How Joe Saunders's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Joe Saunders posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 9.95, above the starting pitcher average of 8.98 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 2008, posting 8.5, near the starting pitcher average of 9.33 that year. The highest point came in 2014 at 13.6, well above the starting pitcher average of 8.74 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.05 in 2012 to 11.41 in 2013 and 13.6 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 10 seasons.
Joe Saunders Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for Joe Saunders
| Joe Saunders
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 9.95 |
| Season Avg. | 9.95 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 9.95 |
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Joe Saunders Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Joe Saunders's Hits Allowed 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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Saunders Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Joe Saunders's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Saunders Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Saunders's career Hits Allowed 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.
Joe Saunders Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Saunders's seasonal Hits Allowed 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.
Joe Saunders Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Saunders's MLB career with Hits Allowed 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.
