How Sonny Gray's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Sonny Gray has totaled 330 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Starts season came in 2014, posting 33, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.5 that year. The lowest point came in 2013 at 10, well below the starting pitcher average of 16.9 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Starts total has gone from 32 in 2023 to 28 in 2024 and 32 in 2025, holding steady over the span. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 12 seasons.

Sonny Gray Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Sonny Gray Starts Per Season

Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Starts per season line chart

Sonny Gray Starts by Team

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

Sonny Gray Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Sonny Gray Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sonny Gray Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Starts season-by-season breakdown table