How Brian Van Belle's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Brian Van Belle has posted a career ERA of 5.4, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the ERA arc has shown a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc has been below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Brian Van Belle Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career5.47.014.68
Season Avg.5.47.014.68
162 Game Avg.5.47.014.68
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Brian Van Belle ERA Per Season

Brian Van Belle'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.
Brian Van Belle ERA per season line chart

Brian Van Belle ERA by Team

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

Brian Van Belle ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Brian Van Belle'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.
Brian Van Belle ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Brian Van Belle ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brian Van Belle'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.
Brian Van Belle ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brian Van Belle ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brian Van Belle'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.
Brian Van Belle ERA season-by-season breakdown table