How Steven Matz's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Steven Matz has posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 9.17, near the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 2018, posting 7.83, near the starting pitcher average of 8.51 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 11.21, well above the starting pitcher average of 9.0 that year. The Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings has trended upward over recent seasons. The figure has moved from 9.26 in 2023 to 9.95 in 2024 and 8.57 in 2025. The upward arc suggests continued forward momentum heading into 2026. One of the more consistent Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings producers of his era, the career line shows near-average output with little season-to-season variance across 10 seasons.

Steven Matz Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Steven Matz'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.
Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steven Matz'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.
Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steven Matz'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.
Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steven Matz'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.
Steven Matz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table