How Sam Mertes's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Sam Mertes posted a career ERA of 1.93, well below the league average of 3.83 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. 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 well above league norms across 1 season.
Sam Mertes Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Sam Mertes
| Sam Mertes
ERA | Sam Mertes
Component ERA | Sam Mertes
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 1.93 | 3.52 | 3 |
| Season Avg. | 1.93 | 3.52 | 3 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 1.93 | 3.52 | 3 |
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Sam Mertes ERA Per Season
Sam Mertes's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, LF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sam Mertes ERA by Team
Sam Mertes's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sam Mertes ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sam Mertes'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.
Sam Mertes ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sam Mertes'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.
Sam Mertes ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sam Mertes'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.
