How Scott Service's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Scott Service posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 5.3, above the relief pitcher average of 4.54 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1988, posting 1.69, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.09 that year. The highest point came in 1992 at 14.14, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.98 that year. The Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.61 in 2000 to 4.72 in 2003 and 7.52 in 2004. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 1.69 to 14.14 — though the career average fell below league norms.

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Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Scott Service's Runs 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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Scott Service's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Scott Service career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Scott Service's career Runs 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.
Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Scott Service's seasonal Runs 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.
Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Scott Service's MLB career with Runs 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.
Scott Service Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table