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

Pete Smith posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 5.62, above the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1989, posting 7.29, well above the starting pitcher average of 5.39 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at 3.13, well below the starting pitcher average of 5.88 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.18 in 1995 to 5.19 in 1997 and 6.62 in 1998. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 10 seasons.

Pete Smith Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Pete Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Pete 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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Pete Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Pete Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

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

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

Pete Smith Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

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

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