How Brandon Woodruff's ERA Compares to Similar Players

Brandon Woodruff has posted a career ERA of 3.1, below the starting pitcher average of 3.87 — production that has kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2023, posting 2.28, well below the starting pitcher average of 4.41 that year. The highest point came in 2017 at 4.81, near the starting pitcher average of 4.46 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 3.05 in 2022 to 2.28 in 2023 and 3.2 in 2025. The slide has continued into 2025, with the production level an open question entering 2026. Some season-to-season variance runs through the career line, but the career average has remained above league norms across 7 seasons.

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Brandon Woodruff ERA Per Season

Brandon Woodruff'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.
Brandon Woodruff ERA per season line chart

Brandon Woodruff ERA by Team

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

A waterfall chart tracking how Brandon Woodruff'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.
Brandon Woodruff ERA year-over-year waterfall chart

Brandon Woodruff ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players

Each box summarizes Brandon Woodruff'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.
Brandon Woodruff ERA distribution box chart versus comparable players

Brandon Woodruff ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown

Every season of Brandon Woodruff'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.
Brandon Woodruff ERA season-by-season breakdown table