How Sumner Bowman's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Sumner Bowman posted a career ERA of 5.22, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 3.44 to 6.75 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Sumner Bowman Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Sumner Bowman
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ERA | Sumner Bowman
Component ERA | Sumner Bowman
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 5.22 | 5.99 | 4.63 |
| Season Avg. | 5.22 | 5.99 | 4.63 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.22 | 5.99 | 4.63 |
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Sumner Bowman ERA Per Season
Sumner Bowman's ERA 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 ERA by Team
Sumner Bowman's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sumner Bowman ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sumner Bowman'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.
Sumner Bowman ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sumner Bowman'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.
Sumner Bowman ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sumner Bowman'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.
