How Dennis Leonard's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Dennis Leonard posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 8.79, near the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1985, posting 4.5, well below the starting pitcher average of 8.84 that year. The highest point came in 1974 at 11.45, well above the starting pitcher average of 8.72 that year. The Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 9.86 in 1983 to 4.5 in 1985 and 9.67 in 1986. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.

Dennis Leonard Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Dennis Leonard'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table