How Joe Dawson's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Joe Dawson posted a career ERA of 4.15, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 4 seasons, the ERA arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 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 3.29 to 8.31 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Joe Dawson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career4.153.834.46
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162 Game Avg.4.153.834.46
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Joe Dawson ERA Per Season

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

Joe Dawson ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Dawson'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.
Joe Dawson ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Dawson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Dawson'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.
Joe Dawson ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Dawson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Dawson'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.
Joe Dawson ERA season-by-season breakdown table