How Cal Ripken Jr.'s Games Started % Compares to Similar Players
Cal Ripken Jr. posted a career Games Started % of 99.36, well above the league average of .679 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1983, posting 100.0, well above the league average of .749 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at 50.0, well above the league average of .760 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 100.0 in 1999 to 100.0 in 2000 and 100.0 in 2001. 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 20 seasons.
Cal Ripken Jr. Lifetime Games Started %
Stats similar to Games Started % for Cal Ripken Jr.
| Cal Ripken Jr.
Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 99.36 |
| Season Avg. | 99.36 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 99.36 |
| More Info | See More |
Cal Ripken Jr. Games Started % Per Season
Cal Ripken Jr.'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, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Cal Ripken Jr. Games Started % by Team
Cal Ripken Jr.'s career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cal Ripken Jr. Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
Cal Ripken Jr. Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Cal Ripken Jr.'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.
