How Ben Sheets's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Ben Sheets totaled 6,640 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 2004, posting 937, well above the starting pitcher average of 472.8 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at 207, well below the starting pitcher average of 462.2 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 812 in 2008 to 511 in 2010 and 207 in 2012, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 207 to 937 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Ben Sheets Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Ben Sheets
| Ben Sheets
Batters Faced | Ben Sheets
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 6640 | 37.43 |
| Season Avg. | 664 | 37.43 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4302.72 | 37.43 |
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Ben Sheets Batters Faced Per Season
Ben Sheets's Batters Faced 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.
Ben Sheets Batters Faced by Team
Ben Sheets's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ben Sheets Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Ben Sheets's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Ben Sheets Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ben Sheets's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Ben Sheets Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ben Sheets's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
