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

Drew Smith posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 9.26, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2024, posting 11.72, well above the relief pitcher average of 9.21 that year. The lowest point came in 2018 at 5.79, well below the relief pitcher average of 9.04 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.37 in 2022 to 9.59 in 2023 and 11.72 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 5 seasons.

Drew Smith Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Drew Smith
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career9.26
Season Avg.9.26
162 Game Avg.9.26
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Drew Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Drew Smith's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Drew Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Drew Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

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

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

Drew Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

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

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