How Tim Wakefield's Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Compares to Similar Players

Tim Wakefield posted a career Strikeouts Per 9 Innings of 6.01, above the starting pitcher average of 5.11 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season came in 2001, posting 7.9, well above the starting pitcher average of 6.45 that year. The lowest point came in 1993 at 4.14, well below the starting pitcher average of 5.65 that year. The Strikeouts Per 9 Innings trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.0 in 2009 to 5.4 in 2010 and 5.41 in 2011. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 19 seasons.

Tim Wakefield Lifetime Strikeouts Per 9 Innings

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Tim Wakefield
Strikeouts Per 9 Innings
Career6.01
Season Avg.6.01
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Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Per Season

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

Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings by Team

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

Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings year-over-year waterfall chart

Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Strikeouts Per 9 Innings season-by-season breakdown table