How Joe Nuxhall's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Joe Nuxhall posted a career ERA of 3.9, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1963, posting 2.61, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.47 that year. The highest point came in 1944 at 67.5, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.49 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.07 in 1964 to 3.45 in 1965 and 4.5 in 1966. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.61 to 67.5 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

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Joe Nuxhall ERA Per Season

Joe Nuxhall'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.
Joe Nuxhall ERA per season line chart

Joe Nuxhall ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Nuxhall'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.
Joe Nuxhall ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Nuxhall ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Nuxhall'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.
Joe Nuxhall ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Nuxhall ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Nuxhall'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.
Joe Nuxhall ERA season-by-season breakdown table