How Tim Wakefield's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Tim Wakefield posted a career Component ERA of 4.26, above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2002, posting 2.54, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.24 that year. The highest point came in 1993 at 5.97, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.11 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.6 in 2009 to 4.32 in 2010 and 4.56 in 2011. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 19 seasons.

Tim Wakefield Lifetime Component ERA

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Tim Wakefield Component ERA Per Season

Tim Wakefield'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, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Tim Wakefield Component ERA per season line chart

Tim Wakefield Component ERA by Team

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

Tim Wakefield Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Tim Wakefield Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tim Wakefield Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tim Wakefield'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.
Tim Wakefield Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table