How Pete Smith's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players
Pete Smith totaled 4,423 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Batters Faced season came in 1988, posting 837, well above the starting pitcher average of 524.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1995 at 106, well below the starting pitcher average of 417.8 that year. The Batters Faced trended upward through the final seasons. The Batters Faced total went from 106 in 1995 to 511 in 1997 and 397 in 1998, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 106 to 837 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Pete Smith Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Batters Faced for Pete Smith
| Pete Smith
Batters Faced | Pete Smith
Batters Faced Per 9 Innings |
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| Career | 4423 | 38.81 |
| Season Avg. | 402.09 | 38.81 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3101.84 | 38.81 |
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Pete Smith Batters Faced Per Season
Pete 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.
Pete Smith Batters Faced by Team
Pete Smith's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Pete Smith Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression
A running total of Pete 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.
Pete Smith Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Pete 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.
Pete Smith Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Pete 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.
