How Bob Caruthers's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bob Caruthers posted a career ERA of 2.83, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest ERA season came in 1885, posting 2.07, well below the relief pitcher average of 6.0 that year. The highest point came in 1892 at 5.84, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.21 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.09 in 1890 to 3.12 in 1891 and 5.84 in 1892. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.07 to 5.84 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Bob Caruthers Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Bob Caruthers ERA Per Season

Bob Caruthers'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.
Bob Caruthers ERA per season line chart

Bob Caruthers ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Caruthers'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.
Bob Caruthers ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Caruthers ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Caruthers'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.
Bob Caruthers ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Caruthers ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Caruthers'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.
Bob Caruthers ERA season-by-season breakdown table