How Dave Smith's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players

Dave Smith totaled 27 career Batters Faced, well below the relief pitcher average of 1,243.7 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Batters Faced arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Batters Faced arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 7 to 20 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Dave Smith Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats

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Dave Smith Batters Faced Per Season

Dave Smith's Batters Faced 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 Batters Faced per season line chart

Dave Smith Batters Faced by Team

Dave Smith's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dave Smith career Batters Faced by team bar chart

Dave Smith Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression

A running total of Dave Smith's career Batters Faced, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Dave Smith Batters Faced year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Smith Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Smith's seasonal Batters Faced 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 Batters Faced distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Smith Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Smith's MLB career with Batters Faced 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 Batters Faced season-by-season breakdown table