How Raul Valdes's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Raul Valdes posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 9.43, well above the relief pitcher average of 6.36 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2011, posting 11.25, well above the relief pitcher average of 7.69 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at 8.59, near the relief pitcher average of 7.85 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.16 in 2012 to 9.51 in 2013 and 9.82 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Strikeouts Per 9 Innings producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 5 seasons.

Raul Valdes Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Raul Valdes
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career9.43
Season Avg.9.43
162 Game Avg.9.43
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Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

Raul Valdes'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings per season line chart

Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Raul Valdes'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.
Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Raul Valdes'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.
Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Raul Valdes'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.
Raul Valdes Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table