How Joe Start's Range Factor Compares to Similar Players
Joe Start posted a career Range Factor of 10.64, well above the league average of 3.19 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Range Factor season came in 1878, posting 12.0, well above the league average of 2.31 that year. The lowest point came in 1873 at 7.84, well above the league average of 6.19 that year. The Range Factor trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 10.32 in 1884 to 10.6 in 1885 and 11.45 in 1886. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 16 seasons.
Joe Start Lifetime Range Factor
Stats similar to Range Factor for Joe Start
| Joe Start
Range Factor |
|---|
| Career | 10.639 |
| Season Avg. | 10.639 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 10.639 |
| More Info | See More |
Joe Start Range Factor Per Season
Joe Start's Range Factor for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Joe Start Range Factor by Team
Joe Start's career Range Factor totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Joe Start Range Factor Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Start's career Range Factor 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.
Joe Start Range Factor Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Joe Start's seasonal Range Factor 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.
Joe Start Range Factor — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Joe Start's MLB career with Range Factor 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.
