How Willie Hernandez's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Willie Hernandez posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 6.79, near the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1989, posting 8.62, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.26 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at 5.51, below the relief pitcher average of 6.31 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.51 in 1987 to 7.85 in 1988 and 8.62 in 1989. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 13 seasons.
Willie Hernandez Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Willie Hernandez
| Willie Hernandez
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 6.79 |
| Season Avg. | 6.79 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 6.79 |
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Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Willie Hernandez'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Willie Hernandez's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Willie 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.
Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Willie 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.
Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Willie 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.
