How Raul Valdes's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Raul Valdes posted a career ERA of 5.13, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2012, posting 2.9, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.77 that year. The highest point came in 2014 at 12.27, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.61 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.9 in 2012 to 7.46 in 2013 and 12.27 in 2014. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.9 to 12.27 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Raul Valdes Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Raul Valdes
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ERA | Raul Valdes
Component ERA | Raul Valdes
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 5.13 | 4.25 | 3.95 |
| Season Avg. | 5.13 | 4.25 | 3.95 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.13 | 4.25 | 3.95 |
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Raul Valdes ERA Per Season
Raul Valdes's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Raul Valdes ERA by Team
Raul Valdes's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Raul Valdes ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Raul Valdes'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.
Raul Valdes ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Raul Valdes'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.
Raul Valdes ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Raul Valdes'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.
