How Willie Smith's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Willie Smith posted a career ERA of .000, well below the league average of 4.41 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well above league norms across 1 season.

Willie Smith Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Willie Smith ERA Per Season

Willie Smith's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Negro National League II, Hall of Fame, 3B, Unknown, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Willie Smith ERA per season line chart

Willie Smith ERA by Team

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

Willie Smith ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Willie Smith'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 Smith ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Willie Smith ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Willie Smith'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 Smith ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Willie Smith ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Willie Smith'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 Smith ERA season-by-season breakdown table