How Jim Nelson's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Jim Nelson totaled 12 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Starts arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Starts arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 2 to 10 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jim Nelson Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Jim Nelson Starts Per Season

Jim Nelson'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.
Jim Nelson Starts per season line chart

Jim Nelson Starts by Team

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

Jim Nelson Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Jim Nelson'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.
Jim Nelson Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Nelson Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Nelson'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.
Jim Nelson Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Nelson Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Nelson'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.
Jim Nelson Starts season-by-season breakdown table