How Larry Jansen's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Larry Jansen posted a career ERA of 3.58, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1950, posting 3.01, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.28 that year. The highest point came in 1954 at 5.98, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.84 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.14 in 1953 to 5.98 in 1954 and 5.19 in 1956. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 9 seasons.
Larry Jansen Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Larry Jansen
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| Career | 3.58 | 3.5 | 4.18 |
| Season Avg. | 3.58 | 3.5 | 4.18 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.58 | 3.5 | 4.18 |
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Larry Jansen ERA Per Season
Larry Jansen'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 Jansen ERA by Team
Larry Jansen's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Larry Jansen ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Larry Jansen'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 Jansen ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Larry Jansen'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 Jansen ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Larry Jansen'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.
