How Matt Barnes's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Matt Barnes posted a career ERA of 4.21, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2018, posting 3.65, below the relief pitcher average of 4.1 that year. The highest point came in 2024 at 6.75, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.85 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.31 in 2022 to 5.48 in 2023 and 6.75 in 2024. 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.
Matt Barnes Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Matt Barnes
| Matt Barnes
ERA | Matt Barnes
Component ERA | Matt Barnes
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.21 | 3.94 | 3.46 |
| Season Avg. | 4.21 | 3.94 | 3.46 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.21 | 3.94 | 3.46 |
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Matt Barnes ERA Per Season
Matt Barnes's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Matt Barnes ERA by Team
Matt Barnes's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Matt Barnes ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Matt Barnes'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.
Matt Barnes ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Matt Barnes'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.
Matt Barnes ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Matt Barnes'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.
