How Burch Smith's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Burch Smith posted a career ERA of 5.79, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2024, posting 4.95, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.85 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 6.92, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.1 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.48 in 2019 to 5.4 in 2021 and 4.95 in 2024. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.
Burch Smith Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Burch Smith
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ERA | Burch Smith
Component ERA | Burch Smith
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 5.79 | 5.23 | 4.49 |
| Season Avg. | 5.79 | 5.23 | 4.49 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.79 | 5.23 | 4.49 |
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Burch Smith ERA Per Season
Burch 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, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Burch Smith ERA by Team
Burch Smith's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Burch Smith ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Burch 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.
Burch Smith ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Burch 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.
Burch Smith ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Burch 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.
