How Willie Smith's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Willie Smith totaled 2 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.

Willie Smith Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Willie Smith Starts Per Season

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

Willie Smith Starts by Team

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

Willie Smith Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

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

Willie Smith Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Willie Smith Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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