How Yusei Kikuchi's Starts Compares to Similar Players
Yusei Kikuchi has totaled 187 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 2025, posting 33, well above the starting pitcher average of 14.9 that year. The lowest point came in 2022 at 20, well above the starting pitcher average of 14.5 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The Starts total has gone from 32 in 2023 to 32 in 2024 and 33 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 6 seasons.
Yusei Kikuchi Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Starts for Yusei Kikuchi
| Yusei Kikuchi
Starts | Yusei Kikuchi
Games Started % |
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| Career | 187 | 93.97 |
| Season Avg. | 26.71 | 93.97 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 152.23 | 93.97 |
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Yusei Kikuchi Starts Per Season
Yusei Kikuchi'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, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Yusei Kikuchi Starts by Team
Yusei Kikuchi's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yusei Kikuchi Cumulative Starts — Career Progression
A running total of Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Yusei Kikuchi'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.
