How Wei-Yin Chen's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Wei-Yin Chen posted a career ERA of 4.18, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2015, posting 3.34, below the starting pitcher average of 4.03 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 6.59, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.48 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.82 in 2017 to 4.79 in 2018 and 6.59 in 2019. 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 8 seasons.

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Wei-Yin Chen ERA Per Season

Wei-Yin Chen's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Wei-Yin Chen ERA per season line chart

Wei-Yin Chen ERA by Team

Wei-Yin Chen's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Wei-Yin Chen ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Wei-Yin Chen'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.
Wei-Yin Chen ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Wei-Yin Chen ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Wei-Yin Chen'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.
Wei-Yin Chen ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Wei-Yin Chen ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Wei-Yin Chen'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.
Wei-Yin Chen ERA season-by-season breakdown table