How Ramon Ortiz's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Ramon Ortiz posted a career ERA of 4.95, well above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2002, posting 3.77, below the starting pitcher average of 4.34 that year. The highest point came in 1999 at 6.52, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.77 that year. Output was consistent through the final seasons. The figure moved from 6.3 in 2010 to 4.86 in 2011 and 6.04 in 2013. The consistent output characterized his final seasons. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 12 seasons.

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Ramon Ortiz ERA Per Season

Ramon Ortiz'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, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ramon Ortiz ERA per season line chart

Ramon Ortiz ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Ramon Ortiz'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.
Ramon Ortiz ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Ramon Ortiz ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ramon Ortiz'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.
Ramon Ortiz ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ramon Ortiz ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ramon Ortiz'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.
Ramon Ortiz ERA season-by-season breakdown table