How Doc Watson's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Doc Watson posted a career ERA of 2.7, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. Across 3 seasons, the ERA arc showed a promising start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 3 seasons of data, the ERA arc was above league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.0 to 3.98 — though the career average remained well above league norms.
Doc Watson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Doc Watson
| Doc Watson
ERA | Doc Watson
Component ERA | Doc Watson
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 2.7 | 8.39 | 3.63 |
| Season Avg. | 2.7 | 8.39 | 3.63 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.7 | 8.39 | 3.63 |
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Doc Watson ERA Per Season
Doc Watson's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — Federal League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Doc Watson ERA by Team
Doc Watson's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Doc Watson ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Doc Watson'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.
Doc Watson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Doc Watson'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.
Doc Watson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Doc Watson'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.
