How Dale Long's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Dale Long posted a career Games Started % of 90.88, well above the league average of .644 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1961, posting 98.95, well above the league average of .778 that year. The lowest point came in 1951 at .000, near the league average of .000 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 98.95 in 1961 to 85.37 in 1962 and 50.0 in 1963. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from .000 to 98.95 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Dale Long Lifetime Games Started %

Stats similar to Games Started % for Dale Long
Dale Long
Games Started %
Career90.88
Season Avg.90.88
162 Game Avg.90.88
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Dale Long Games Started % Per Season

Dale Long's Games Started % for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dale Long Games Started % per season line chart

Dale Long Games Started % by Team

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

Dale Long Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dale Long'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.
Dale Long Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Dale Long Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dale Long'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.
Dale Long Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dale Long Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dale Long'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.
Dale Long Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table