How Brooks Raley's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Brooks Raley has posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 10.08, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2021, posting 11.94, well above the relief pitcher average of 9.32 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at 5.92, well below the relief pitcher average of 8.39 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 10.04 in 2023 to 11.57 in 2024 and 8.77 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 7 seasons.

Brooks Raley Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
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Season Avg.10.08
162 Game Avg.10.08
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Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Brooks Raley's Strikeouts 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.
Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

Brooks Raley's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brooks Raley career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brooks Raley's career Strikeouts 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.
Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brooks Raley's seasonal Strikeouts 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.
Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brooks Raley's MLB career with Strikeouts 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.
Brooks Raley Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table