How Bill Force's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bill Force posted a career ERA of 4.44, above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 1923, posting 3.88. The highest point came in 1928 at 6.98. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.0 in 1927 to 6.98 in 1928 and 4.71 in 1929. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 9 seasons.

Bill Force Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career4.444.083.94
Season Avg.4.444.083.94
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Bill Force ERA Per Season

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

Bill Force ERA by Team

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

Bill Force ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Force'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.
Bill Force ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Force ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Force'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.
Bill Force ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Force ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Force'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.
Bill Force ERA season-by-season breakdown table