Mariano Rivera's Career and Season Strikeouts Thrown Stats
Mariano Rivera's Strikeouts Thrown Overview
During Mariano Rivera's 19-year Major League Baseball career, he had
1173 strikeouts thrown, an average of 61.7368 strikeouts thrown per season. 1996 was his best season
with 130 strikeouts thrown and his worst season was 2012 when he had
8 strikeouts thrown. Mariano Rivera is middlin' tier compared to similar player cohorts career totals, not clearly beating or
being beat by Panama (341.625), Gen X (381.298), mlb (349.676), RP (202.82), and Y (2147.6) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Strikeouts are outs recorded by the pitcher or team's pitchers when the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip third strike caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts Thrown, higher is better. (Source)
Strikeouts are outs recorded by the pitcher or team's pitchers when the player at bat accumulates 3 strikes before putting the ball in play, is walked, or hit by a pitch. Strikes are accumlated by swinging and missing a pitch, not swinging at a pitch in the strike zone, or by hitting a foul ball. Foul ball strkes however are not counted for a third strike unless the foul results from a bunt or is a foul tip third strike caught by the catcher. Generally, for Strikeouts Thrown, higher is better. (Source)
Mariano Rivera's Strikeouts Thrown Per Season Line Chart
This line chart shows Mariano Rivera's yearly Strikeouts Thrown
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, RP, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Mariano Rivera's Cumulative Strikeouts Thrown by Season
This line chart attempts to show shows Mariano Rivera's progression over their entire career.
Each year on the chart represents Mariano Rivera's career total Strikeouts Thrown at the end of that season.

Mariano Rivera's Strikeouts Thrown Per Season Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Mariano Rivera and related player groups by summarizing Strikeouts Thrown
for each season played by Mariano Rivera. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!

Mariano Rivera's Season Strikeouts Thrown Stats Table
This table shows Mariano Rivera's Strikeouts Thrown stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
RP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Mariano Rivera's career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.
