How Gene Packard's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Gene Packard posted a career ERA of 3.01, 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 1917, posting 2.55, near the starting pitcher average of 2.66 that year. The highest point came in 1919 at 4.15, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.05 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.55 in 1917 to 3.5 in 1918 and 4.15 in 1919. 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 8 seasons.

Gene Packard Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Gene Packard ERA Per Season

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

Gene Packard ERA by Team

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

Gene Packard ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Gene Packard'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.
Gene Packard ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Gene Packard ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Gene Packard'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.
Gene Packard ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Gene Packard ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Gene Packard'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.
Gene Packard ERA season-by-season breakdown table