How Mike Smithson's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Mike Smithson posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 4.94, above the starting pitcher average of 4.45 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1984, posting 4.04, near the starting pitcher average of 4.37 that year. The highest point came in 1987 at 6.28, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.82 that year. The Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.28 in 1987 to 6.18 in 1988 and 5.26 in 1989. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 8 seasons.

Mike Smithson Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Mike Smithson Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Mike Smithson's Runs Allowed 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Mike Smithson Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Mike Smithson Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Smithson's career Runs Allowed 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Smithson Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Smithson's seasonal Runs Allowed 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Smithson Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Smithson's MLB career with Runs Allowed 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 Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table