How Happy Foreman's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Happy Foreman posted a career ERA of 3.18, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. 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. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 2 seasons.

Happy Foreman Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Happy Foreman ERA Per Season

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

Happy Foreman ERA by Team

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

Happy Foreman ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Happy Foreman'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.
Happy Foreman ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Happy Foreman ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Happy Foreman'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.
Happy Foreman ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Happy Foreman ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Happy Foreman'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.
Happy Foreman ERA season-by-season breakdown table