How Rich Batchelor's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Rich Batchelor posted a career ERA of 5.03, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — 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. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.2 to 8.1 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Rich Batchelor Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Rich Batchelor ERA Per Season

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

Rich Batchelor ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Rich Batchelor'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 Batchelor ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Rich Batchelor ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rich Batchelor'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 Batchelor ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rich Batchelor ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rich Batchelor'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 Batchelor ERA season-by-season breakdown table