How Yusei Kikuchi's Component ERA Compares to Similar Players

Yusei Kikuchi has posted a career Component ERA of 4.5, above the starting pitcher average of 3.83 — a level that falls short of typical league production. His strongest Component ERA season came in 2024, posting 3.49, near the starting pitcher average of 3.86 that year. The highest point came in 2019 at 5.97, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.26 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 4.09 in 2023 to 3.49 in 2024 and 4.5 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 fallen below league norms across 6 seasons.

Yusei Kikuchi Lifetime Component ERA

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Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA Per Season

Yusei Kikuchi's Component 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 Component ERA per season line chart

Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA by Team

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

Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Yusei Kikuchi'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.
Yusei Kikuchi Component ERA season-by-season breakdown table