How Sumner Bowman's Earned Runs Compares to Similar Players

Sumner Bowman totaled 85 career Earned Runs, well below the relief pitcher average of 126.9 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 2 seasons, the Earned Runs arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the Earned Runs arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Earned Runs profile — ranging from 26 to 59 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Sumner Bowman Lifetime Earned Runs

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Sumner Bowman Earned Runs Per Season

Sumner Bowman's Earned Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American Association, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sumner Bowman Earned Runs per season line chart

Sumner Bowman Earned Runs by Team

Sumner Bowman's career Earned Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sumner Bowman career Earned Runs by team bar chart

Sumner Bowman Cumulative Earned Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Sumner Bowman's career Earned Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Sumner Bowman Earned Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Sumner Bowman Earned Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sumner Bowman's seasonal Earned Runs 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.
Sumner Bowman Earned Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sumner Bowman Earned Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sumner Bowman's MLB career with Earned Runs 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.
Sumner Bowman Earned Runs season-by-season breakdown table