How Catfish Hunter's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Catfish Hunter posted a career ERA of 3.26, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1972, posting 2.04, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.24 that year. The highest point came in 1979 at 5.31, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.03 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.71 in 1977 to 3.58 in 1978 and 5.31 in 1979. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 15 seasons.
Catfish Hunter Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Catfish Hunter
| Catfish Hunter
ERA | Catfish Hunter
Component ERA | Catfish Hunter
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.26 | 2.94 | 4.12 |
| Season Avg. | 3.26 | 2.94 | 4.12 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.26 | 2.94 | 4.12 |
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Catfish Hunter ERA Per Season
Catfish Hunter's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Catfish Hunter ERA by Team
Catfish Hunter's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Catfish Hunter ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Catfish Hunter'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.
Catfish Hunter ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Catfish Hunter'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.
Catfish Hunter ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Catfish Hunter'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.
