How Oil Can Boyd's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Oil Can Boyd posted a career ERA of 4.04, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1990, posting 2.93, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.89 that year. The highest point came in 1987 at 5.89, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.35 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.42 in 1989 to 2.93 in 1990 and 4.59 in 1991. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.
Oil Can Boyd Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Oil Can Boyd
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ERA | Oil Can Boyd
Component ERA | Oil Can Boyd
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.04 | 3.86 | 4.23 |
| Season Avg. | 4.04 | 3.86 | 4.23 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.04 | 3.86 | 4.23 |
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Oil Can Boyd ERA Per Season
Oil Can Boyd's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Oil Can Boyd ERA by Team
Oil Can Boyd's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Oil Can Boyd ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Oil Can Boyd'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.
Oil Can Boyd ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Oil Can Boyd'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.
