How Jerry Fosnow's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Jerry Fosnow posted a career ERA of 5.65, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 4.44 to 10.97 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Jerry Fosnow Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career5.654.045.51
Season Avg.5.654.045.51
162 Game Avg.5.654.045.51
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Jerry Fosnow ERA Per Season

Jerry Fosnow'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.
Jerry Fosnow ERA per season line chart

Jerry Fosnow ERA by Team

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

Jerry Fosnow ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jerry Fosnow'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.
Jerry Fosnow ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Jerry Fosnow ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jerry Fosnow'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.
Jerry Fosnow ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jerry Fosnow ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jerry Fosnow'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.
Jerry Fosnow ERA season-by-season breakdown table