How Irv Young's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Irv Young posted a career ERA of 3.11, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 1908, posting 2.42, near the starting pitcher average of 2.35 that year. The highest point came in 1911 at 4.37, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.34 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.42 in 1908 to 2.72 in 1910 and 4.37 in 1911. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 6 seasons.

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Irv Young ERA Per Season

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

Irv Young ERA by Team

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

Irv Young ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Irv Young'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.
Irv Young ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Irv Young ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Irv Young'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.
Irv Young ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Irv Young ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Irv Young'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.
Irv Young ERA season-by-season breakdown table