How Kenny Rogers's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Kenny Rogers posted a career ERA of 4.27, above the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a level that fell short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 1989, posting 2.93, well below the starting pitcher average of 3.76 that year. The highest point came in 2001 at 6.19, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.5 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.84 in 2006 to 4.43 in 2007 and 5.7 in 2008. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average fell below league norms across 19 seasons.

Kenny Rogers Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Kenny Rogers ERA Per Season

Kenny Rogers'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.
Kenny Rogers ERA per season line chart

Kenny Rogers ERA by Team

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

Kenny Rogers ERA Year-Over-Year Change

A waterfall chart tracking how Kenny Rogers'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.
Kenny Rogers ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Kenny Rogers ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Kenny Rogers'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.
Kenny Rogers ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Kenny Rogers ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Kenny Rogers'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.
Kenny Rogers ERA season-by-season breakdown table