How Jim Ellis's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Jim Ellis posted a career ERA of 2.86, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.69 to 3.24 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Jim Ellis Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career2.865.534.5
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Jim Ellis ERA Per Season

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

Jim Ellis ERA by Team

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

Jim Ellis ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jim Ellis'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.
Jim Ellis ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Jim Ellis ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jim Ellis'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.
Jim Ellis ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jim Ellis ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jim Ellis'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.
Jim Ellis ERA season-by-season breakdown table