How Ben Sheets's Earned Runs Compares to Similar Players

Ben Sheets totaled 670 career Earned Runs, well above the starting pitcher average of 332.0 — production that significantly underperformed against league baselines. His strongest Earned Runs season came in 2012, posting 19, well below the starting pitcher average of 49.8 that year. The highest point came in 2003 at 109, well above the starting pitcher average of 54.8 that year. The Earned Runs trended upward through the final seasons. The Earned Runs total went from 68 in 2008 to 60 in 2010 and 19 in 2012, falling over the span. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Significant season-to-season variance characterizes the Earned Runs profile — ranging from 19 to 109 — though the career average remained well below league norms.

Ben Sheets Lifetime Earned Runs

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Ben Sheets Earned Runs Per Season

Ben Sheets's Earned Runs for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — National League, Hall of Fame, SP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ben Sheets Earned Runs per season line chart

Ben Sheets Earned Runs by Team

Ben Sheets's career Earned Runs totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ben Sheets career Earned Runs by team bar chart

Ben Sheets Cumulative Earned Runs — Career Progression

A running total of Ben Sheets's career Earned Runs, plotted season by season. Each point shows the cumulative figure through the end of that year, making it easy to see when he reached key milestones and how his pace changed over time.
Ben Sheets Earned Runs year-over-year waterfall chart

Ben Sheets Earned Runs Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Ben Sheets's seasonal Earned Runs 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.
Ben Sheets Earned Runs distribution box chart versus comparable players

Ben Sheets Earned Runs — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Ben Sheets's MLB career with Earned Runs 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.
Ben Sheets Earned Runs season-by-season breakdown table