How Tim Harikkala's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Tim Harikkala posted a career ERA of 5.98, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2004, posting 4.74, above the relief pitcher average of 4.23 that year. The highest point came in 1995 at 16.2, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.4 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.74 in 2004 to 6.39 in 2005 and 8.1 in 2007. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 4.74 to 16.2 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

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Tim Harikkala ERA Per Season

Tim Harikkala'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.
Tim Harikkala ERA per season line chart

Tim Harikkala ERA by Team

Tim Harikkala's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Tim Harikkala ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tim Harikkala'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.
Tim Harikkala ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Tim Harikkala ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tim Harikkala'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.
Tim Harikkala ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tim Harikkala ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tim Harikkala'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.
Tim Harikkala ERA season-by-season breakdown table