How A. J. Puk's Strikeouts Compares to Similar Players

A. J. Puk has totaled 283 career Strikeouts, well above the relief pitcher average of 204.0 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Strikeouts season came in 2024, posting 88, well above the relief pitcher average of 38.2 that year. The lowest point came in 2025 at 12, well below the relief pitcher average of 39.2 that year, a partial season. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Strikeouts total has gone from 78 in 2023 to 88 in 2024 and 12 in 2025, falling over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts profile — ranging from 12 to 88 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.

A. J. Puk Lifetime Strikeouts and Similar Stats

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Season Avg.47.1711.221.33
162 Game Avg.216.2511.221.33
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A. J. Puk Strikeouts Per Season

A. J. Puk's Strikeouts 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.
A. J. Puk Strikeouts per season line chart

A. J. Puk Strikeouts by Team

A. J. Puk's career Strikeouts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
A. J. Puk career Strikeouts by team bar chart

A. J. Puk Cumulative Strikeouts — Career Progression

A running total of A. J. Puk's career Strikeouts, 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.
A. J. Puk Strikeouts year-over-year waterfall chart

A. J. Puk Strikeouts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes A. J. Puk's seasonal Strikeouts 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.
A. J. Puk Strikeouts distribution box chart versus comparable players

A. J. Puk Strikeouts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of A. J. Puk's MLB career with Strikeouts 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.
A. J. Puk Strikeouts season-by-season breakdown table