How Bill Friel's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bill Friel posted a career ERA of 4.5, above the league average of 3.92 — a level that fell short of typical league production. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season 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 fell below league norms across 1 season.

Bill Friel Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Bill Friel ERA Per Season

Bill Friel's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, 2B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bill Friel ERA per season line chart

Bill Friel ERA by Team

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

Bill Friel ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Friel'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.
Bill Friel ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Friel ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Friel'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.
Bill Friel ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Friel ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Friel'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.
Bill Friel ERA season-by-season breakdown table