How Ty Cobb's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Ty Cobb posted a career ERA of 3.6, near the league average of 3.92 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 4.5 — though the career average tracked near league norms.
Ty Cobb Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Ty Cobb
| Ty Cobb
ERA | Ty Cobb
Component ERA | Ty Cobb
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.6 | 5.07 | 4.2 |
| Season Avg. | 3.6 | 5.07 | 4.2 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.6 | 5.07 | 4.2 |
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Ty Cobb ERA Per Season
Ty Cobb's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, CF, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ty Cobb ERA by Team
Ty Cobb's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ty Cobb ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ty Cobb'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.
Ty Cobb ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ty Cobb'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.
Ty Cobb ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ty Cobb'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.
