How Craig Lefferts's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Craig Lefferts posted a career ERA of 3.43, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1984, posting 2.13, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.6 that year. The highest point came in 1993 at 6.05, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.15 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.91 in 1991 to 3.76 in 1992 and 6.05 in 1993. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.13 to 6.05 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Craig Lefferts Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Craig Lefferts ERA Per Season

Craig Lefferts'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, Europe, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Craig Lefferts ERA per season line chart

Craig Lefferts ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Craig Lefferts'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.
Craig Lefferts ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Craig Lefferts ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Craig Lefferts'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.
Craig Lefferts ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Craig Lefferts ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Craig Lefferts'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.
Craig Lefferts ERA season-by-season breakdown table