How Willie Simms's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Willie Simms posted a career ERA of 13.5, well above the league average of 3.98 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Willie Simms Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Career13.514.523
Season Avg.13.514.523
162 Game Avg.13.514.523
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Willie Simms ERA Per Season

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

Willie Simms ERA by Team

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

Willie Simms ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Simms'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.
Willie Simms ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Willie Simms ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Willie Simms'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.
Willie Simms ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Willie Simms ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Willie Simms'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.
Willie Simms ERA season-by-season breakdown table