How Derek Law's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Derek Law posted a career ERA of 3.69, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2016, posting 2.13, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.91 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 7.43, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.1 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.12 in 2022 to 3.6 in 2023 and 2.6 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.13 to 7.43 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Derek Law Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career3.694.043.82
Season Avg.3.694.043.82
162 Game Avg.3.694.043.82
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Derek Law ERA Per Season

Derek Law'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.
Derek Law ERA per season line chart

Derek Law ERA by Team

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

Derek Law ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Derek Law'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.
Derek Law ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Derek Law ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Derek Law'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.
Derek Law ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Derek Law ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Derek Law'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.
Derek Law ERA season-by-season breakdown table