How Joe Hoerner's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Joe Hoerner posted a career ERA of 2.99, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest ERA season came in 1963, posting .000, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.35 that year. The highest point came in 1977 at 12.71, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.82 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.57 in 1975 to 5.14 in 1976 and 12.71 in 1977. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 12.71 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Joe Hoerner Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career2.993.213.75
Season Avg.2.993.213.75
162 Game Avg.2.993.213.75
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Joe Hoerner ERA Per Season

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

Joe Hoerner ERA by Team

Joe Hoerner's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Joe Hoerner ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Hoerner'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.
Joe Hoerner ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Hoerner ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Hoerner'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.
Joe Hoerner ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Hoerner ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Hoerner'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.
Joe Hoerner ERA season-by-season breakdown table