How Ben Van Dyke's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ben Van Dyke posted a career ERA of 3.32, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent ERA producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 2 seasons.

Ben Van Dyke Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Season Avg.3.323.683.46
162 Game Avg.3.323.683.46
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Ben Van Dyke ERA Per Season

Ben Van Dyke'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.
Ben Van Dyke ERA per season line chart

Ben Van Dyke ERA by Team

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

Ben Van Dyke ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ben Van Dyke'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.
Ben Van Dyke ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ben Van Dyke ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ben Van Dyke'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.
Ben Van Dyke ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ben Van Dyke ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ben Van Dyke'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.
Ben Van Dyke ERA season-by-season breakdown table