How Yusei Kikuchi's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Yusei Kikuchi has posted a career Games Started % of 93.97, well above the starting pitcher average of .674 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Games Started % season came in 2019, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .648 that year. The lowest point came in 2022 at 62.5, well above the starting pitcher average of .703 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The figure has moved from 100.0 in 2023 to 100.0 in 2024 and 100.0 in 2025. 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 Games Started %

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Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % Per Season

Yusei Kikuchi'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, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % per season line chart

Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % by Team

Yusei Kikuchi's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yusei Kikuchi career Games Started % by team bar chart

Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table