How Carlos Villanueva's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Carlos Villanueva posted a career ERA of 4.31, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2015, posting 2.95, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.72 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 5.96, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.91 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.64 in 2014 to 2.95 in 2015 and 5.96 in 2016. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 11 seasons.
Carlos Villanueva Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Carlos Villanueva
| Carlos Villanueva
ERA | Carlos Villanueva
Component ERA | Carlos Villanueva
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.31 | 3.95 | 4.16 |
| Season Avg. | 4.31 | 3.95 | 4.16 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.31 | 3.95 | 4.16 |
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Carlos Villanueva ERA Per Season
Carlos Villanueva's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Carlos Villanueva ERA by Team
Carlos Villanueva's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Carlos Villanueva ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Carlos Villanueva'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.
Carlos Villanueva ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Carlos Villanueva'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.
Carlos Villanueva ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Carlos Villanueva'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.
