How Tanner Rainey's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Tanner Rainey has posted a career ERA of 5.52, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that has significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest ERA season came in 2023, posting .000, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.06 that year. The highest point came in 2018 at 24.43, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.1 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from .000 in 2023 to 4.76 in 2024 and 11.17 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 .000 to 24.43 — though the career average has remained well below league norms.

Tanner Rainey Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Tanner Rainey ERA Per Season

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

Tanner Rainey ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Tanner Rainey'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.
Tanner Rainey ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Tanner Rainey ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Tanner Rainey'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.
Tanner Rainey ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Tanner Rainey ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Tanner Rainey'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.
Tanner Rainey ERA season-by-season breakdown table