How Dave Davenport's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Dave Davenport posted a career ERA of 2.93, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest ERA season came in 1915, posting 2.2, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.86 that year. The highest point came in 1919 at 3.94, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.05 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.08 in 1917 to 3.25 in 1918 and 3.94 in 1919. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 6 seasons.

Dave Davenport Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Dave Davenport ERA Per Season

Dave Davenport'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.
Dave Davenport ERA per season line chart

Dave Davenport ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Dave Davenport'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.
Dave Davenport ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Dave Davenport ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Dave Davenport'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.
Dave Davenport ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Dave Davenport ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Dave Davenport'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.
Dave Davenport ERA season-by-season breakdown table