How Walter Thornton's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Walter Thornton totaled 48 career Starts, well above the relief pitcher average of 11.5 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 4 seasons, the Starts arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the Starts arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Starts profile — ranging from 2 to 25 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Walter Thornton Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Walter Thornton Starts Per Season

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

Walter Thornton Starts by Team

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

Walter Thornton Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Walter Thornton'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.
Walter Thornton Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Walter Thornton Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Walter Thornton'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.
Walter Thornton Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Walter Thornton Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Walter Thornton'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.
Walter Thornton Starts season-by-season breakdown table