How Shawn Kelley's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Shawn Kelley posted a career ERA of 3.8, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2011, posting .000, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.75 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 7.27, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.12 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 7.27 in 2017 to 2.94 in 2018 and 4.94 in 2019. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from .000 to 7.27 — though the career average tracked near league norms.

Shawn Kelley Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Shawn Kelley ERA Per Season

Shawn Kelley's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Shawn Kelley ERA per season line chart

Shawn Kelley ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Shawn Kelley'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.
Shawn Kelley ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Shawn Kelley ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Shawn Kelley'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.
Shawn Kelley ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Shawn Kelley ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Shawn Kelley'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.
Shawn Kelley ERA season-by-season breakdown table