How Satchel Paige's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Satchel Paige posted a career ERA of 2.77, 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 1935, posting .000. The highest point came in 1940 at 5.4. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.07 in 1952 to 3.53 in 1953 and .000 in 1965. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 5.4 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Satchel Paige Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Satchel Paige
| Satchel Paige
ERA | Satchel Paige
Component ERA | Satchel Paige
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 2.77 | 2.38 | 2.57 |
| Season Avg. | 2.77 | 2.38 | 2.57 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.77 | 2.38 | 2.57 |
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Satchel Paige ERA Per Season
Satchel Paige's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Satchel Paige ERA by Team
Satchel Paige's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Satchel Paige ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Satchel Paige'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.
Satchel Paige ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Satchel Paige'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.
Satchel Paige ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Satchel Paige'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.
