How Mike Smithson's Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Mike Smithson posted a career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings of 38.89 over 8 seasons, against a starting pitcher average of 38.21 — a measure of his rotation workload across the career. His best Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season came in 1987, posting 40.79, near the starting pitcher average of 38.73 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at 37.39, near the starting pitcher average of 38.32 that year. The per-game workload has held steady over recent seasons. The figure moved from 40.79 in 1987 to 39.86 in 1988 and 39.59 in 1989. The workload profile has been consistent across 8 seasons, reflecting sustained availability at the top of the rotation.

Mike Smithson Lifetime Batters Faced Per 9 Innings

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162 Game Avg.38.89
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Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Per Season

Mike Smithson's Batters Faced 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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by Team

Mike Smithson's career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Smithson career Batters Faced Per 9 Innings by team bar chart

Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Smithson's career Batters Faced 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.
Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Smithson's seasonal Batters Faced 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.
Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Smithson's MLB career with Batters Faced 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.
Mike Smithson Batters Faced Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table