How Lefty Holmes's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Lefty Holmes posted a career ERA of 4.48, above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 1934, posting 2.78. The highest point came in 1940 at 12.0, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.52 in 1936 to 7.3 in 1938 and 12.0 in 1940. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.78 to 12.0 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Lefty Holmes Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Lefty Holmes
| Lefty Holmes
ERA | Lefty Holmes
Component ERA | Lefty Holmes
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.48 | 3.5 | 3.56 |
| Season Avg. | 4.48 | 3.5 | 3.56 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.48 | 3.5 | 3.56 |
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Lefty Holmes ERA Per Season
Lefty Holmes's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Lefty Holmes ERA by Team
Lefty Holmes's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lefty Holmes ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lefty Holmes'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.
Lefty Holmes ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lefty Holmes'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.
Lefty Holmes ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lefty Holmes'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.
