How Zane Smith's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Zane Smith posted a career ERA of 3.74, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1984, posting 2.25, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.89 that year. The highest point came in 1995 at 5.61, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.44 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.55 in 1993 to 5.61 in 1995 and 5.08 in 1996. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 12 seasons.
Zane Smith Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Zane Smith
| Zane Smith
ERA | Zane Smith
Component ERA | Zane Smith
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.74 | 3.69 | 3.73 |
| Season Avg. | 3.74 | 3.69 | 3.73 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.74 | 3.69 | 3.73 |
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Zane Smith ERA Per Season
Zane Smith's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Zane Smith ERA by Team
Zane Smith's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Zane Smith ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Zane 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.
Zane Smith ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Zane 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.
Zane Smith ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Zane 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.
