How R. A. Dickey's ERA Compares to Similar Players

R. A. Dickey posted a career ERA of 4.04, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2012, posting 2.73, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.11 that year. The highest point came in 2006 at 18.9, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.65 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.91 in 2015 to 4.46 in 2016 and 4.26 in 2017. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.73 to 18.9 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

R. A. Dickey Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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R. A. Dickey ERA Per Season

R. A. Dickey'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
R. A. Dickey ERA per season line chart

R. A. Dickey ERA by Team

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

R. A. Dickey ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how R. A. Dickey'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.
R. A. Dickey ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

R. A. Dickey ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes R. A. Dickey'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.
R. A. Dickey ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

R. A. Dickey ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of R. A. Dickey'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.
R. A. Dickey ERA season-by-season breakdown table