How Mike Leake's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Mike Leake totaled 296 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 2014, posting 33, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.5 that year. The lowest point came in 2010 at 22, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.6 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 31 in 2017 to 31 in 2018 and 32 in 2019, holding steady over the span. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 10 seasons.

Mike Leake Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Mike Leake Starts Per Season

Mike Leake'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.
Mike Leake Starts per season line chart

Mike Leake Starts by Team

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

Mike Leake Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Mike Leake'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.
Mike Leake Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Leake Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Leake'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.
Mike Leake Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Leake Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Leake'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.
Mike Leake Starts season-by-season breakdown table