How Sheldon Jones's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Sheldon Jones posted a career ERA of 3.96, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1946, posting 3.21, near the starting pitcher average of 3.52 that year. The highest point came in 1953 at 5.4, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.04 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.26 in 1951 to 4.76 in 1952 and 5.4 in 1953. 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 8 seasons.

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Sheldon Jones ERA Per Season

Sheldon Jones'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.
Sheldon Jones ERA per season line chart

Sheldon Jones ERA by Team

Sheldon Jones's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Sheldon Jones ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sheldon Jones'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.
Sheldon Jones ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Sheldon Jones ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sheldon Jones'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.
Sheldon Jones ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sheldon Jones ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sheldon Jones'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.
Sheldon Jones ERA season-by-season breakdown table