How Sam McDowell's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players
Sam McDowell posted a career Games Started % of 81.41, 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 1961, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .606 that year. The lowest point came in 1975 at 7.14, well above the starting pitcher average of .708 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 52.94 in 1973 to 53.85 in 1974 and 7.14 in 1975. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from 7.14 to 100.0 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Sam McDowell Lifetime Games Started %
Stats similar to Games Started % for Sam McDowell
| Sam McDowell
Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 81.41 |
| Season Avg. | 81.41 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 81.41 |
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Sam McDowell Games Started % Per Season
Sam McDowell'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.
Sam McDowell Games Started % by Team
Sam McDowell's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam McDowell Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam McDowell'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.
Sam McDowell Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam McDowell'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.
Sam McDowell Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam McDowell'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.
