How Phenomenal Smith's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Phenomenal Smith posted a career Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings of 6.17, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.54 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season came in 1886, posting 3.24, well below the relief pitcher average of 6.97 that year. The highest point came in 1885 at 20.25, well above the relief pitcher average of 10.67 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.49 in 1889 to 5.44 in 1890 and 7.11 in 1891. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings profile — ranging from 3.24 to 20.25 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Phenomenal Smith Lifetime Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings

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Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Per Season

Phenomenal Smith's Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American Association, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Phenomenal Smith'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.
Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Phenomenal Smith'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.
Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Phenomenal Smith'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.
Phenomenal Smith Runs Allowed Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table