How Chris Archer's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Chris Archer posted a career ERA of 3.93, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2013, posting 3.22, below the starting pitcher average of 3.96 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 5.19, above the starting pitcher average of 4.48 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.19 in 2019 to 4.66 in 2021 and 4.56 in 2022. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

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Chris Archer ERA Per Season

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

Chris Archer ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Chris Archer'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.
Chris Archer ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Chris Archer ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Chris Archer'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.
Chris Archer ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Chris Archer ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Chris Archer'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.
Chris Archer ERA season-by-season breakdown table