How A. J. Burnett's ERA Compares to Similar Players

A. J. Burnett posted a career ERA of 3.99, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2015, posting 3.18, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.03 that year. The highest point came in 2010 at 5.26, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.14 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.3 in 2013 to 4.59 in 2014 and 3.18 in 2015. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 17 seasons.

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A. J. Burnett ERA Per Season

A. J. Burnett'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.
A. J. Burnett ERA per season line chart

A. J. Burnett ERA by Team

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

A. J. Burnett ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how A. J. Burnett'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.
A. J. Burnett ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

A. J. Burnett ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes A. J. Burnett'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.
A. J. Burnett ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

A. J. Burnett ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of A. J. Burnett'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.
A. J. Burnett ERA season-by-season breakdown table