Kyle Hendricks'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.
