How Ed Smith's Starts Compares to Similar Players
Ed Smith totaled 8 career Starts, well below the relief pitcher average of 11.5 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the Starts arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Starts arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.
Ed Smith Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Starts for Ed Smith
| Ed Smith
Starts | Ed Smith
Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 8 | 88.89 |
| Season Avg. | 8 | 88.89 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 144 | 88.89 |
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Ed Smith Starts Per Season
Ed Smith's Starts for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Union Association, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Smith Starts by Team
Ed Smith's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ed Smith Cumulative Starts — Career Progression
A running total of Ed Smith'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.
Ed Smith Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ed Smith'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.
Ed Smith Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ed Smith'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.
