How Larry Jackson's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Larry Jackson posted a career ERA of 3.4, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1963, posting 2.55, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.47 that year. The highest point came in 1955 at 4.31, near the starting pitcher average of 3.98 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.32 in 1966 to 3.1 in 1967 and 2.77 in 1968. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 14 seasons.
Larry Jackson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Larry Jackson
| Larry Jackson
ERA | Larry Jackson
Component ERA | Larry Jackson
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.4 | 3.31 | 3.8 |
| Season Avg. | 3.4 | 3.31 | 3.8 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.4 | 3.31 | 3.8 |
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Larry Jackson ERA Per Season
Larry Jackson's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Larry Jackson ERA by Team
Larry Jackson's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Larry Jackson ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Larry Jackson'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.
Larry Jackson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Larry Jackson'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.
Larry Jackson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Larry Jackson'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.
