How Mike Venafro's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Mike Venafro posted a career Component ERA of 4.18, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1999, posting 3.3, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.61 that year. The highest point came in 2004 at 5.9, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.27 that year. The Component ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.89 in 2003 to 5.9 in 2004 and 4.38 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 Component ERA

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Mike Venafro Component ERA Per Season

Mike Venafro's Component 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 Component ERA per season line chart

Mike Venafro Component ERA by Team

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

Mike Venafro Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Mike Venafro's career Component 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 Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Mike Venafro Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Mike Venafro's seasonal Component 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 Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Mike Venafro Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Mike Venafro's MLB career with Component 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.
Mike Venafro Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table