How Jim Elam's Starts as Fielder Compares to Similar Players

Jim Elam totaled 6 career Starts as Fielder, well below the league average of 95.7 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the Starts as Fielder arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Starts as Fielder arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Jim Elam Lifetime Starts as Fielder and Similar Stats

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Games Started %
Career660
Season Avg.660
162 Game Avg.97.260
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Jim Elam Starts as Fielder Per Season

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

Jim Elam Starts as Fielder by Team

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

Jim Elam Cumulative Starts as Fielder — Career Progression

A running total of Jim Elam'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.
Jim Elam Starts as Fielder year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Elam Starts as Fielder Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Elam'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.
Jim Elam Starts as Fielder distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Elam Starts as Fielder — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Elam'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.
Jim Elam Starts as Fielder season-by-season breakdown table