How Jose Ruiz's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Jose Ruiz has posted a career ERA of 4.62, above the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a level that falls short of typical league production. His strongest ERA season came in 2017, posting .000, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.12 that year. The highest point came in 2025 at 8.82, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.93 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 5.89 in 2023 to 3.71 in 2024 and 8.82 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 8.82 — though the career average has fallen below league norms.

Jose Ruiz Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Jose Ruiz ERA Per Season

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

Jose Ruiz ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Jose Ruiz'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.
Jose Ruiz ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Jose Ruiz ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Jose Ruiz'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.
Jose Ruiz ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Jose Ruiz ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Jose Ruiz'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.
Jose Ruiz ERA season-by-season breakdown table