How Earl Whitehill's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Earl Whitehill posted a career ERA of 4.36, above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 1923, posting 2.73, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.97 that year. The highest point came in 1937 at 6.49, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.26 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.49 in 1937 to 5.56 in 1938 and 5.14 in 1939. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 17 seasons.
Earl Whitehill Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Earl Whitehill
| Earl Whitehill
ERA | Earl Whitehill
Component ERA | Earl Whitehill
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.36 | 4.41 | 4.23 |
| Season Avg. | 4.36 | 4.41 | 4.23 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.36 | 4.41 | 4.23 |
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Earl Whitehill ERA Per Season
Earl Whitehill'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.
Earl Whitehill ERA by Team
Earl Whitehill's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Earl Whitehill ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Earl Whitehill'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.
Earl Whitehill ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Earl Whitehill'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.
Earl Whitehill ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Earl Whitehill'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.
