How Steve Avery's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Steve Avery totaled 261 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 1991, posting 35, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.1 that year. The lowest point came in 2003 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 17.0 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 23 in 1998 to 19 in 1999 and 0 in 2003, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 0 to 35 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Steve Avery Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Season Avg.23.7387.88
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Steve Avery Starts Per Season

Steve Avery's Starts 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.
Steve Avery Starts per season line chart

Steve Avery Starts by Team

Steve Avery's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Steve Avery career Starts by team bar chart

Steve Avery Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Steve Avery's career Starts, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Steve Avery Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Avery Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Avery's seasonal Starts 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.
Steve Avery Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Avery Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Avery's MLB career with Starts 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.
Steve Avery Starts season-by-season breakdown table