How Steve Woodard's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Steve Woodard posted a career ERA of 4.94, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 1998, posting 4.18, near the starting pitcher average of 4.48 that year. The highest point came in 2002 at 6.62, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.34 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.2 in 2001 to 6.62 in 2002 and 5.09 in 2003. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 7 seasons.

Steve Woodard Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Steve Woodard ERA Per Season

Steve Woodard's 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.
Steve Woodard ERA per season line chart

Steve Woodard ERA by Team

Steve Woodard's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Steve Woodard ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Woodard'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.
Steve Woodard ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Woodard ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Woodard'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.
Steve Woodard ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Woodard ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Woodard'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.
Steve Woodard ERA season-by-season breakdown table