How Dave Righetti's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Dave Righetti posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 7.13, above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1984, posting 8.41, well above the relief pitcher average of 5.81 that year. The lowest point came in 1995 at 5.29, well below the relief pitcher average of 6.96 that year, a partial season. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.4 in 1992 to 5.89 in 1993 and 5.29 in 1995. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 15 seasons.

Dave Righetti Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Dave Righetti's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Righetti'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.
Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Righetti'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.
Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Righetti'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.
Dave Righetti Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table