How Albert Pujols's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Albert Pujols posted a career ERA of 36.0, well above the league average of 3.83 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. Across 1 season, the ERA arc showed a disappointing start, with limited data making longer-term conclusions premature. With 1 season of data, the ERA arc was below league norms — too limited for reliable trend analysis. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average remained well below league norms across 1 season.

Albert Pujols Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Albert Pujols ERA Per Season

Albert Pujols's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, 1B, Caribbean, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Albert Pujols ERA per season line chart

Albert Pujols ERA by Team

Albert Pujols's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Albert Pujols career ERA by team bar chart

Albert Pujols ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Albert Pujols'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.
Albert Pujols ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Albert Pujols ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Albert Pujols'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.
Albert Pujols ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Albert Pujols ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Albert Pujols'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.
Albert Pujols ERA season-by-season breakdown table