How Dave Smith's Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Dave Smith posted a career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings of 7.78, below the relief pitcher average of 8.78 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1987, posting 5.85, well below the relief pitcher average of 8.96 that year. The highest point came in 1991 at 10.64, well above the relief pitcher average of 8.47 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.71 in 1990 to 10.64 in 1991 and 9.42 in 1992. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 13 seasons.
Dave Smith Lifetime Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings for Dave Smith
| Dave Smith
Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 7.78 |
| Season Avg. | 7.78 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 7.78 |
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Dave Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season
Dave Smith's Hits 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.
Dave Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team
Dave Smith's career Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Smith's career Hits 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.
Dave Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Dave Smith's seasonal Hits 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.
Dave Smith Hits Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Dave Smith's MLB career with Hits 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.
