How Burch Smith's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Burch Smith posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 5.97, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.54 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 2024, posting 5.43, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.33 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 6.92, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.44 that year. The Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.91 in 2019 to 5.61 in 2021 and 5.43 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. The Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 5 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Burch Smith Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Burch Smith's Runs Allowed 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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

Burch Smith's career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Burch Smith career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Burch Smith's career Runs Allowed 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.
Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Burch Smith's seasonal Runs Allowed 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.
Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Burch Smith's MLB career with Runs Allowed 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.
Burch Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table