Justin Verlander ERA

Justin Verlander Career ERA Overview

Justin Verlander is a professional baseball player who currently plays as a starting pitcher for the Houston Astros in Major League Baseball (MLB). He is widely regarded as one of the best pitchers of his generation, and has a career earned run average (ERA) of 3.33.

Verlander's ERA is a measure of the average number of earned runs he allows per nine innings pitched. It is considered one of the most important statistics for evaluating a pitcher's performance. Over the course of his career, Verlander has consistently maintained a low ERA, which is a testament to his ability to limit runs and keep his team in close games.

In 2011, Verlander had one of the most dominant seasons by a pitcher in recent memory, recording an ERA of 2.40 over 251 innings pitched. He won the American League Cy Young Award and was named the league's Most Valuable Player, in large part due to his exceptional pitching performance.

Verlander's ability to maintain a low ERA is due in part to his exceptional pitching ability and his ability to limit runs. He has an excellent fastball and breaking ball, and is able to mix his pitches effectively to keep batters off-balance. Additionally, his excellent command of the strike zone and ability to change speeds makes it difficult for batters to anticipate what pitch is coming next, which helps him to limit runs and keep his ERA low.

Overall, Verlander's low ERA and ability to limit runs is one of the reasons why he is considered one of the best pitchers of his generation. His combination of pitching ability, consistency, and durability make him a valuable asset to any team, and his ability to maintain a low ERA has helped him to establish himself as one of the all-time greats.

Earned run average (ERA) is a metric that shows how many earned runs on average, a pitcher or team's pitcher, gives up over the course of nine innings. It is calculated by dividing earned runs by innings pitched then multiplying the result by 9. Generally, for ERA, lower is better. (Source)

Justin Verlander Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats

Stats similar to ERA for Justin Verlander

	Justin Verlander ERA	Justin Verlander Component ERA	Justin Verlander Defense Independent ERA
Career	3.24	2.89	3.23
Season Avg.	3.46	3.07	3.45
162 Game Avg.	3.24	2.89	3.23
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Justin Verlander ERA By Year Line Chart

This line chart shows Justin Verlander's yearly ERA for each season of his Major League Baseball career. Also included, for comparison, are yearly player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. For these groups, averages are calculated for each group's performance for the defined year.

Justin Verlander ERA By Year Change

This waterfall chart attempts to show how Justin Verlander's career ERA changed per season. This data is cumulative for each season, each column represents the career ERA Justin Verlander had at that season in his career.

Justin Verlander ERA By Year Box Chart

This chart attempts to draw comparisons between Justin Verlander and related player groups by summarizing ERA for each season played by Justin Verlander. The box represents the middle 50% of the data for each player with the line in the box being the median value. The whiskers represent the ranges for the top and bottom 25% of the data. Review the spread and medians to draw your conclusions!

Justin Verlander ERA Per Season Stats Table

This table shows Justin Verlander ERA stats per season for his full MLB career with the aggregations’ sum, average, minimum, maximum, and median. Also included, for comparison, are season player averages for MLB, Hall of Fame players, SP, and players from their country of birth. The comparisons are calculated for each group for each year of Justin Verlander career.

Note: "—" indicate there were no players for comparison for a specific year. Most commonly this happens for the hall of fame group where there may not have been a hall of famer playing that year.