How Cotton Williams's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Cotton Williams posted a career ERA of 4.62, above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 1943, posting 3.0. The highest point came in 1946 at 8.1. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 8.1 in 1946 to 3.51 in 1947 and 4.75 in 1948. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 3.0 to 8.1 — though the career average fell below league norms.
Cotton Williams Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Cotton Williams
| Cotton Williams
ERA | Cotton Williams
Component ERA | Cotton Williams
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.62 | 4.01 | 3.41 |
| Season Avg. | 4.62 | 4.01 | 3.41 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.62 | 4.01 | 3.41 |
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Cotton Williams ERA Per Season
Cotton Williams's ERA 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 ERA by Team
Cotton Williams's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cotton Williams ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Cotton Williams'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.
Cotton Williams ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Cotton Williams'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.
Cotton Williams ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Cotton Williams'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.
