How Rich Thompson's Starts Compares to Similar Players
Rich Thompson totaled 1 career Starts, well below the relief pitcher average of 11.5 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the Starts arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the Starts arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 0 to 1 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Rich Thompson Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats
Stats similar to Starts for Rich Thompson
| Rich Thompson Starts | Rich Thompson Games Started % |
|---|
| Career | 1 | 1.3 |
| Season Avg. | 0.33 | 1.3 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.1 | 1.3 |
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Rich Thompson Starts Per Season
Rich Thompson's Starts for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rich Thompson Starts by Team
Rich Thompson's career Starts totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Rich Thompson Cumulative Starts — Career Progression
A running total of Rich 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.
Rich Thompson Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Rich 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.
Rich Thompson Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Rich 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.