How Chris Welsh's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Chris Welsh posted a career Component ERA of 4.54, above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1981, posting 3.63, near the starting pitcher average of 3.49 that year. The highest point came in 1985 at 6.18, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.81 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.22 in 1983 to 6.18 in 1985 and 4.47 in 1986. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 5 seasons.

Chris Welsh Lifetime Component ERA

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Chris Welsh
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Chris Welsh Component ERA Per Season

Chris Welsh's Component ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Chris Welsh Component ERA per season line chart

Chris Welsh Component ERA by Team

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

Chris Welsh Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Welsh'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.
Chris Welsh Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Welsh Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chris Welsh'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.
Chris Welsh Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chris Welsh Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chris Welsh'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.
Chris Welsh Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table