How Homer Bailey's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Homer Bailey posted a career ERA of 4.56, above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 2013, posting 3.49, below the starting pitcher average of 3.96 that year. The highest point came in 2008 at 7.93, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.42 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.43 in 2017 to 6.09 in 2018 and 4.57 in 2019. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 13 seasons.
Homer Bailey Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Homer Bailey
| Homer Bailey
ERA | Homer Bailey
Component ERA | Homer Bailey
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.56 | 4.32 | 4.08 |
| Season Avg. | 4.56 | 4.32 | 4.08 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.56 | 4.32 | 4.08 |
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Homer Bailey ERA Per Season
Homer Bailey'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.
Homer Bailey ERA by Team
Homer Bailey's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Homer Bailey ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Homer Bailey'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.
Homer Bailey ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Homer Bailey'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.
Homer Bailey ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Homer Bailey'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.
