How Mike Smith's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Mike Smith posted a career ERA of 8.22, 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. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 2 seasons.

Mike Smith Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Mike Smith ERA Per Season

Mike 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.
Mike Smith ERA per season line chart

Mike Smith ERA by Team

Mike Smith's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Mike Smith ERA Year-Over-Year Change

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

Mike Smith ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Mike Smith ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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