How B. J. Ryan's ERA Compares to Similar Players

B. J. Ryan posted a career ERA of 3.37, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2006, posting 1.37, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.24 that year. The highest point came in 2007 at 12.46, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.21 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 12.46 in 2007 to 2.95 in 2008 and 6.53 in 2009. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.37 to 12.46 — though the career average remained above league norms.

B. J. Ryan Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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B. J. Ryan ERA Per Season

B. J. Ryan'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.
B. J. Ryan ERA per season line chart

B. J. Ryan ERA by Team

B. J. Ryan's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
B. J. Ryan career ERA by team bar chart

B. J. Ryan ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how B. J. Ryan'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.
B. J. Ryan ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

B. J. Ryan ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes B. J. Ryan'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.
B. J. Ryan ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

B. J. Ryan ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of B. J. Ryan'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.
B. J. Ryan ERA season-by-season breakdown table