How Bill Werle's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Bill Werle posted a career ERA of 4.69, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 1953, posting 1.54, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.04 that year. The highest point came in 1951 at 5.65, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.97 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.23 in 1952 to 1.54 in 1953 and 4.38 in 1954. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.54 to 5.65 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Bill Werle Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Bill Werle ERA Per Season

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

Bill Werle ERA by Team

Bill Werle's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Bill Werle ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Bill Werle'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.
Bill Werle ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Bill Werle ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Bill Werle'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.
Bill Werle ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Bill Werle ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Bill Werle'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.
Bill Werle ERA season-by-season breakdown table