How Andy Messersmith's Innings Pitched Compares to Similar Players
Andy Messersmith totaled 2,230 career Innings Pitched, well above the starting pitcher average of 772.4 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Innings Pitched season came in 1975, posting 321, well above the starting pitcher average of 140.9 that year. The lowest point came in 1978 at 22, well below the starting pitcher average of 137.2 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Innings Pitched total went from 102 in 1977 to 22 in 1978 and 62 in 1979, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Innings Pitched profile — ranging from 22 to 321 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Andy Messersmith Lifetime Innings Pitched and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Innings Pitched for Andy Messersmith
| Andy Messersmith
Innings Pitched | Andy Messersmith
Pitched Outs |
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| Career | 2230.1 | 6691 |
| Season Avg. | 185.9 | 557.58 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1050.3 | 3150.99 |
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Andy Messersmith Innings Pitched Per Season
Andy Messersmith's Innings Pitched 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.
Andy Messersmith Innings Pitched by Team
Andy Messersmith's career Innings Pitched totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Andy Messersmith Cumulative Innings Pitched — Career Progression
A running total of Andy Messersmith's career Innings Pitched, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Andy Messersmith Innings Pitched Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Andy Messersmith's seasonal Innings Pitched 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.
Andy Messersmith Innings Pitched — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Andy Messersmith's MLB career with Innings Pitched 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.
