How Mickey Lolich's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Mickey Lolich posted a career ERA of 3.44, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1978, posting 1.56, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.66 that year. The highest point came in 1966 at 4.77, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.54 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.22 in 1976 to 1.56 in 1978 and 4.74 in 1979. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 16 seasons.

Mickey Lolich Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Mickey Lolich ERA Per Season

Mickey Lolich's 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.
Mickey Lolich ERA per season line chart

Mickey Lolich ERA by Team

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

Mickey Lolich ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mickey Lolich'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.
Mickey Lolich ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Mickey Lolich ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mickey Lolich'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.
Mickey Lolich ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mickey Lolich ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mickey Lolich'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.
Mickey Lolich ERA season-by-season breakdown table