How Mike Venafro's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Mike Venafro posted a career ERA of 4.09, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2006, posting 2.45, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.24 that year. The highest point came in 2001 at 4.8, above the relief pitcher average of 4.19 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.74 in 2003 to 4.0 in 2004 and 2.45 in 2006. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 7 seasons.
Mike Venafro Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Mike Venafro
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Component ERA | Mike Venafro
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| Career | 4.09 | 4.18 | 4.1 |
| Season Avg. | 4.09 | 4.18 | 4.1 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.09 | 4.18 | 4.1 |
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Mike Venafro ERA Per Season
Mike Venafro'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.
Mike Venafro ERA by Team
Mike Venafro's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Mike Venafro ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Venafro'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.
Mike Venafro ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Mike Venafro'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.
Mike Venafro ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Mike Venafro'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.
