How Carlos Contreras's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Carlos Contreras posted a career ERA of 5.51, 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.
Carlos Contreras Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Carlos Contreras
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ERA | Carlos Contreras
Component ERA | Carlos Contreras
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 5.51 | 4.88 | 5.18 |
| Season Avg. | 5.51 | 4.88 | 5.18 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.51 | 4.88 | 5.18 |
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Carlos Contreras ERA Per Season
Carlos Contreras'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Carlos Contreras ERA by Team
Carlos Contreras's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Carlos Contreras ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Carlos Contreras'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.
Carlos Contreras ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Carlos Contreras'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.
Carlos Contreras ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Carlos Contreras'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.
