How Denny Neagle's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Denny Neagle posted a career ERA of 4.24, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1997, posting 2.97, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.39 that year. The highest point came in 2003 at 7.9, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.47 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.38 in 2001 to 5.26 in 2002 and 7.9 in 2003. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.97 to 7.9 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Denny Neagle Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Denny Neagle ERA Per Season

Denny Neagle'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.
Denny Neagle ERA per season line chart

Denny Neagle ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Denny Neagle'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.
Denny Neagle ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Denny Neagle ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Denny Neagle'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.
Denny Neagle ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Denny Neagle ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Denny Neagle'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.
Denny Neagle ERA season-by-season breakdown table