How Jay Buente's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Jay Buente posted a career ERA of 7.31, 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. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 2 seasons.

Jay Buente Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Jay Buente ERA Per Season

Jay Buente'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.
Jay Buente ERA per season line chart

Jay Buente ERA by Team

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

Jay Buente ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jay Buente'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.
Jay Buente ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Jay Buente ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jay Buente'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.
Jay Buente ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jay Buente ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jay Buente'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.
Jay Buente ERA season-by-season breakdown table