How Joe Houser's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Joe Houser posted a career ERA of 5.48, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — 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.

Joe Houser Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Joe Houser ERA Per Season

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

Joe Houser ERA by Team

Joe Houser'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 Houser ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe 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.
Joe Houser ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Houser ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe 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.
Joe Houser ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Houser ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe 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.
Joe Houser ERA season-by-season breakdown table