How Roy Smith's Defense Independent ERA Compares to Similar Players

Roy Smith posted a career Defense Independent ERA of 6.45, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.08 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the Defense Independent ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Defense Independent 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.

Roy Smith Lifetime Defense Independent ERA

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Roy Smith
Defense Independent ERA
Career6.45
Season Avg.6.45
162 Game Avg.6.45
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Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA Per Season

Roy Smith's Defense Independent 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.
Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA per season line chart

Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA by Team

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

Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Roy Smith's career Defense Independent 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.
Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Roy Smith's seasonal Defense Independent 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.
Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Roy Smith's MLB career with Defense Independent 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.
Roy Smith Defense Independent ERA season-by-season breakdown table