How Rick James's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Rick James totaled 1 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the Starts arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Starts arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Rick James Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Starts
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Games Started %
Career133.33
Season Avg.133.33
162 Game Avg.5433.33
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Rick James Starts Per Season

Rick James'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.
Rick James Starts per season line chart

Rick James Starts by Team

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

Rick James Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Rick James'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.
Rick James Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick James Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick James'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.
Rick James Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick James Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick James'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.
Rick James Starts season-by-season breakdown table