How Kirby Yates's ERA Compares to Similar Players
Kirby Yates has posted a career ERA of 3.36, below the relief pitcher average of 3.96 — production that has kept him consistently ahead of most peers. His strongest ERA season came in 2024, posting 1.17, well below the relief pitcher average of 3.85 that year. The highest point came in 2015 at 7.97, well above the relief pitcher average of 3.72 that year. Production has slipped over the most recent seasons. The figure has moved from 3.28 in 2023 to 1.17 in 2024 and 5.23 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 1.17 to 7.97 — though the career average has remained above league norms.
Kirby Yates Lifetime ERA and Similar Stats
Stats similar to ERA for Kirby Yates
| Kirby Yates
ERA | Kirby Yates
Component ERA | Kirby Yates
Defense Independent ERA |
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| Career | 3.36 | 3.07 | 3.45 |
| Season Avg. | 3.36 | 3.07 | 3.45 |
| 162 Game Avg. | 3.36 | 3.07 | 3.45 |
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Kirby Yates ERA Per Season
Kirby Yates'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.
Kirby Yates ERA by Team
Kirby Yates's career ERA totals broken down by each team he played for, ordered by when he first joined that team.
Kirby Yates ERA Year-Over-Year Change
A waterfall chart tracking how Kirby Yates'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.
Kirby Yates ERA Distribution vs. Comparable Players
Each box summarizes Kirby Yates'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.
Kirby Yates ERA — Season-by-Season Breakdown
Every season of Kirby Yates'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.
