How Gene Thompson's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players
Gene Thompson posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 4.13, below the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 1939, posting 5.14, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.67 that year. The lowest point came in 1942 at 3.1, below the starting pitcher average of 3.65 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.1 in 1942 to 4.45 in 1946 and 3.28 in 1947. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 6 seasons.
Gene Thompson Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Stats similar to Strikeouts Per 9 Innings for Gene Thompson
| Gene Thompson
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings |
|---|
| Career | 4.13 |
| Season Avg. | 4.13 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.13 |
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Gene Thompson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season
Gene Thompson'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.
Gene Thompson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team
Gene Thompson's career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Gene Thompson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Gene Thompson'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.
Gene Thompson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Gene Thompson'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.
Gene Thompson Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Gene Thompson'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.
