How Terry Mathews's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Terry Mathews posted a career ERA of 4.25, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1995, posting 3.38, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.4 that year. The highest point came in 1998 at 6.2, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.26 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.41 in 1997 to 6.2 in 1998 and 4.38 in 1999. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 7 seasons.

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Terry Mathews ERA Per Season

Terry Mathews'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.
Terry Mathews ERA per season line chart

Terry Mathews ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Terry Mathews'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.
Terry Mathews ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Terry Mathews ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Terry Mathews'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.
Terry Mathews ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Terry Mathews ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Terry Mathews'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.
Terry Mathews ERA season-by-season breakdown table