How Bill James's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players
Bill James posted a career Games Started % of 72.41, 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 1918, posting 94.74, well above the starting pitcher average of .689 that year. The lowest point came in 1912 at .000, well below the starting pitcher average of .658 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 67.65 in 1917 to 94.74 in 1918 and 65.0 in 1919. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from .000 to 94.74 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Bill James Lifetime Games Started %
Stats similar to Games Started % for Bill James
| Bill James
Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 72.41 |
| Season Avg. | 72.41 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 72.41 |
| More Info | See More |
Bill James Games Started % Per Season
Bill James's Games Started % 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.
Bill James Games Started % by Team
Bill James's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Bill James'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.
Bill James Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill James'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.
Bill James Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill James'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.
