How Jim Otten's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Jim Otten posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 11.38, well above the relief pitcher average of 8.78 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1975, posting 6.75, well below the relief pitcher average of 8.84 that year. The highest point came in 1976 at 13.5, well above the relief pitcher average of 8.57 that year. The Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 13.5 in 1976 to 11.55 in 1980 and 11.1 in 1981. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.
Jim Otten Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for Jim Otten
| Jim Otten
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 11.38 |
| Season Avg. | 11.38 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 11.38 |
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Jim Otten Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Jim Otten'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Otten Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Jim Otten's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Otten Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Otten'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.
Jim Otten Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jim Otten'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.
Jim Otten Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jim Otten'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.
