How Ed Seward's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Ed Seward posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 3.57, well below the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1888, posting 4.72, above the relief pitcher average of 4.14 that year. The lowest point came in 1885 at 1.5, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.67 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.87 in 1889 to 3.21 in 1890 and 2.2 in 1891. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 1.5 to 4.72 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ed Seward Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
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Season Avg.3.57
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Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

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

Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Seward'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.
Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Seward'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.
Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Seward'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.
Ed Seward Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table