How Tony Cloninger's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Tony Cloninger totaled 247 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 1965, posting 38, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.5 that year. The lowest point came in 1972 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 18.1 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 18 in 1970 to 8 in 1971 and 0 in 1972, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 0 to 38 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Tony Cloninger Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Tony Cloninger Starts Per Season

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

Tony Cloninger Starts by Team

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

Tony Cloninger Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Tony Cloninger'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.
Tony Cloninger Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Tony Cloninger Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tony Cloninger'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.
Tony Cloninger Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tony Cloninger Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tony Cloninger'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.
Tony Cloninger Starts season-by-season breakdown table