How Ed Appleton's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ed Appleton posted a career ERA of 3.25, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. One of the more consistent ERA producers of his era, the career line shows above-average output with little season-to-season variance across 2 seasons.

Ed Appleton Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Ed Appleton ERA Per Season

Ed Appleton'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.
Ed Appleton ERA per season line chart

Ed Appleton ERA by Team

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

Ed Appleton ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Appleton'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.
Ed Appleton ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Appleton ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Appleton'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.
Ed Appleton ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Appleton ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Appleton'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.
Ed Appleton ERA season-by-season breakdown table