How Ray King's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ray King posted a career ERA of 3.46, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2000, posting 1.26, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.67 that year. The highest point came in 1999 at 5.91, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.53 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.43 in 2006 to 4.76 in 2007 and 5.68 in 2008. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.26 to 5.91 — though the career average remained above league norms.

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Ray King ERA Per Season

Ray King'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.
Ray King ERA per season line chart

Ray King ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Ray King'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.
Ray King ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ray King ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ray King'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.
Ray King ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ray King ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ray King'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.
Ray King ERA season-by-season breakdown table