How Buck Ewing's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Buck Ewing posted a career ERA of 3.45, near the league average of 3.83 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1884, posting 1.13, well below the league average of 5.77 that year. The highest point came in 1882 at 9.0. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.57 in 1888 to 4.05 in 1889 and 4.0 in 1890. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.13 to 9.0 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Buck Ewing Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Buck Ewing ERA Per Season

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

Buck Ewing ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Buck Ewing'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.
Buck Ewing ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Buck Ewing ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Buck Ewing'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.
Buck Ewing ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Buck Ewing ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Buck Ewing'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.
Buck Ewing ERA season-by-season breakdown table