How Bobby Sprowl's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bobby Sprowl posted a career ERA of 5.44, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 4 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 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 .000 to 6.39 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bobby Sprowl Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Bobby Sprowl ERA Per Season

Bobby Sprowl'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.
Bobby Sprowl ERA per season line chart

Bobby Sprowl ERA by Team

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

Bobby Sprowl ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bobby Sprowl'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.
Bobby Sprowl ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bobby Sprowl ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bobby Sprowl'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.
Bobby Sprowl ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bobby Sprowl ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bobby Sprowl'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.
Bobby Sprowl ERA season-by-season breakdown table