How Bob Shawkey's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Bob Shawkey posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 4.17, below the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1926, posting 5.43, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.14 that year. The lowest point came in 1918 at 1.69, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.93 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.92 in 1925 to 5.43 in 1926 and 4.74 in 1927. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 15 seasons.
Bob Shawkey Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Bob Shawkey
| Bob Shawkey
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 4.17 |
| Season Avg. | 4.17 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.17 |
| More Info | See More |
Bob Shawkey Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Bob Shawkey's Strikeouts 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.
Bob Shawkey Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Bob Shawkey's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Shawkey Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Shawkey'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.
Bob Shawkey Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bob Shawkey'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.
Bob Shawkey Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bob Shawkey'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.
