How Ernie Manning's Defense Independent ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ernie Manning posted a career Defense Independent ERA of 3.3, below the relief pitcher average of 4.08 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. Across 1 season, the Defense Independent ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the Defense Independent ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 1 season.

Ernie Manning Lifetime Defense Independent ERA

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Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA Per Season

Ernie Manning's Defense Independent ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA per season line chart

Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA by Team

Ernie Manning's career Defense Independent ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ernie Manning career Defense Independent ERA by team bar chart

Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ernie Manning's career Defense Independent 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.
Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ernie Manning's seasonal Defense Independent 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.
Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ernie Manning's MLB career with Defense Independent 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.
Ernie Manning Defense Independent ERA season-by-season breakdown table