How Raúl Álvarez's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Raúl Álvarez posted a career ERA of 5.89, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The ERA profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 3 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Raúl Álvarez Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career5.899.174.06
Season Avg.5.899.174.06
162 Game Avg.5.899.174.06
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Raúl Álvarez ERA Per Season

Raúl Álvarez's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League, Hall of Fame, SP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Raúl Álvarez ERA per season line chart

Raúl Álvarez ERA by Team

Raúl Álvarez's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Raúl Álvarez ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Raúl Álvarez's career ERA 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.
Raúl Álvarez ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Raúl Álvarez ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Raúl Álvarez's seasonal ERA 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.
Raúl Álvarez ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Raúl Álvarez ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Raúl Álvarez's MLB career with ERA 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.
Raúl Álvarez ERA season-by-season breakdown table