How Rube Benton's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Rube Benton posted a career ERA of 3.09, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest ERA season came in 1918, posting 1.88, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.8 that year. The highest point came in 1910 at 4.74, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.73 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.66 in 1923 to 2.77 in 1924 and 4.05 in 1925. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 15 seasons.

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Rube Benton ERA Per Season

Rube Benton'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.
Rube Benton ERA per season line chart

Rube Benton ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Rube Benton'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.
Rube Benton ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Rube Benton ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Rube Benton'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.
Rube Benton ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Rube Benton ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Rube Benton'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.
Rube Benton ERA season-by-season breakdown table