How Rick Helling's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Rick Helling posted a career Component ERA of 4.56, above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2005, posting 2.66, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.26 that year. The highest point came in 1995 at 8.81, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.34 that year. The Component ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.19 in 2003 to 2.66 in 2005 and 3.13 in 2006. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Component ERA profile — ranging from 2.66 to 8.81 — though the career average fell below league norms.

Rick Helling Lifetime Component ERA

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Rick Helling
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Season Avg.4.56
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Rick Helling Component ERA Per Season

Rick Helling'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Rick Helling Component ERA per season line chart

Rick Helling Component ERA by Team

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

Rick Helling Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Rick Helling'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.
Rick Helling Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Rick Helling Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rick Helling'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.
Rick Helling Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rick Helling Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rick Helling'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.
Rick Helling Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table