How Ben Sheets's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Ben Sheets posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 7.47, 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 2004, posting 10.03, well above the starting pitcher average of 6.32 that year. The lowest point came in 2001 at 5.59, below the starting pitcher average of 6.45 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.17 in 2008 to 6.34 in 2010 and 6.39 in 2012. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 10 seasons.

Ben Sheets Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Ben Sheets
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career7.47
Season Avg.7.47
162 Game Avg.7.47
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Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table