How Tom Glavine's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Tom Glavine totaled 682 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 1993, posting 36, well above the starting pitcher average of 16.7 that year. The lowest point came in 1987 at 9, well below the starting pitcher average of 17.8 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 32 in 2006 to 34 in 2007 and 13 in 2008, falling over the span. 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 21 seasons.

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Tom Glavine Starts Per Season

Tom Glavine'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.
Tom Glavine Starts per season line chart

Tom Glavine Starts by Team

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

Tom Glavine Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

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

Tom Glavine Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tom Glavine'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 Glavine Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tom Glavine Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tom Glavine'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 Glavine Starts season-by-season breakdown table