How Mel Stottlemyre's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Mel Stottlemyre posted a career Games Started % of 98.89, 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 1965, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .609 that year. The lowest point came in 1964 at 92.31, well above the starting pitcher average of .599 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 100.0 in 1972 to 100.0 in 1973 and 93.75 in 1974. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. One of the more consistent Games Started % producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 11 seasons.

Mel Stottlemyre Lifetime Games Started %

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Games Started %
Career98.89
Season Avg.98.89
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Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % Per Season

Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % per season line chart

Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % by Team

Mel Stottlemyre's career Games Started % totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mel Stottlemyre career Games Started % by team bar chart

Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mel Stottlemyre'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.
Mel Stottlemyre Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table