How Brian Meadows's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Brian Meadows posted a career ERA of 5.05, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2004, posting 3.58, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.54 that year. The highest point came in 2001 at 6.97, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.5 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.58 in 2004 to 4.58 in 2005 and 5.17 in 2006. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 9 seasons.

Brian Meadows Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Brian Meadows ERA Per Season

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

Brian Meadows ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Brian Meadows'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.
Brian Meadows ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Brian Meadows ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brian Meadows'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.
Brian Meadows ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brian Meadows ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brian Meadows'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.
Brian Meadows ERA season-by-season breakdown table