How Shad Williams's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Shad Williams posted a career ERA of 8.59, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 2 seasons, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 2 seasons of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 8.89 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Shad Williams Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Shad Williams ERA Per Season

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

Shad Williams ERA by Team

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

Shad Williams ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Shad 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.
Shad Williams ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Shad Williams ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Shad 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.
Shad Williams ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Shad Williams ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Shad 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.
Shad Williams ERA season-by-season breakdown table