How Brian Smith's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Brian Smith posted a career Component ERA of 7.97, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the Component ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Component 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.

Brian Smith Lifetime Component ERA

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Brian Smith
Component ERA
Career7.97
Season Avg.7.97
162 Game Avg.7.97
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Brian Smith Component ERA Per Season

Brian Smith'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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Brian Smith Component ERA per season line chart

Brian Smith Component ERA by Team

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

Brian Smith Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

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

Brian Smith Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Brian Smith Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brian Smith'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.
Brian Smith Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table