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

Jim Smith posted a career Games Started % of 33.33, well above the league average of .644 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Games Started % arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Games Started % arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Jim Smith Lifetime Games Started %

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Season Avg.33.33
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Jim Smith Games Started % Per Season

Jim Smith's Games Started % for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SS, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Smith Games Started % per season line chart

Jim Smith Games Started % by Team

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

Jim Smith Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

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

Jim Smith Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

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

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