How Dennis Leonard's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Dennis Leonard posted a career Games Started % of 96.79, well above the starting pitcher average of .674 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1978, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .697 that year. The lowest point came in 1985 at .000, well below the starting pitcher average of .731 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 100.0 in 1983 to .000 in 1985 and 90.91 in 1986. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from .000 to 100.0 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Dennis Leonard Lifetime Games Started %

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Dennis Leonard
Games Started %
Career96.79
Season Avg.96.79
162 Game Avg.96.79
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Dennis Leonard Games Started % Per Season

Dennis Leonard'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dennis Leonard Games Started % per season line chart

Dennis Leonard Games Started % by Team

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

Dennis Leonard Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Dennis Leonard Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dennis Leonard Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dennis Leonard'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.
Dennis Leonard Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table