How Blake Snell's Batters Faced Compares to Similar Players

Blake Snell has totaled 4,791 career Batters Faced, well above the starting pitcher average of 3,279.0 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Batters Faced season came in 2023, posting 742, well above the starting pitcher average of 371.0 that year. The lowest point came in 2025 at 254, well below the starting pitcher average of 373.1 that year, a partial season. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Batters Faced total has gone from 742 in 2023 to 418 in 2024 and 254 in 2025, falling over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Batters Faced profile — ranging from 254 to 742 — though the career average has remained well above league norms.

Blake Snell Lifetime Batters Faced and Similar Stats

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Blake Snell Batters Faced Per Season

Blake Snell'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.
Blake Snell Batters Faced per season line chart

Blake Snell Batters Faced by Team

Blake Snell's career Batters Faced totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Blake Snell career Batters Faced by team bar chart

Blake Snell Cumulative Batters Faced — Career Progression

A running total of Blake Snell'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.
Blake Snell Batters Faced year-over-year waterfall chart

Blake Snell Batters Faced Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Blake Snell'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.
Blake Snell Batters Faced distribution box chart versus comparable players

Blake Snell Batters Faced — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Blake Snell'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.
Blake Snell Batters Faced season-by-season breakdown table