How Jerry Johnson's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Jerry Johnson posted a career ERA of 4.31, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1971, posting 2.97, below the relief pitcher average of 3.38 that year. The highest point came in 1973 at 6.18, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.84 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.17 in 1975 to 5.31 in 1976 and 4.6 in 1977. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

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Jerry Johnson ERA Per Season

Jerry Johnson'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.
Jerry Johnson ERA per season line chart

Jerry Johnson ERA by Team

Jerry Johnson's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jerry Johnson career ERA by team bar chart

Jerry Johnson ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Jerry Johnson'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.
Jerry Johnson ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Jerry Johnson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jerry Johnson'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.
Jerry Johnson ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jerry Johnson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jerry Johnson'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.
Jerry Johnson ERA season-by-season breakdown table