How Roy Oswalt's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Roy Oswalt posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 5.07, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.84 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 2002, posting 5.94, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.32 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at 3.47, below the starting pitcher average of 3.95 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.04 in 2011 to 3.47 in 2012 and 3.78 in 2013. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 13 seasons.

Roy Oswalt Lifetime Strikeouts Per Game

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Roy Oswalt
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Career5.07
Season Avg.5.07
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Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Roy Oswalt's Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game per season line chart

Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game by Team

Roy Oswalt's career Strikeouts Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Roy Oswalt career Strikeouts Per Game by team bar chart

Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roy Oswalt's career Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roy Oswalt's seasonal Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roy Oswalt's MLB career with Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Roy Oswalt Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table