How Dave Smith's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Dave Smith posted a career ERA of 9.0, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 7.2 to 18.0 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Dave Smith Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career98.056.83
Season Avg.98.056.83
162 Game Avg.98.056.83
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Dave Smith ERA Per Season

Dave 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.
Dave Smith ERA per season line chart

Dave Smith ERA by Team

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

Dave Smith ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave 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.
Dave Smith ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Smith ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave 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.
Dave Smith ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Smith ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave 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.
Dave Smith ERA season-by-season breakdown table