How Craig Lefferts's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Craig Lefferts posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 5.65, below the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1990, posting 6.86, above the relief pitcher average of 6.2 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at 4.77, below the relief pitcher average of 5.81 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.26 in 1991 to 4.77 in 1992 and 6.26 in 1993. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 11 seasons.

Craig Lefferts Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Career5.65
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Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Craig Lefferts's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Europe, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

Craig Lefferts's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Craig Lefferts career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Craig Lefferts'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.
Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Craig Lefferts'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.
Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Craig Lefferts'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.
Craig Lefferts Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table