How Dave Smith's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Dave Smith posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 6.09, near the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1987, posting 10.95, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.31 that year. The lowest point came in 1992 at 1.88, well below the relief pitcher average of 6.0 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.46 in 1990 to 4.36 in 1991 and 1.88 in 1992. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 1.88 to 10.95 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Dave Smith Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Dave Smith's Strikeouts 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 Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Smith'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.
Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Smith'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.
Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Smith'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.
Dave Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table