How Bret Saberhagen's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Bret Saberhagen posted a career Games Started % of 92.98, 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 1985, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .731 that year. The lowest point came in 1984 at 47.37, well above the starting pitcher average of .715 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 100.0 in 1998 to 100.0 in 1999 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 15 seasons.

Bret Saberhagen Lifetime Games Started %

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Bret Saberhagen
Games Started %
Career92.98
Season Avg.92.98
162 Game Avg.92.98
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Bret Saberhagen Games Started % Per Season

Bret Saberhagen'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.
Bret Saberhagen Games Started % per season line chart

Bret Saberhagen Games Started % by Team

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

Bret Saberhagen Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bret Saberhagen'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.
Bret Saberhagen Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Bret Saberhagen Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bret Saberhagen'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.
Bret Saberhagen Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bret Saberhagen Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bret Saberhagen'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.
Bret Saberhagen Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table