How Bob Black's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Bob Black totaled 15 career Starts, well above the relief pitcher average of 11.5 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Starts arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Starts arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Bob Black Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Bob Black Starts Per Season

Bob Black's Starts for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Union Association, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bob Black Starts per season line chart

Bob Black Starts by Team

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

Bob Black Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Bob Black'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.
Bob Black Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Black Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Black'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.
Bob Black Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Black Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Black'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.
Bob Black Starts season-by-season breakdown table