How Roger Nelson's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Roger Nelson posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 36.15 over 9 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 1970, posting 45.0, above the starting pitcher average of 38.47 that year. The lowest point came in 1967 at 30.86, below the starting pitcher average of 37.45 that year. The per-game workload has held steady over recent seasons. The figure moved from 38.52 in 1973 to 37.23 in 1974 and 37.38 in 1976. The workload profile has been consistent across 9 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.

Roger Nelson Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings

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Batters Faced Per 9 Innings
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Season Avg.36.15
162 Game Avg.36.15
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Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season

Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table