How Sonny Gray's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Sonny Gray has posted a career Component ERA of 3.21, below the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — production that has kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2013, posting 2.42, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.85 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 5.16, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.19 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 2.65 in 2023 to 2.9 in 2024 and 3.79 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Component ERA profile — ranging from 2.42 to 5.16 — though the career average has remained above league norms.

Sonny Gray Lifetime Component ERA

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Sonny Gray
Component ERA
Career3.21
Season Avg.3.21
162 Game Avg.3.21
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Sonny Gray Component ERA Per Season

Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Component ERA per season line chart

Sonny Gray Component ERA by Team

Sonny Gray's career Component ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Sonny Gray career Component ERA by team bar chart

Sonny Gray Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Sonny Gray Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Sonny Gray Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Sonny Gray'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.
Sonny Gray Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table