How Bill Laxton's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bill Laxton posted a career Component ERA of 4.78, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1976, posting 4.07, above the relief pitcher average of 3.5 that year. The highest point came in 1970 at 17.44, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.88 that year. The Component ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.83 in 1974 to 4.07 in 1976 and 4.24 in 1977. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Component ERA profile — ranging from 4.07 to 17.44 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bill Laxton Lifetime Component ERA

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Bill Laxton Component ERA Per Season

Bill Laxton's Component 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.
Bill Laxton Component ERA per season line chart

Bill Laxton Component ERA by Team

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

Bill Laxton Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

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

Bill Laxton Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Bill Laxton Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Laxton'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.
Bill Laxton Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table