How Booker McDaniel's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Booker McDaniel posted a career ERA of 2.64, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest ERA season came in 1944, posting 1.55. The highest point came in 1945 at 3.18. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.42 in 1943 to 1.55 in 1944 and 3.18 in 1945. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 5 seasons.

Booker McDaniel Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Booker McDaniel ERA Per Season

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

Booker McDaniel ERA by Team

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

Booker McDaniel ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Booker McDaniel'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.
Booker McDaniel ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Booker McDaniel ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Booker McDaniel'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.
Booker McDaniel ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Booker McDaniel ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Booker McDaniel'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.
Booker McDaniel ERA season-by-season breakdown table