How Ed Plank's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Ed Plank posted a career ERA of 5.23, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 4.05 to 7.36 — though the career average remained well below league norms.
Ed Plank Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Ed Plank
| Ed Plank
ERA | Ed Plank
Component ERA | Ed Plank
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 5.23 | 6.59 | 5.03 |
| Season Avg. | 5.23 | 6.59 | 5.03 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 5.23 | 6.59 | 5.03 |
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Ed Plank ERA Per Season
Ed Plank's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Plank ERA by Team
Ed Plank's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ed Plank ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Plank'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.
Ed Plank ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ed Plank'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.
Ed Plank ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ed Plank'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.
