How Roy Smith's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Roy Smith totaled 93 career Starts, below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His best Starts season came in 1989, posting 26, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.3 that year. The lowest point came in 1986 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 18.0 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 26 in 1989 to 23 in 1990 and 14 in 1991, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 0 to 26 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Roy Smith Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Roy Smith Starts Per Season

Roy Smith's Starts 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.
Roy Smith Starts per season line chart

Roy Smith Starts by Team

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

Roy Smith Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Roy 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.
Roy Smith Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Roy Smith Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roy 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.
Roy Smith Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roy Smith Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roy 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.
Roy Smith Starts season-by-season breakdown table