How Steve Avery's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Steve Avery posted a career ERA of 4.19, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 1993, posting 2.94, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.19 that year. The highest point came in 1997 at 6.42, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.39 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.02 in 1998 to 5.16 in 1999 and 5.63 in 2003. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.

Steve Avery Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Steve Avery ERA Per Season

Steve Avery'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.
Steve Avery ERA per season line chart

Steve Avery ERA by Team

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

Steve Avery ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Steve Avery'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.
Steve Avery ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Steve Avery ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Steve Avery'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.
Steve Avery ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Steve Avery ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Steve Avery'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.
Steve Avery ERA season-by-season breakdown table