How Orval Overall's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Orval Overall posted a career ERA of 2.23, 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 1909, posting 1.42, well below the starting pitcher average of 2.49 that year. The highest point came in 1913 at 3.31, near the starting pitcher average of 3.02 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 1.42 in 1909 to 2.68 in 1910 and 3.31 in 1913. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.42 to 3.31 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Orval Overall Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Orval Overall ERA Per Season

Orval Overall'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.
Orval Overall ERA per season line chart

Orval Overall ERA by Team

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

Orval Overall ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Orval Overall'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.
Orval Overall ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Orval Overall ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Orval Overall'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.
Orval Overall ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Orval Overall ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Orval Overall'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.
Orval Overall ERA season-by-season breakdown table