Silver King career ERA
3.18Career Regular Season
Silver King has a career ERA of 3.18 over 10 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.64 in 1888.
- Most recent: 4.79 in 1897.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1886 | — | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4.85 | 39.0 | 23 | 9 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1887 |  STL | 46 | 32 | 12 | 3.78 | 390.0 | 128 | 109 | 1.31 | 1 |
| 1888 | STL | 66 | 45 | 21 | 1.64 | 585.2 | 258 | 76 | 0.88 | 0 |
| 1889 | STL | 56 | 35 | 16 | 3.14 | 458.0 | 188 | 125 | 1.28 | 1 |
| 1890 | — | 56 | 30 | 22 | 2.69 | 461.0 | 185 | 163 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1891 |  PIT | 48 | 14 | 29 | 3.11 | 384.1 | 160 | 144 | 1.37 | 1 |
| 1892 |  SF | 52 | 23 | 24 | 3.24 | 419.1 | 177 | 174 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1893 |  SF/CIN | 24 | 8 | 10 | 6.08 | 154.0 | 43 | 82 | 1.75 | 1 |
| 1896 | — | 22 | 10 | 7 | 4.09 | 145.1 | 35 | 43 | 1.53 | 1 |
| 1897 | — | 23 | 6 | 9 | 4.79 | 154.0 | 32 | 45 | 1.56 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV