How Rube Waddell's Games Started % Compares to Similar Players

Rube Waddell posted a career Games Started % of 83.54, 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 1904, posting 100.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .894 that year. The lowest point came in 1910 at 20.0, well above the starting pitcher average of .704 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 83.72 in 1908 to 90.32 in 1909 and 20.0 in 1910. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Games Started % profile — ranging from 20.0 to 100.0 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Rube Waddell Lifetime Games Started %

Stats similar to Games Started % for Rube Waddell
Rube Waddell
Games Started %
Career83.54
Season Avg.83.54
162 Game Avg.83.54
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Rube Waddell Games Started % Per Season

Rube Waddell'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.
Rube Waddell Games Started % per season line chart

Rube Waddell Games Started % by Team

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

Rube Waddell Games Started % Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Waddell'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.
Rube Waddell Games Started % year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Waddell Games Started % Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Waddell'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.
Rube Waddell Games Started % distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Waddell Games Started % — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Waddell'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.
Rube Waddell Games Started % season-by-season breakdown table