How Rich Barnes's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Rich Barnes posted a career ERA of 5.65, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 2 seasons.

Rich Barnes Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career5.656.184.57
Season Avg.5.656.184.57
162 Game Avg.5.656.184.57
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Rich Barnes ERA Per Season

Rich Barnes's ERA 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.
Rich Barnes ERA per season line chart

Rich Barnes ERA by Team

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

Rich Barnes ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rich Barnes'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.
Rich Barnes ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Barnes ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Barnes'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.
Rich Barnes ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Barnes ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Barnes'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.
Rich Barnes ERA season-by-season breakdown table