How Yusei Kikuchi's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Yusei Kikuchi has posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 8.98, near the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 2021, posting 8.31, near the starting pitcher average of 8.47 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 10.86, well above the starting pitcher average of 8.86 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The figure has moved from 8.86 in 2023 to 8.56 in 2024 and 9.08 in 2025. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. One of the more consistent Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 6 seasons.

Yusei Kikuchi Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Career8.98
Season Avg.8.98
162 Game Avg.8.98
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Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Yusei Kikuchi's Hits Allowed 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, SP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Yusei Kikuchi's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yusei Kikuchi career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Yusei Kikuchi's career Hits Allowed 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.
Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi's seasonal Hits Allowed 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.
Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yusei Kikuchi's MLB career with Hits Allowed 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.
Yusei Kikuchi Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table