How Art Smith's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Art Smith posted a career ERA of 11.57, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Art Smith Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career11.5715.836.29
Season Avg.11.5715.836.29
162 Game Avg.11.5715.836.29
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Art Smith ERA Per Season

Art Smith'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.
Art Smith ERA per season line chart

Art Smith ERA by Team

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

Art Smith ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Art Smith'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.
Art Smith ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Art Smith ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Art Smith'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.
Art Smith ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Art Smith ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Art Smith'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.
Art Smith ERA season-by-season breakdown table