How Steve Melter's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Steve Melter posted a career ERA of 3.5, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 1 season.

Steve Melter Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Steve Melter ERA Per Season

Steve Melter'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.
Steve Melter ERA per season line chart

Steve Melter ERA by Team

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

Steve Melter ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Melter'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.
Steve Melter ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Melter ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Melter'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.
Steve Melter ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Melter ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Melter'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.
Steve Melter ERA season-by-season breakdown table