How Clay Smith's Earned Runs Compares to Similar Players

Clay Smith totaled 24 career Earned Runs, well below the relief pitcher average of 126.9 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 2 seasons, the Earned Runs arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Earned Runs arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Earned Runs profile — ranging from 8 to 16 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Clay Smith Lifetime Earned Runs

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Clay Smith Earned Runs Per Season

Clay Smith's Earned Runs 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.
Clay Smith Earned Runs per season line chart

Clay Smith Earned Runs by Team

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

Clay Smith Cumulative Earned Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Clay Smith's career Earned Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Clay Smith Earned Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Clay Smith Earned Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Clay Smith's seasonal Earned Runs 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.
Clay Smith Earned Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Clay Smith Earned Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Clay Smith's MLB career with Earned Runs 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.
Clay Smith Earned Runs season-by-season breakdown table