How Belve Bean's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Belve Bean posted a career ERA of 5.32, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 1934, posting 3.86, well below the relief pitcher average of 5.16 that year. The highest point came in 1935 at 7.31, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.72 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.25 in 1933 to 3.86 in 1934 and 7.31 in 1935. 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 5 seasons.
Belve Bean Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Belve Bean
| Belve Bean
ERA | Belve Bean
Component ERA | Belve Bean
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 5.32 | 5.53 | 4.69 |
| Season Avg. | 5.32 | 5.53 | 4.69 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.32 | 5.53 | 4.69 |
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Belve Bean ERA Per Season
Belve Bean's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Belve Bean ERA by Team
Belve Bean's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Belve Bean ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Belve Bean'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.
Belve Bean ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Belve Bean'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.
Belve Bean ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Belve Bean'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.
