How Buttons Briggs's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Buttons Briggs posted a career ERA of 3.41, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1904, posting 2.05, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.59 that year. The highest point came in 1898 at 5.7, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.42 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.7 in 1898 to 2.05 in 1904 and 2.14 in 1905. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.05 to 5.7 — though the career average remained above league norms.
Buttons Briggs Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Buttons Briggs
| Buttons Briggs
ERA | Buttons Briggs
Component ERA | Buttons Briggs
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.41 | 3.86 | 3.75 |
| Season Avg. | 3.41 | 3.86 | 3.75 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.41 | 3.86 | 3.75 |
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Buttons Briggs ERA Per Season
Buttons Briggs'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.
Buttons Briggs ERA by Team
Buttons Briggs's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Buttons Briggs ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Buttons Briggs'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.
Buttons Briggs ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Buttons Briggs'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.
Buttons Briggs ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Buttons Briggs'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.
