How Lou Kretlow's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Lou Kretlow posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 41.1 over 10 seasons, against a starting pitcher average of 38.21 — a measure of his rotation workload across the career. His best Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season came in 1950, posting 47.69, well above the starting pitcher average of 39.34 that year. The lowest point came in 1946 at 36.0, near the starting pitcher average of 38.7 that year. The per-game workload has grown over recent seasons. The figure moved from 39.42 in 1954 to 45.08 in 1955 and 41.11 in 1956. The workload profile has been consistent across 10 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.
Lou Kretlow Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Batters Faced Per 9 Innings for Lou Kretlow
| Lou Kretlow Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 41.1 |
| Season Avg. | 41.1 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 41.1 |
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Lou Kretlow Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season
Lou Kretlow's Batters Faced 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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lou Kretlow Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team
Lou Kretlow's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lou Kretlow Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lou Kretlow's career Batters Faced 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.
Lou Kretlow Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lou Kretlow's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Lou Kretlow Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lou Kretlow's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.