How Ernie White's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ernie White posted a career ERA of 2.78, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest ERA season came in 1947, posting .000, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.86 that year. The highest point came in 1946 at 4.18, above the starting pitcher average of 3.52 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.18 in 1946 to .000 in 1947 and 1.96 in 1948. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 4.18 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Ernie White Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Ernie White ERA Per Season

Ernie White'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.
Ernie White ERA per season line chart

Ernie White ERA by Team

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

Ernie White ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Ernie White'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.
Ernie White ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ernie White ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ernie White'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.
Ernie White ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ernie White ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ernie White'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.
Ernie White ERA season-by-season breakdown table