How Hal Smith's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players

Hal Smith totaled 910 career Batters Faced, well below the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Batters Faced arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 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 11 to 612 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Hal Smith Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats

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Hal Smith Batters Faced Per Season

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

Hal Smith Batters Faced by Team

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

Hal Smith Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression

A running total of Hal 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.
Hal Smith Batters Faced year-over-year waterfall chart

Hal Smith Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Hal 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.
Hal Smith Batters Faced distribution box chart versus comparable players

Hal Smith Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Hal 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.
Hal Smith Batters Faced season-by-season breakdown table