How Joe Sommer's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Joe Sommer posted a career Component ERA of 12.67, well above the league average of 3.91 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Component ERA season came in 1883, posting 6.79. The highest point came in 1890 at 29.25, well above the league average of 4.21 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 21.52 in 1886 to 10.22 in 1887 and 29.25 in 1890. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Component ERA profile — ranging from 6.79 to 29.25 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Joe Sommer Lifetime Component ERA

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Joe Sommer Component ERA Per Season

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

Joe Sommer Component ERA by Team

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

Joe Sommer Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Joe Sommer's career Component 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.
Joe Sommer Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Joe Sommer Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Joe Sommer's seasonal Component 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.
Joe Sommer Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Joe Sommer Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Joe Sommer's MLB career with Component 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.
Joe Sommer Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table