How Cole Hamels's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Cole Hamels posted a career ERA of 3.43, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2014, posting 2.46, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.78 that year. The highest point came in 2009 at 4.32, near the starting pitcher average of 4.35 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.2 in 2017 to 3.78 in 2018 and 3.81 in 2019. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 14 seasons.
Cole Hamels Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Cole Hamels
| Cole Hamels
ERA | Cole Hamels
Component ERA | Cole Hamels
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.43 | 3.32 | 3.56 |
| Season Avg. | 3.43 | 3.32 | 3.56 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.43 | 3.32 | 3.56 |
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Cole Hamels ERA Per Season
Cole Hamels'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.
Cole Hamels ERA by Team
Cole Hamels's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Cole Hamels ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Cole Hamels'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.
Cole Hamels ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Cole Hamels'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.
Cole Hamels ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Cole Hamels'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.
