How Russ Ortiz's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Russ Ortiz posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 8.77, near the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 2003, posting 7.5, below the starting pitcher average of 9.34 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at 12.86, well above the starting pitcher average of 8.98 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.47 in 2007 to 9.98 in 2009 and 12.86 in 2010. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.
Russ Ortiz Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for Russ Ortiz
| Russ Ortiz
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 8.77 |
| Season Avg. | 8.77 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 8.77 |
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Russ Ortiz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Russ Ortiz's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Russ Ortiz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Russ Ortiz's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Russ Ortiz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Russ Ortiz'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.
Russ Ortiz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Russ Ortiz'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.
Russ Ortiz Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Russ Ortiz'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.
