How Tom Williams's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Tom Williams posted a career ERA of 2.93, 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 1917, posting 1.28. The highest point came in 1922 at 14.21. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 14.21 in 1922 to 2.97 in 1923 and 4.08 in 1924. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.28 to 14.21 — though the career average remained well above league norms.

Tom Williams Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Tom Williams ERA Per Season

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

Tom Williams ERA by Team

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

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

Tom Williams ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

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

Tom Williams ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

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