How Sonny Collins's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Sonny Collins posted a career ERA of 9.22, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 7.71 to 32.4 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Sonny Collins Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career9.228.975.38
Season Avg.9.228.975.38
162 Game Avg.9.228.975.38
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Sonny Collins ERA Per Season

Sonny Collins's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, Unknown, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Sonny Collins ERA per season line chart

Sonny Collins ERA by Team

Sonny Collins's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sonny Collins career ERA by team bar chart

Sonny Collins ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sonny Collins'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.
Sonny Collins ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Sonny Collins ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sonny Collins'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.
Sonny Collins ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sonny Collins ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sonny Collins'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.
Sonny Collins ERA season-by-season breakdown table