How Chad Billingsley's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Chad Billingsley posted a career ERA of 3.72, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2013, posting 3.0, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.96 that year. The highest point came in 2015 at 5.84, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.03 that year, a partial season. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.55 in 2012 to 3.0 in 2013 and 5.84 in 2015. 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 9 seasons.
Chad Billingsley Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Chad Billingsley
| Chad Billingsley ERA | Chad Billingsley Component ERA | Chad Billingsley Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.72 | 3.84 | 3.59 |
| Season Avg. | 3.72 | 3.84 | 3.59 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.72 | 3.84 | 3.59 |
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Chad Billingsley ERA Per Season
Chad Billingsley'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.
Chad Billingsley ERA by Team
Chad Billingsley's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Chad Billingsley ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Chad Billingsley'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.
Chad Billingsley ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Chad Billingsley'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.
Chad Billingsley ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Chad Billingsley'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.