How Mookie Betts's Starts as Fielder Compares to Similar Players

Mookie Betts has totaled 1,490 career Starts as Fielder, well above the league average of 236.2 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Starts as Fielder season came in 2016, posting 157, well above the league average of 34.6 that year. The lowest point came in 2014 at 50, well above the league average of 35.2 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Starts as Fielder total has gone from 151 in 2023 to 115 in 2024 and 148 in 2025, holding steady over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 11 seasons.

Mookie Betts Lifetime Starts as Fielder and Similar Stats

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Career149095.09
Season Avg.124.1795.09
162 Game Avg.154.0495.09
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Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder Per Season

Mookie Betts's Starts as Fielder for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder per season line chart

Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder by Team

Mookie Betts's career Starts as Fielder totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mookie Betts career Starts as Fielder by team bar chart

Mookie Betts Cumulative Starts as Fielder — Career Progression

A running total of Mookie Betts's career Starts as Fielder, 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.
Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder year-over-year waterfall chart

Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mookie Betts's seasonal Starts as Fielder 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.
Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mookie Betts's MLB career with Starts as Fielder 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.
Mookie Betts Starts as Fielder season-by-season breakdown table