How Ben Sheets's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Ben Sheets posted a career ERA of 3.78, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2004, posting 2.7, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.54 that year. The highest point came in 2001 at 4.76, near the starting pitcher average of 4.5 that year. Production slipped through the final seasons. The figure moved from 3.09 in 2008 to 4.53 in 2010 and 3.47 in 2012. The decline marked the closing chapter of the career. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 10 seasons.
Ben Sheets Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Ben Sheets
| Ben Sheets
ERA | Ben Sheets
Component ERA | Ben Sheets
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.78 | 3.5 | 3.59 |
| Season Avg. | 3.78 | 3.5 | 3.59 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.78 | 3.5 | 3.59 |
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Ben Sheets ERA Per Season
Ben Sheets's ERA 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 ERA by Team
Ben Sheets's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ben Sheets ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ben Sheets'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.
Ben Sheets ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ben Sheets'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.
