How David Price's ERA Compares to Similar Players

David Price posted a career ERA of 3.32, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2008, posting 1.93, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.42 that year. The highest point came in 2009 at 4.42, near the starting pitcher average of 4.35 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 4.28 in 2019 to 4.03 in 2021 and 2.45 in 2022. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained above league norms across 14 seasons.

David Price Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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David Price ERA Per Season

David Price'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.
David Price ERA per season line chart

David Price ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how David Price'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.
David Price ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

David Price ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes David Price'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.
David Price ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

David Price ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of David Price'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.
David Price ERA season-by-season breakdown table