How Ed Head's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Ed Head posted a career ERA of 3.48, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1944, posting 2.7, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.49 that year. The highest point came in 1940 at 4.12, near the starting pitcher average of 4.16 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.66 in 1943 to 2.7 in 1944 and 3.21 in 1946. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 5 seasons.
Ed Head Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Ed Head
| Ed Head
ERA | Ed Head
Component ERA | Ed Head
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.48 | 3.33 | 3.92 |
| Season Avg. | 3.48 | 3.33 | 3.92 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.48 | 3.33 | 3.92 |
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Ed Head ERA Per Season
Ed Head'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Head ERA by Team
Ed Head's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ed Head ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Head'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.
Ed Head ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ed Head'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.
Ed Head ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ed Head'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.
