How Joe Vance's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Joe Vance posted a career ERA of 5.81, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 3 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 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 3.0 to 7.15 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Joe Vance Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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162 Game Avg.5.815.815.32
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Joe Vance ERA Per Season

Joe Vance'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.
Joe Vance ERA per season line chart

Joe Vance ERA by Team

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

Joe Vance ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Vance'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.
Joe Vance ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Vance ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Vance'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.
Joe Vance ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Vance ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Vance'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.
Joe Vance ERA season-by-season breakdown table