How Willie Hernandez's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Willie Hernandez posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 1.06, near the relief pitcher average of 1.08 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 1980, posting 1.42, well above the relief pitcher average of 1.07 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at .670, well below the relief pitcher average of 1.21 that year. The Strikeouts Per Game trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from .670 in 1987 to .940 in 1988 and .940 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 Game

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Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Willie Hernandez's Strikeouts Per Game 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 Game per season line chart

Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per Game by Team

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

Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Hernandez's career Strikeouts Per Game 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 Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Willie Hernandez's seasonal Strikeouts Per Game 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 Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Willie Hernandez's MLB career with Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Willie Hernandez Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table