How Dave Smith's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Dave Smith posted a career Games Started % of .160, well below the league average of .679 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Games Started % season came in 1982, posting 2.04, well above the league average of .762 that year. The lowest point came in 1980 at .000, well below the league average of .761 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1990 to .000 in 1991 and .000 in 1992. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from .000 to 2.04 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

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Dave Smith Games Started % Per Season

Dave Smith'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Dave Smith Games Started % per season line chart

Dave Smith Games Started % by Team

Dave Smith's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Dave Smith Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Smith'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.
Dave Smith Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Smith Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Smith'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.
Dave Smith Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Smith Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Smith'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.
Dave Smith Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table