How Dale Thayer's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Dale Thayer posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 7.62, above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2010, posting 9.0, above the relief pitcher average of 7.85 that year. The lowest point came in 2011 at 4.35, well below the relief pitcher average of 7.69 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.86 in 2013 to 8.54 in 2014 and 5.97 in 2015. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 7 seasons.

Dale Thayer Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Dale Thayer
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career7.62
Season Avg.7.62
162 Game Avg.7.62
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Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

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

Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dale Thayer'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.
Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dale Thayer'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.
Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dale Thayer'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.
Dale Thayer Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table