Derek Lowe career ERA
4.03Career Regular Season
Derek Lowe has a career ERA of 4.03 over 17 regular seasons.
| 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 |  BOS/SEA | 20 | 2 | 6 | 6.13 | 69.0 | 52 | 23 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 1998 |  BOS | 63 | 3 | 9 | 4.02 | 123.0 | 77 | 42 | 1.37 | 4 |
| 1999 | BOS | 74 | 6 | 3 | 2.63 | 109.1 | 80 | 25 | 1.00 | 15 |
| 2000 | BOS | 74 | 4 | 4 | 2.56 | 91.1 | 79 | 22 | 1.23 | 42 |
| 2001 | BOS | 67 | 5 | 10 | 3.53 | 91.2 | 82 | 29 | 1.44 | 24 |
| 2002 | BOS | 32 | 21 | 8 | 2.58 | 219.2 | 127 | 48 | 0.97 | 0 |
| 2003 | BOS | 33 | 17 | 7 | 4.47 | 203.1 | 110 | 72 | 1.42 | 0 |
| 2004 | BOS | 33 | 14 | 12 | 5.42 | 182.2 | 105 | 71 | 1.61 | 0 |
| 2005 |  LAD | 35 | 12 | 15 | 3.61 | 222.0 | 146 | 55 | 1.25 | 0 |
| 2006 | LAD | 35 | 16 | 8 | 3.63 | 218.0 | 123 | 55 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2007 | LAD | 33 | 12 | 14 | 3.88 | 199.1 | 147 | 59 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2008 | LAD | 34 | 14 | 11 | 3.24 | 211.0 | 147 | 45 | 1.13 | 0 |
| 2009 |  ATL | 34 | 15 | 10 | 4.67 | 194.2 | 111 | 63 | 1.52 | 0 |
| 2010 | ATL | 33 | 16 | 12 | 4.00 | 193.2 | 136 | 61 | 1.37 | 0 |
| 2011 | ATL | 34 | 9 | 17 | 5.05 | 187.0 | 137 | 70 | 1.51 | 0 |
| 2012 |  CLE/NYY | 38 | 9 | 11 | 5.11 | 142.2 | 55 | 51 | 1.62 | 1 |
| 2013 |  TEX | 9 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | 13.0 | 8 | 3 | 1.46 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV
- Best season on file: 2.56 in 2000.
- Most recent: 9.00 in 2013.
Average of 17 regular seasons, 1997 through 2013. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on November 6, 2026.