How Wally Bunker's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Wally Bunker posted a career ERA of 3.51, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1968, posting 2.41, below the starting pitcher average of 2.92 that year. The highest point came in 1963 at 13.5, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.47 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.23 in 1969 to 4.22 in 1970 and 5.01 in 1971. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.41 to 13.5 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Wally Bunker Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Wally Bunker ERA Per Season

Wally Bunker'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.
Wally Bunker ERA per season line chart

Wally Bunker ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Wally Bunker'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.
Wally Bunker ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Wally Bunker ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Wally Bunker'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.
Wally Bunker ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Wally Bunker ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Wally Bunker'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.
Wally Bunker ERA season-by-season breakdown table