How Dock Ellis's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Dock Ellis posted a career Games Started % of 91.88, well above the starting pitcher average of .674 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1970, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .631 that year. The lowest point came in 1968 at 38.46, well above the starting pitcher average of .635 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 96.97 in 1977 to 100.0 in 1978 and 80.0 in 1979. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 12 seasons.

Dock Ellis Lifetime Games Started %

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Dock Ellis
Games Started %
Career91.88
Season Avg.91.88
162 Game Avg.91.88
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Dock Ellis Games Started % Per Season

Dock Ellis's Games Started % 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.
Dock Ellis Games Started % per season line chart

Dock Ellis Games Started % by Team

Dock Ellis's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Dock Ellis career Games Started % by team bar chart

Dock Ellis Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dock Ellis's career Games Started % shifted from season to season. Each bar represents the change added to his career total that year, making peak and decline phases easy to spot.
Dock Ellis Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Dock Ellis Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dock Ellis's seasonal Games Started % 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.
Dock Ellis Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dock Ellis Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dock Ellis's MLB career with Games Started % 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.
Dock Ellis Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table