How Lefty James's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Lefty James posted a career ERA of 3.39, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 3 seasons, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 3.0 to 7.5 — though the career average remained above league norms.
Lefty James Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Lefty James
| Lefty James
ERA | Lefty James
Component ERA | Lefty James
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.39 | 4 | 3.88 |
| Season Avg. | 3.39 | 4 | 3.88 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.39 | 4 | 3.88 |
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Lefty James ERA Per Season
Lefty James'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.
Lefty James ERA by Team
Lefty James's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Lefty James ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Lefty James'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.
Lefty James ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Lefty James'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.
Lefty James ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Lefty James'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.
