How Irv Higginbotham's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Irv Higginbotham posted a career ERA of 2.81, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 3 seasons, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 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 well above league norms across 3 seasons.
Irv Higginbotham Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Irv Higginbotham
| Irv Higginbotham
ERA | Irv Higginbotham
Component ERA | Irv Higginbotham
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 2.81 | 2.8 | 3.25 |
| Season Avg. | 2.81 | 2.8 | 3.25 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.81 | 2.8 | 3.25 |
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Irv Higginbotham ERA Per Season
Irv Higginbotham'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.
Irv Higginbotham ERA by Team
Irv Higginbotham's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Irv Higginbotham ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Irv Higginbotham'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.
Irv Higginbotham ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Irv Higginbotham'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.
Irv Higginbotham ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Irv Higginbotham'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.
