How Bob Shawkey's Win Percentage Compares to Similar Players

Bob Shawkey posted a career Win Percentage of 56.65, above the starting pitcher average of 50.35 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His best Win Percentage season came in 1914, posting 66.67, well above the starting pitcher average of 50.47 that year. The lowest point came in 1925 at 30.0, well below the starting pitcher average of 50.38 that year. The Win Percentage trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 30.0 in 1925 to 53.33 in 1926 and 40.0 in 1927. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 15 seasons.

Bob Shawkey Lifetime Win Percentage

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Bob Shawkey
Win Percentage
Career56.65
Season Avg.56.65
162 Game Avg.56.65
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Bob Shawkey Win Percentage Per Season

Bob Shawkey's Win Percentage 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.
Bob Shawkey Win Percentage per season line chart

Bob Shawkey Win Percentage by Team

Bob Shawkey's career Win Percentage totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Bob Shawkey career Win Percentage by team bar chart

Bob Shawkey Win Percentage Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Shawkey's career Win Percentage 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.
Bob Shawkey Win Percentage year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Shawkey Win Percentage Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Shawkey's seasonal Win Percentage 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.
Bob Shawkey Win Percentage distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Shawkey Win Percentage — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Shawkey's MLB career with Win Percentage 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.
Bob Shawkey Win Percentage season-by-season breakdown table