How Brian Anderson's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Brian Anderson posted a career Component ERA of 4.64, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1993, posting 3.08, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.11 that year. The highest point came in 2004 at 6.36, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.45 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.14 in 2003 to 6.36 in 2004 and 5.36 in 2005. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 12 seasons.

Brian Anderson Lifetime Component ERA

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Brian Anderson Component ERA Per Season

Brian Anderson's Component ERA 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.
Brian Anderson Component ERA per season line chart

Brian Anderson Component ERA by Team

Brian Anderson's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Brian Anderson career Component ERA by team bar chart

Brian Anderson Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brian Anderson's career Component 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.
Brian Anderson Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Brian Anderson Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brian Anderson's seasonal Component 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.
Brian Anderson Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brian Anderson Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brian Anderson's MLB career with Component 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.
Brian Anderson Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table