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

Dave Smith posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 4.5, well below the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Strikeouts Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from .000 to 5.4 — though the career average remained well below 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