How Ben Sheets's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Ben Sheets totaled 250 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 2002, posting 34, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.0 that year. The lowest point came in 2012 at 9, well below the starting pitcher average of 17.2 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 31 in 2008 to 20 in 2010 and 9 in 2012, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 9 to 34 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Ben Sheets Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Ben Sheets Starts Per Season

Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Starts per season line chart

Ben Sheets Starts by Team

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

Ben Sheets Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Ben Sheets Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ben Sheets Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets Starts season-by-season breakdown table