How Tex Shirley's Strikeouts Per Game Compares to Similar Players

Tex Shirley posted a career Strikeouts Per Game of 1.65, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.84 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Strikeouts Per Game season came in 1945, posting 2.41, above the starting pitcher average of 2.17 that year. The lowest point came in 1941 at .200, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.18 that year. The Strikeouts Per Game trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.52 in 1944 to 2.41 in 1945 and 1.67 in 1946. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per Game profile — ranging from .200 to 2.41 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tex Shirley Lifetime Strikeouts Per Game

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Tex Shirley
Strikeouts Per Game
Career1.65
Season Avg.1.65
162 Game Avg.1.65
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Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game Per Season

Tex Shirley's Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game per season line chart

Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game by Team

Tex Shirley's career Strikeouts Per Game totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Tex Shirley career Strikeouts Per Game by team bar chart

Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tex Shirley's career Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game year-over-year waterfall chart

Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tex Shirley's seasonal Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tex Shirley's MLB career with Strikeouts Per Game 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.
Tex Shirley Strikeouts Per Game season-by-season breakdown table