How Charles Oakley's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Charles Oakley posted a career ERA of 13.5, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Charles Oakley Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Charles Oakley ERA Per Season

Charles Oakley'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.
Charles Oakley ERA per season line chart

Charles Oakley ERA by Team

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

Charles Oakley ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Charles Oakley'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.
Charles Oakley ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Charles Oakley ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Charles Oakley'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.
Charles Oakley ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Charles Oakley ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Charles Oakley'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.
Charles Oakley ERA season-by-season breakdown table