Player stats

Hits per 9 Innings 2019

Hits allowed per nine innings pitched.

Season

Minimum workload: one inning pitched per game. Completed seasons use the league's scheduled regular-season game count; seasons in progress use team games played. This is a general pitching minimum, not a relief-pitcher qualification rule. Data through December 31, 2019. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Hits per 9 Innings / 2019

Justin Verlander

HOU

5.53

Season leader, lower is better

Hits per 9 Innings2019 season, lower is better
#	Player	Team	IP	BF	H/9
1	J. VerlanderJustin Verlander	HOU	223.0	847	5.53
2	G. ColeGerrit Cole	HOU	212.1	817	6.02
3	J. FlahertyJack Flaherty	STL	196.1	772	6.19
4	S. GraySonny Gray	CIN	175.1	708	6.26
5	L. CastilloLuis Castillo	CIN	190.2	781	6.56
6	L. GiolitoLucas Giolito	CWS	176.2	705	6.67
7	J. deGromJacob deGrom	NYM	204.0	804	6.79
8	S. StrasburgStephen Strasburg	WSH	209.0	841	6.93
9	Y. DarvishYu Darvish	CHC	178.2	731	7.05
10	C. MortonCharlie Morton	TB	194.2	790	7.12
11	C. KershawClayton Kershaw	LAD	178.1	706	7.32
12	M. ScherzerMax Scherzer	WSH	172.1	693	7.52
13	P. CorbinPatrick Corbin	WSH	202.0	835	7.53
14	J. SamardzijaJeff Samardzija	SF	181.1	740	7.54
15	Z. GreinkeZack Greinke	HOU	208.2	810	7.55
16	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	LAD	182.1	737	7.55
17	J. TeheranJulio Teheran	ATL	174.2	754	7.63
18	R. RayRobbie Ray	AZ	174.1	747	7.74
19	T. BauerTrevor Bauer	CIN	213.0	911	7.77
20	S. BieberShane Bieber	CLE	214.1	859	7.81
21	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	202.1	852	7.83
22	H. Jin RyuHyun Jin Ryu	LAD	182.2	723	7.88
23	M. SorokaMichael Soroka	ATL	174.2	701	7.88
24	J. LucchesiJoey Lucchesi	SD	163.2	686	7.92
25	M. FiersMike Fiers	OAK	184.2	754	8.09
26	A. DeSclafaniAnthony DeSclafani	CIN	166.2	696	8.15
27	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	197.1	838	8.16
28	M. MinorMike Minor	TEX	208.1	863	8.21
29	D. HudsonDakota Hudson	STL	174.2	757	8.24
30	M. BumgarnerMadison Bumgarner	SF	207.2	844	8.28
31	A. SánchezAníbal Sánchez	WSH	166.0	712	8.30
32	B. KellerBrad Keller	KC	165.1	709	8.38
33	L. LynnLance Lynn	TEX	208.1	875	8.42
34	K. HendricksKyle Hendricks	CHC	177.0	730	8.54
35	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	BOS	203.1	859	8.63
36	M. BoydMatthew Boyd	DET	185.1	788	8.64
37	J. BerríosJosé Berríos	MIN	200.1	842	8.72
38	W. MileyWade Miley	HOU	167.1	720	8.82
39	N. SyndergaardNoah Syndergaard	NYM	197.2	825	8.83
40	J. MusgroveJoe Musgrove	PIT	170.1	718	8.88
41	H. BaileyHomer Bailey	OAK	163.1	696	8.93
42	M. StromanMarcus Stroman	NYM	184.1	774	8.93
43	G. MárquezGermán Márquez	COL	174.0	721	9.00
44	Z. WheelerZack Wheeler	NYM	195.1	828	9.03
45	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	183.1	777	9.03
46	M. TanakaMasahiro Tanaka	NYY	182.0	759	9.20
47	B. AndersonBrett Anderson	OAK	176.0	743	9.26
48	M. GonzalesMarco Gonzales	SEA	203.0	866	9.31
49	M. MikolasMiles Mikolas	STL	184.0	764	9.44
50	M. FriedMax Fried	ATL	165.2	702	9.45

H/9: Hits allowed per nine innings pitched.

Understanding Hits per 9 Innings

Hits allowed per nine innings pitched.

Formula: 27 × H ÷ outs recorded

Read rates alongside playing time. A small sample can produce an extreme result, and a missing value is different from zero.

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Sep 12, 2026, 7:39 AM UTC.