How Nino Espinosa's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Nino Espinosa posted a career ERA of 4.17, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1977, posting 3.42, below the starting pitcher average of 4.05 that year. The highest point came in 1975 at 18.0, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.73 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.65 in 1979 to 3.77 in 1980 and 6.15 in 1981. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 3.42 to 18.0 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Nino Espinosa Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Nino Espinosa ERA Per Season

Nino Espinosa'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Nino Espinosa ERA per season line chart

Nino Espinosa ERA by Team

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

Nino Espinosa ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Nino Espinosa'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.
Nino Espinosa ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Nino Espinosa ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Nino Espinosa'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.
Nino Espinosa ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Nino Espinosa ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Nino Espinosa'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.
Nino Espinosa ERA season-by-season breakdown table