How Ed Williamson's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ed Williamson posted a career ERA of 3.34, below the league average of 3.83 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1885, posting .000, well below the league average of 6.0 that year. The highest point came in 1884 at 18.0, well above the league average of 5.77 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from .000 in 1885 to .000 in 1886 and 9.0 in 1887. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 18.0 — though the career average remained above league norms.

Ed Williamson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Ed Williamson ERA Per Season

Ed Williamson's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 3B, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ed Williamson ERA per season line chart

Ed Williamson ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Ed Williamson'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.
Ed Williamson ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ed Williamson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ed Williamson'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.
Ed Williamson ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ed Williamson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ed Williamson'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.
Ed Williamson ERA season-by-season breakdown table