How Dennis Leonard's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Dennis Leonard posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 37.65 over 12 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 1974, posting 42.95, above the starting pitcher average of 38.22 that year. The lowest point came in 1985 at 31.5, below the starting pitcher average of 38.2 that year. The per-game workload has held steady over recent seasons. The figure moved from 38.57 in 1983 to 31.5 in 1985 and 38.35 in 1986. The workload profile has been consistent across 12 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.

Dennis Leonard Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings

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Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season

Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team

Dennis Leonard's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dennis Leonard career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table