Walter Johnson Career ERA Overview
Walter Johnson's ERA was 2.17 for his 21-year Major League Baseball career.
1913 was his best season when his ERA was 1.14 and his worst season was 1927
when his ERA was 5.1. Walter Johnson outperformed similar player cohorts when comparing career totals,
besting USA (4.3461226399548), The Lost Generation (3.9563621656756), Y (3.0750522047158), mlb (4.3614031148122), and SP (4.3392668544321) player career averages. See the charts and graphs below that
visualize this information in more detail.
Earned run average (ERA) is a metric that shows how many earned runs on average, a pitcher or team's pitcher, gives up over the course of nine innings. It is calculated by dividing earned runs by innings pitched then multiplying the result by 9. Generally, for ERA, lower is better. (
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Walter Johnson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Walter Johnson
| Walter JohnsonERA | Walter JohnsonComponent ERA | Walter JohnsonDefense Independent ERA |
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Career | 2.17 | 2.19 | 2.82 |
Season Avg. | 2.35 | 2.36 | 2.9 |
162 Game Avg. | 2.17 | 2.19 | 2.82 |
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Walter Johnson ERA By Year Line Chart
This line chart shows Walter Johnson's yearly ERA
for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison,
are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their
country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.
Walter Johnson ERA By Year Change
This waterfall chart attempts to show how Walter Johnson's career ERA changed per season.
This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career ERA Walter Johnson
had at that season in his career.
Walter Johnson ERA By Year Box Chart
This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Walter Johnson and related player groups by summarizing ERA
for each season played by Walter Johnson. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box
being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and
medians to draw your conclusions!
Walter Johnson ERA Per Season Stats Table
This table shows Walter Johnson ERA stats per season for his full MLB career with the
aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season
player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players,
SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each
group for each year of Walter Johnson career.
Note: "—" indicate there were no players
for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may
not have been a hall of famer playing that year.