How James Houser's ERA Compares to Similar Players

James Houser posted a career ERA of 20.25, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

James Houser Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career20.2525.3715.75
Season Avg.20.2525.3715.75
162 Game Avg.20.2525.3715.75
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James Houser ERA Per Season

James Houser'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.
James Houser ERA per season line chart

James Houser ERA by Team

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

James Houser ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how James Houser'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.
James Houser ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

James Houser ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes James Houser'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.
James Houser ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

James Houser ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of James Houser'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.
James Houser ERA season-by-season breakdown table