How Lance McCullers's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Lance McCullers posted a career Component ERA of 3.23, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1985, posting 2.4, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.81 that year. The highest point came in 1989 at 4.17, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.45 that year. The Component ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.17 in 1989 to 2.45 in 1990 and 3.38 in 1992. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 7 seasons.

Lance McCullers Lifetime Component ERA

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Lance McCullers Component ERA Per Season

Lance McCullers'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.
Lance McCullers Component ERA per season line chart

Lance McCullers Component ERA by Team

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

Lance McCullers Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Lance McCullers'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.
Lance McCullers Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Lance McCullers Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Lance McCullers'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.
Lance McCullers Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Lance McCullers Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Lance McCullers'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.
Lance McCullers Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table