How Yusei Kikuchi's Defense Independent ERA Compares to Similar Players
Yusei Kikuchi has posted a career Defense Independent ERA of 4.29, near the starting pitcher average of 4.03 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest Defense Independent ERA season came in 2024, posting 3.29, below the starting pitcher average of 3.99 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 5.5, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.26 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 3.86 in 2023 to 3.29 in 2024 and 4.09 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has tracked near league norms across 6 seasons.
Yusei Kikuchi Lifetime Defense Independent ERA
Stats similar to Defense Independent ERA for Yusei Kikuchi
| Yusei Kikuchi
Defense Independent ERA |
|---|
| Career | 4.29 |
| Season Avg. | 4.29 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.29 |
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Yusei Kikuchi Defense Independent ERA Per Season
Yusei Kikuchi's Defense Independent ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, SP, Asia, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Yusei Kikuchi Defense Independent ERA by Team
Yusei Kikuchi's career Defense Independent ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Yusei Kikuchi Defense Independent ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Yusei Kikuchi's career Defense Independent 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.
Yusei Kikuchi Defense Independent ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi's seasonal Defense Independent 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.
Yusei Kikuchi Defense Independent ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Yusei Kikuchi's MLB career with Defense Independent 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.
