How Bob Rush's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bob Rush posted a career ERA of 3.65, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1959, posting 2.4, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.88 that year. The highest point came in 1960 at 4.91, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.81 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.42 in 1958 to 2.4 in 1959 and 4.91 in 1960. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 13 seasons.

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Bob Rush ERA Per Season

Bob Rush'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.
Bob Rush ERA per season line chart

Bob Rush ERA by Team

Bob Rush's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Bob Rush ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bob Rush'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.
Bob Rush ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bob Rush ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bob Rush'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.
Bob Rush ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bob Rush ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bob Rush'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.
Bob Rush ERA season-by-season breakdown table