How Mark Thompson's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Mark Thompson totaled 52 career Starts, well below the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His best Starts season came in 1996, posting 28, well above the starting pitcher average of 16.7 that year. The lowest point came in 2000 at 0, well below the starting pitcher average of 17.7 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Starts total went from 6 in 1998 to 5 in 1999 and 0 in 2000, 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 28 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Mark Thompson Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Mark Thompson Starts Per Season

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

Mark Thompson Starts by Team

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

Mark Thompson Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Mark Thompson'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.
Mark Thompson Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Mark Thompson Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mark Thompson'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.
Mark Thompson Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mark Thompson Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mark Thompson'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.
Mark Thompson Starts season-by-season breakdown table