How Brad Pennington's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Brad Pennington posted a career ERA of 7.02, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. The ERA profile has been one of the more consistent of his era — 4 seasons of below-average production with little variance, rather than the volatility that sometimes accompanies a struggling hitter.

Brad Pennington Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career7.027.156.52
Season Avg.7.027.156.52
162 Game Avg.7.027.156.52
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Brad Pennington ERA Per Season

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

Brad Pennington ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Brad Pennington'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.
Brad Pennington ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Brad Pennington ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brad Pennington'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.
Brad Pennington ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brad Pennington ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brad Pennington'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.
Brad Pennington ERA season-by-season breakdown table