How Cotton Williams's Earned Runs Compares to Similar Players

Cotton Williams totaled 93 career Earned Runs, well below the starting pitcher average of 332.0 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest Earned Runs season came in 1945, posting 2. The highest point came in 1948 at 38. Production slipped through the final seasons. The Earned Runs total went from 24 in 1946 to 20 in 1947 and 38 in 1948, rising over the span. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Earned Runs profile — ranging from 2 to 38 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Cotton Williams Lifetime Earned Runs

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Cotton Williams Earned Runs Per Season

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

Cotton Williams Earned Runs by Team

Cotton Williams's career Earned Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cotton Williams career Earned Runs by team bar chart

Cotton Williams Cumulative Earned Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Cotton Williams's career Earned Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Cotton Williams Earned Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Cotton Williams Earned Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cotton Williams's seasonal Earned Runs 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.
Cotton Williams Earned Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cotton Williams Earned Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cotton Williams's MLB career with Earned Runs 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.
Cotton Williams Earned Runs season-by-season breakdown table