How Seth Lugo's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Seth Lugo has posted a career ERA of 3.49, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2018, posting 2.66, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.12 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 4.71, near the starting pitcher average of 4.46 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 3.57 in 2023 to 3.0 in 2024 and 4.15 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 9 seasons.

Seth Lugo Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Seth Lugo ERA Per Season

Seth Lugo'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.
Seth Lugo ERA per season line chart

Seth Lugo ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Seth Lugo'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.
Seth Lugo ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Seth Lugo ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Seth Lugo'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.
Seth Lugo ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Seth Lugo ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Seth Lugo'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.
Seth Lugo ERA season-by-season breakdown table