How Jim Parque's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Jim Parque posted a career ERA of 5.42, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2000, posting 4.28, below the starting pitcher average of 4.78 that year. The highest point came in 2003 at 11.94, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.47 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.04 in 2001 to 9.95 in 2002 and 11.94 in 2003. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 4.28 to 11.94 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jim Parque Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Jim Parque ERA Per Season

Jim Parque'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.
Jim Parque ERA per season line chart

Jim Parque ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Parque'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.
Jim Parque ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Parque ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Parque'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.
Jim Parque ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Parque ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Parque'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.
Jim Parque ERA season-by-season breakdown table