How Cole Irvin's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Cole Irvin posted a career ERA of 4.54, above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 2022, posting 3.98, near the starting pitcher average of 3.98 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 5.83, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.48 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.98 in 2022 to 4.42 in 2023 and 5.11 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 fell below league norms across 5 seasons.

Cole Irvin Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Cole Irvin ERA Per Season

Cole Irvin'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.
Cole Irvin ERA per season line chart

Cole Irvin ERA by Team

Cole Irvin's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
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Cole Irvin ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Cole Irvin'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 Irvin ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Cole Irvin ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Cole Irvin'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 Irvin ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Cole Irvin ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Cole Irvin'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.
Cole Irvin ERA season-by-season breakdown table