How David Hernandez's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

David Hernandez posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 9.21, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2012, posting 12.91, well above the relief pitcher average of 8.39 that year. The lowest point came in 2009 at 6.04, below the relief pitcher average of 7.43 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.51 in 2017 to 9.14 in 2018 and 11.18 in 2019. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 10 seasons.

David Hernandez Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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David Hernandez
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career9.21
Season Avg.9.21
162 Game Avg.9.21
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David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

David Hernandez's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how David Hernandez'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.
David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes David Hernandez'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.
David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of David Hernandez'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.
David Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table