How Zack Wheeler's Starts Compares to Similar Players

Zack Wheeler has totaled 283 career Starts, well above the starting pitcher average of 103.8 — a mark that ranks among the best of his generation. His best Starts season came in 2014, posting 32, well above the starting pitcher average of 17.5 that year. The lowest point came in 2013 at 17, near the starting pitcher average of 16.9 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The Starts total has gone from 32 in 2023 to 32 in 2024 and 24 in 2025, falling over the span. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well above league norms across 10 seasons.

Zack Wheeler Lifetime Starts and Similar Stats

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Zack Wheeler Starts Per Season

Zack Wheeler'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.
Zack Wheeler Starts per season line chart

Zack Wheeler Starts by Team

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

Zack Wheeler Cumulative Starts — Career Progression

A running total of Zack Wheeler'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.
Zack Wheeler Starts year-over-year waterfall chart

Zack Wheeler Starts Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Zack Wheeler'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.
Zack Wheeler Starts distribution box chart versus comparable players

Zack Wheeler Starts — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Zack Wheeler'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.
Zack Wheeler Starts season-by-season breakdown table