How Shawn Hillegas's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Shawn Hillegas totaled 62 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Starts season came in 1988, posting 16, near the starting pitcher average of 17.8 that year. The lowest point came in 1990 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 16.7 that year. The Starts trended upward through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 3 in 1991 to 9 in 1992 and 11 in 1993, rising over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 0 to 16 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Shawn Hillegas Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Shawn Hillegas Starts Per Season

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

Shawn Hillegas Starts by Team

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

Shawn Hillegas Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Shawn Hillegas'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.
Shawn Hillegas Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Shawn Hillegas Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Shawn Hillegas'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.
Shawn Hillegas Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Shawn Hillegas Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Shawn Hillegas'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.
Shawn Hillegas Starts season-by-season breakdown table