How Ryan Thompson's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Ryan Thompson has posted a career ERA of 3.54, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that has kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2021, posting 2.38, well below the relief pitcher average of 4.17 that year. The highest point came in 2025 at 3.92, near the relief pitcher average of 3.93 that year. Output has held steady over recent seasons. The figure has moved from 3.82 in 2023 to 3.26 in 2024 and 3.92 in 2025. That level has become his established baseline entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained above league norms across 5 seasons.
Ryan Thompson Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Ryan Thompson
| Ryan Thompson
ERA | Ryan Thompson
Component ERA | Ryan Thompson
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.54 | 3.19 | 3.45 |
| Season Avg. | 3.54 | 3.19 | 3.45 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.54 | 3.19 | 3.45 |
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Ryan Thompson ERA Per Season
Ryan Thompson'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, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
Ryan Thompson ERA by Team
Ryan Thompson's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Ryan Thompson ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Ryan Thompson'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.
Ryan Thompson ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Ryan Thompson'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.
Ryan Thompson ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Ryan Thompson'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.
