How Rich Barnes's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Rich Barnes totaled 4 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Starts arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Starts arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The Starts profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 2 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Rich Barnes Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Games Started %
Career440
Season Avg.240
162 Game Avg.64.840
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Rich Barnes Starts Per Season

Rich Barnes's Starts 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.
Rich Barnes Starts per season line chart

Rich Barnes Starts by Team

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

Rich Barnes Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Rich Barnes'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.
Rich Barnes Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Barnes Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Barnes'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.
Rich Barnes Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Barnes Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Barnes'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.
Rich Barnes Starts season-by-season breakdown table