How Tom Cheney's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Tom Cheney totaled 71 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Starts season came in 1962, posting 23, well above the starting pitcher average of 16.9 that year. The lowest point came in 1966 at 1, well below the starting pitcher average of 16.6 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 21 in 1963 to 6 in 1964 and 1 in 1966, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 1 to 23 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Tom Cheney Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Tom Cheney Starts Per Season

Tom Cheney'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.
Tom Cheney Starts per season line chart

Tom Cheney Starts by Team

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

Tom Cheney Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Tom Cheney'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.
Tom Cheney Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Tom Cheney Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tom Cheney'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.
Tom Cheney Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tom Cheney Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tom Cheney'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.
Tom Cheney Starts season-by-season breakdown table