How James Shields's ERA Compares to Similar Players
James Shields posted a career ERA of 4.01, near the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — a profile that tracked closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2011, posting 2.82, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.0 that year. The highest point came in 2016 at 5.85, well above the starting pitcher average of 4.29 that year. The ERA trended upward through the final seasons. The figure moved from 5.85 in 2016 to 5.23 in 2017 and 4.53 in 2018. The upward arc continued through his final campaign. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average tracked near league norms across 13 seasons.
James Shields Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for James Shields
| James Shields
ERA | James Shields
Component ERA | James Shields
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 4.01 | 3.97 | 4.05 |
| Season Avg. | 4.01 | 3.97 | 4.05 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 4.01 | 3.97 | 4.05 |
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James Shields ERA Per Season
James Shields'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.
James Shields ERA by Team
James Shields's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
James Shields ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how James Shields'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.
James Shields ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes James Shields'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.
James Shields ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of James Shields'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.
