How Victor Cruz's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Victor Cruz posted a career Component ERA of 3.33, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1983, posting 2.01, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.61 that year. The highest point came in 1981 at 4.69, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.61 that year. The Component ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.9 in 1980 to 4.69 in 1981 and 2.01 in 1983. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Component ERA profile — ranging from 2.01 to 4.69 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Victor Cruz Lifetime Component ERA

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Victor Cruz
Component ERA
Career3.33
Season Avg.3.33
162 Game Avg.3.33
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Victor Cruz Component ERA Per Season

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

Victor Cruz Component ERA by Team

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

Victor Cruz Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Victor Cruz's career Component 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.
Victor Cruz Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Victor Cruz Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Victor Cruz's seasonal Component 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.
Victor Cruz Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Victor Cruz Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Victor Cruz's MLB career with Component 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.
Victor Cruz Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table