How Steve Stone's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Steve Stone totaled 269 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His best Starts season came in 1980, posting 37, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.7 that year. The lowest point came in 1981 at 12, near the starting pitcher average of 12.9 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 32 in 1979 to 37 in 1980 and 12 in 1981, falling over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 12 to 37 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Steve Stone Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Steve Stone Starts Per Season

Steve Stone'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.
Steve Stone Starts per season line chart

Steve Stone Starts by Team

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

Steve Stone Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Steve Stone'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.
Steve Stone Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Stone Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Stone'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.
Steve Stone Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Stone Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Stone'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.
Steve Stone Starts season-by-season breakdown table