How Michael Petersen's Hit By Pitch Compares to Similar Players

Michael Petersen has totaled 1 career Hit By Pitch, well below the relief pitcher average of 10.3 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. Across 2 seasons, the Hit By Pitch arc has shown a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Hit By Pitch arc has been above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Hit By Pitch profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.

Michael Petersen Lifetime Hit By Pitch

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Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch Per Season

Michael Petersen's Hit By Pitch for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Europe, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch per season line chart

Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch by Team

Michael Petersen's career Hit By Pitch totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Michael Petersen career Hit By Pitch by team bar chart

Michael Petersen Cumulative Hit By Pitch — Career Progression

A running total of Michael Petersen's career Hit By Pitch, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch year-over-year waterfall chart

Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Michael Petersen's seasonal Hit By Pitch 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.
Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch distribution box chart versus comparable players

Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Michael Petersen's MLB career with Hit By Pitch 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.
Michael Petersen Hit By Pitch season-by-season breakdown table