How Jim Elam's Errors Compares to Similar Players

Jim Elam totaled 2 career Errors, well below the league average of 17.6 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the Errors arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Errors arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Jim Elam Lifetime Errors

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Jim Elam Errors Per Season

Jim Elam's Errors 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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Jim Elam Errors per season line chart

Jim Elam Errors by Team

Jim Elam's career Errors totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jim Elam career Errors by team bar chart

Jim Elam Cumulative Errors — Career Progression

A running total of Jim Elam's career Errors, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Jim Elam Errors year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Elam Errors Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Elam's seasonal Errors 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.
Jim Elam Errors distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Elam Errors — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Elam's MLB career with Errors 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.
Jim Elam Errors season-by-season breakdown table