There are online tools to find this out, but unless you're a seasoned gamer, the game so far hasn't been very helpful with this regard. This changed with the latest update to the game, but only slightly, as you can **w get an appraisal of the Pokémon you've caught — in somewhat ambiguous terms.*
To get appraisals, you must join a team, and then tap on the right side menu in the "Pokémon" portion of your main menu and choose "appraise." You'll get different appraisals depending on your team, but all are equally vague: "Overall, your Pokémon is above average," and "I am certainly impressed by its stats, I must say" being some of the examples. Check out a full list of appraisals and what they mean here (that's right, you'll need an online tool to figure this out — again). Read more...