How Pat Mahomes's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Pat Mahomes posted a career ERA of 5.47, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 1999, posting 3.68, below the relief pitcher average of 4.53 that year. The highest point came in 1997 at 8.1, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.35 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.7 in 2001 to 3.86 in 2002 and 4.84 in 2003. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 10 seasons.

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Pat Mahomes ERA Per Season

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

Pat Mahomes ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Pat Mahomes'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.
Pat Mahomes ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Pat Mahomes ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Pat Mahomes'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.
Pat Mahomes ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Pat Mahomes ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Pat Mahomes'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.
Pat Mahomes ERA season-by-season breakdown table