How Frank Bates's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Frank Bates posted a career ERA of 6.33, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — 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. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 3.1 to 6.9 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Frank Bates Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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162 Game Avg.6.337.775.5
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Frank Bates ERA Per Season

Frank Bates'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.
Frank Bates ERA per season line chart

Frank Bates ERA by Team

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

Frank Bates ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Frank Bates'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.
Frank Bates ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Frank Bates ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Frank Bates'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.
Frank Bates ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Frank Bates ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Frank Bates'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.
Frank Bates ERA season-by-season breakdown table