How Ryan Merritt's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ryan Merritt posted a career ERA of 1.71, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent ERA producers of his era, the career line shows well-above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 2 seasons.

Ryan Merritt Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Ryan Merritt ERA Per Season

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

Ryan Merritt ERA by Team

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

Ryan Merritt ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ryan Merritt'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.
Ryan Merritt ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ryan Merritt ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ryan Merritt'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.
Ryan Merritt ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ryan Merritt ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ryan Merritt'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.
Ryan Merritt ERA season-by-season breakdown table