How Bob Long's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bob Long posted a career Component ERA of 4.33, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 2 seasons, the Component ERA arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Component ERA arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 2 seasons.

Bob Long Lifetime Component ERA

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Bob Long
Component ERA
Career4.33
Season Avg.4.33
162 Game Avg.4.33
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Bob Long Component ERA Per Season

Bob Long's Component ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Bob Long Component ERA per season line chart

Bob Long Component ERA by Team

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

Bob Long Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Long'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.
Bob Long Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Long Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Long'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.
Bob Long Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Long Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Long'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.
Bob Long Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table