How Sumner Bowman's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Sumner Bowman totaled 16 career Starts, well above the relief pitcher average of 11.5 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 2 seasons, the Starts arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Starts arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent Starts producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 2 seasons.

Sumner Bowman Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Career1688.89
Season Avg.888.89
162 Game Avg.14488.89
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Sumner Bowman Starts Per Season

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

Sumner Bowman Starts by Team

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

Sumner Bowman Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Sumner Bowman'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.
Sumner Bowman Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Sumner Bowman Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sumner Bowman'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.
Sumner Bowman Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sumner Bowman Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sumner Bowman'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.
Sumner Bowman Starts season-by-season breakdown table