How John Nelson's ERA Compares to Similar Players

John Nelson posted a career ERA of 3.65, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. Across 4 seasons, the ERA arc showed a consistent if unspectacular start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 4 seasons of data, the ERA arc was in line with league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 5.0 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

John Nelson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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John Nelson ERA Per Season

John Nelson's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Eastern Colored League (Independent), Hall of Fame, SP, Unknown, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
John Nelson ERA per season line chart

John Nelson ERA by Team

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

John Nelson ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how John Nelson'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.
John Nelson ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

John Nelson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes John Nelson'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.
John Nelson ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

John Nelson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of John Nelson'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.
John Nelson ERA season-by-season breakdown table