How Cliff Lee's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Cliff Lee posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 7.61, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2011, posting 9.21, well above the starting pitcher average of 6.86 that year. The lowest point came in 2002 at 5.23, below the starting pitcher average of 6.3 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.83 in 2012 to 8.97 in 2013 and 7.97 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 13 seasons.
Cliff Lee Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Cliff Lee
| Cliff Lee
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 7.61 |
| Season Avg. | 7.61 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 7.61 |
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Cliff Lee Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Cliff Lee'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cliff Lee Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Cliff Lee's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cliff Lee Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Cliff Lee'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.
Cliff Lee Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Cliff Lee'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.
Cliff Lee Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Cliff Lee'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.
