How Bert Inks's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bert Inks posted a career ERA of 5.52, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 1891, posting 4.02, above the relief pitcher average of 3.4 that year. The highest point came in 1895 at 6.4, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.22 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.84 in 1894 to 6.4 in 1895 and 5.64 in 1896. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 5 seasons.

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Bert Inks ERA Per Season

Bert Inks'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.
Bert Inks ERA per season line chart

Bert Inks ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Bert Inks'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.
Bert Inks ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bert Inks ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bert Inks'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.
Bert Inks ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bert Inks ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bert Inks'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.
Bert Inks ERA season-by-season breakdown table