How Michael Tonkin's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Michael Tonkin has posted a career ERA of 4.23, near the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — a profile that tracks closely with league norms. His strongest ERA season came in 2013, posting .790, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.62 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 5.14, well above the relief pitcher average of 4.12 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 4.28 in 2023 to 3.63 in 2024 and 4.88 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 .790 to 5.14 — though the career average has tracked near league norms.

Michael Tonkin Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

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Michael Tonkin ERA Per Season

Michael Tonkin's ERA for each season of his MLB career, plotted against that year's league average. Switch between comparisons — American League, Hall of Fame, RP, North America, or players born in the same country — to see how he stacked up year by year.
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Michael Tonkin ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Michael Tonkin'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.
Michael Tonkin ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Michael Tonkin ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Michael Tonkin'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.
Michael Tonkin ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Michael Tonkin ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Michael Tonkin'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.
Michael Tonkin ERA season-by-season breakdown table