How Clay Smith's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players
Clay Smith posted a career Component ERA of 5.73, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Component ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons 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 2 seasons.
Clay Smith Lifetime Component ERA
Stats similar to Component ERA for Clay Smith
| Clay Smith
Component ERA |
|---|
| Career | 5.73 |
| Season Avg. | 5.73 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.73 |
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Clay Smith Component ERA Per Season
Clay Smith's Component 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.
Clay Smith Component ERA by Team
Clay Smith's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Clay Smith Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Clay 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.
Clay Smith Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Clay 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.
Clay Smith Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Clay 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.
