How Shelby Miller's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Shelby Miller has posted a career ERA of 4.04, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2012, posting 1.32, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.11 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 10.69, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.12 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 1.71 in 2023 to 4.53 in 2024 and 2.74 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the ERA profile — ranging from 1.32 to 10.69 — though the career average has tracked near league norms.

Shelby Miller Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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162 Game Avg.4.043.764.01
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Shelby Miller ERA Per Season

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

Shelby Miller ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Shelby Miller'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.
Shelby Miller ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Shelby Miller ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Shelby Miller'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.
Shelby Miller ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Shelby Miller ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Shelby Miller'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.
Shelby Miller ERA season-by-season breakdown table