How Bill James's Innings Pitched Compares to Similar Players
Bill James totaled 541 career Innings Pitched, well below the starting pitcher average of 772.4 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the Innings Pitched arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Innings Pitched arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Innings Pitched profile — ranging from 5 to 332 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Bill James Lifetime Innings Pitched and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Innings Pitched for Bill James
| Bill James
Innings Pitched | Bill James
Pitched Outs |
|---|
| Career | 541.2 | 1625 |
| Season Avg. | 135.4 | 406.25 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1044.6 | 3133.93 |
| More Info | See More | See More |
Bill James Innings Pitched Per Season
Bill James's Innings Pitched 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.
Bill James Innings Pitched by Team
Bill James's career Innings Pitched totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bill James Cumulative Innings Pitched — Career Progression
A running total of Bill James's career Innings Pitched, 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.
Bill James Innings Pitched Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Bill James's seasonal Innings Pitched 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 Innings Pitched — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Bill James's MLB career with Innings Pitched 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.
