How Roger Nelson's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Roger Nelson posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 7.3, below the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1976, posting 4.15, well below the starting pitcher average of 8.68 that year. The highest point came in 1970 at 18.0, well above the starting pitcher average of 8.67 that year. The Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.07 in 1973 to 7.07 in 1974 and 4.15 in 1976. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 4.15 to 18.0 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Roger Nelson Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roger Nelson'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.
Roger Nelson Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table