How Robbie Ray's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Robbie Ray has posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 6.54, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.84 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 2017, posting 7.79, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.03 that year. The lowest point came in 2014 at 2.11, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.19 that year. The Strikeouts Per Game has trended upward over recent seasons. The figure has moved from 3.0 in 2023 to 6.14 in 2024 and 5.81 in 2025. The upward arc suggests continued forward momentum heading into 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per Game profile — ranging from 2.11 to 7.79 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.

Robbie Ray Lifetime Strikeouts Per Game

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Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Robbie Ray's Strikeouts Per Game for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game per season line chart

Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game by Team

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

Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Robbie Ray'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.
Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Robbie Ray'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.
Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Robbie Ray'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.
Robbie Ray Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table