How Curt Schilling's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Curt Schilling posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 8.6, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1997, posting 11.29, well above the starting pitcher average of 6.4 that year. The lowest point came in 1988 at 2.45, well below the starting pitcher average of 5.44 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.39 in 2005 to 8.07 in 2006 and 6.02 in 2007. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 2.45 to 11.29 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Curt Schilling Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Curt Schilling
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career8.6
Season Avg.8.6
162 Game Avg.8.6
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Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Curt Schilling'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Curt Schilling'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.
Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Curt Schilling'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.
Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Curt Schilling'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.
Curt Schilling Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table