How Happy Townsend's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Happy Townsend posted a career ERA of 3.59, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1905, posting 2.64, near the starting pitcher average of 2.81 that year. The highest point came in 1903 at 4.76, well above the starting pitcher average of 2.97 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.58 in 1904 to 2.64 in 1905 and 2.91 in 1906. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 6 seasons.
Happy Townsend Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Happy Townsend
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ERA | Happy Townsend
Component ERA | Happy Townsend
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.59 | 3.72 | 3.69 |
| Season Avg. | 3.59 | 3.72 | 3.69 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.59 | 3.72 | 3.69 |
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Happy Townsend ERA Per Season
Happy Townsend's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Happy Townsend ERA by Team
Happy Townsend's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Happy Townsend ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Happy Townsend'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.
Happy Townsend ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Happy Townsend'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.
Happy Townsend ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Happy Townsend'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.
