How Sonny Gray's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Sonny Gray has posted a career ERA of 3.58, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2013, posting 2.67, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.96 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 5.69, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.29 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 2.79 in 2023 to 3.84 in 2024 and 4.28 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 2.67 to 5.69 — though the career average has tracked near league norms.
Sonny Gray Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Sonny Gray
| Sonny Gray
ERA | Sonny Gray
Component ERA | Sonny Gray
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.58 | 3.21 | 3.35 |
| Season Avg. | 3.58 | 3.21 | 3.35 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.58 | 3.21 | 3.35 |
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Sonny Gray ERA Per Season
Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray ERA by Team
Sonny Gray's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sonny Gray ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Sonny Gray'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.
