How Eric Show's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Eric Show posted a career ERA of 3.66, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1982, posting 2.64, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.96 that year. The highest point came in 1991 at 5.92, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.96 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.23 in 1989 to 5.76 in 1990 and 5.92 in 1991. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.64 to 5.92 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Eric Show Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Eric Show ERA Per Season

Eric Show'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.
Eric Show ERA per season line chart

Eric Show ERA by Team

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

Eric Show ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Eric Show'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.
Eric Show ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Eric Show ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Eric Show'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.
Eric Show ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Eric Show ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Eric Show'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.
Eric Show ERA season-by-season breakdown table