How Phil Ortega's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Phil Ortega posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 5.19, near the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1961, posting 10.38, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.22 that year. The lowest point came in 1965 at 4.41, well below the starting pitcher average of 5.91 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.0 in 1967 to 4.44 in 1968 and 4.5 in 1969. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 4.41 to 10.38 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Phil Ortega Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Phil Ortega's Strikeouts 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.
Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

Phil Ortega's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Phil Ortega career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Phil Ortega's career Strikeouts 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.
Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Phil Ortega's seasonal Strikeouts 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.
Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Phil Ortega's MLB career with Strikeouts 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.
Phil Ortega Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table