How Gerrit Cole's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players
Gerrit Cole posted a career Component ERA of 2.85, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — a mark that ranked among the best of his era. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2019, posting 2.02, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.26 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 4.35, near the starting pitcher average of 4.19 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 2.72 in 2022 to 2.28 in 2023 and 3.09 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 remained well above league norms across 11 seasons.
Gerrit Cole Lifetime Component ERA
Stats similar to Component ERA for Gerrit Cole
| Gerrit Cole
Component ERA |
|---|
| Career | 2.85 |
| Season Avg. | 2.85 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 2.85 |
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Gerrit Cole Component ERA Per Season
Gerrit Cole's Component 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.
Gerrit Cole Component ERA by Team
Gerrit Cole's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Gerrit Cole Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Gerrit Cole's career Component 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.
Gerrit Cole Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Gerrit Cole's seasonal Component 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.
Gerrit Cole Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Gerrit Cole's MLB career with Component 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.
