How Clayton Richard's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players
Clayton Richard posted a career Component ERA of 4.61, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2015, posting 3.56, near the starting pitcher average of 3.88 that year. The highest point came in 2013 at 6.55, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.85 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.33 in 2017 to 4.44 in 2018 and 6.37 in 2019. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 11 seasons.
Clayton Richard Lifetime Component ERA
Stats similar to Component ERA for Clayton Richard
| Clayton Richard
Component ERA |
|---|
| Career | 4.61 |
| Season Avg. | 4.61 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.61 |
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Clayton Richard Component ERA Per Season
Clayton Richard's Component 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.
Clayton Richard Component ERA by Team
Clayton Richard's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Clayton Richard Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Clayton Richard's career Component 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.
Clayton Richard Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Clayton Richard's seasonal Component 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.
Clayton Richard Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Clayton Richard's MLB career with Component 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.
