Walter Johnson Career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Overview

Walter Johnson's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings was 5.34 for his 21-year Major League Baseball career. 1910 was his best season when his Strikeouts Per 9 Innings was 7.61 and his worst season was 1922 when his Strikeouts Per 9 Innings was 3.38. Walter Johnson is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or being beat by The Lost Generation (3.0891434088848), USA (5.3869098431269), Y (5.517899035333), mlb (5.6077142926586), and SP (4.9710750383918) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that visualize this information in more detail.

Strikeouts per nine innings is a metric that shows, on average, how many strikeouts a pitcher or team's pitchers throw over a nine inning period. It's caluclated by dividing strikeouts by innings pitched for a given period and then the result multiplied by nine. Generally, for Strikeouts Per 9 Innings, higher is better. (Source)

Walter Johnson Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Walter Johnson
Walter Johnson
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career5.34
Season Avg.5.21
162 Game Avg.5.34
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Walter Johnson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Walter Johnson's yearly Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
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Walter Johnson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Walter Johnson's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Walter Johnson had at that season in his career.
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Walter Johnson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Walter Johnson and related player groups by summarizing Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season played by Walter Johnson. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!
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Walter Johnson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Walter Johnson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Walter Johnson career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
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