Chris Carpenter ERA in 2012
3.712012 Regular Season
Chris Carpenter posted a 3.71 ERA in the 2012 regular season.
- 8th-best of Chris Carpenter's 15 seasons on file; the best is 1.76 in 2008.
- Up 0.26 from 3.45 in 2011.
Average of 15 regular seasons, 1997 through 2012. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 21, 2026.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | SV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out. | ||
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| 1997 |  TOR | 14 | 3 | 7 | 5.09 | 81.1 | 55 | 37 | 1.78 | 0 |
| 1998 | TOR | 33 | 12 | 7 | 4.37 | 175.0 | 136 | 61 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1999 | TOR | 24 | 9 | 8 | 4.38 | 150.0 | 106 | 48 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 2000 | TOR | 34 | 10 | 12 | 6.26 | 175.1 | 113 | 83 | 1.64 | 0 |
| 2001 | TOR | 34 | 11 | 11 | 4.09 | 215.2 | 157 | 75 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 2002 | TOR | 13 | 4 | 5 | 5.28 | 73.1 | 45 | 27 | 1.58 | 0 |
| 2004 |  STL | 28 | 15 | 5 | 3.46 | 182.0 | 152 | 38 | 1.14 | 0 |
| 2005 | STL | 33 | 21 | 5 | 2.83 | 241.2 | 213 | 51 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 2006 | STL | 32 | 15 | 8 | 3.09 | 221.2 | 184 | 43 | 1.07 | 0 |
| 2007 | STL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7.50 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 2008 | STL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.76 | 15.1 | 7 | 4 | 1.30 | 0 |
| 2009 | STL | 28 | 17 | 4 | 2.24 | 192.2 | 144 | 38 | 1.01 | 0 |
| 2010 | STL | 35 | 16 | 9 | 3.22 | 235.0 | 179 | 63 | 1.18 | 0 |
| 2011 | STL | 34 | 11 | 9 | 3.45 | 237.1 | 191 | 55 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 2012 | STL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 3.71 | 17.0 | 12 | 3 | 1.12 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV