How Mike Smithson's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players
Mike Smithson posted a career Games Started % of 85.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .674 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Games Started % season came in 1982, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .676 that year. The lowest point came in 1989 at 47.5, well above the starting pitcher average of .717 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 95.24 in 1987 to 58.06 in 1988 and 47.5 in 1989. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 8 seasons.
Mike Smithson Lifetime Games Started %
Stats similar to Games Started % for Mike Smithson
| Mike Smithson
Games Started % |
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| Career | 85 |
| Season Avg. | 85 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 85 |
| More Info | See More |
Mike Smithson Games Started % Per Season
Mike Smithson'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Mike Smithson Games Started % by Team
Mike Smithson's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Smithson Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Smithson'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.
Mike Smithson Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mike Smithson'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.
Mike Smithson Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mike Smithson'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.
