How Jake Peavy's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Jake Peavy posted a career ERA of 3.63, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2004, posting 2.27, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.54 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 5.54, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.29 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.73 in 2014 to 3.58 in 2015 and 5.54 in 2016. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 15 seasons.
Jake Peavy Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Jake Peavy
| Jake Peavy
ERA | Jake Peavy
Component ERA | Jake Peavy
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.63 | 3.3 | 3.55 |
| Season Avg. | 3.63 | 3.3 | 3.55 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.63 | 3.3 | 3.55 |
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Jake Peavy ERA Per Season
Jake Peavy'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.
Jake Peavy ERA by Team
Jake Peavy's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Jake Peavy ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Jake Peavy'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.
Jake Peavy ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Jake Peavy'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.
Jake Peavy ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Jake Peavy'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.
