Jakie May career ERA
3.88Career Regular Season
Jakie May has a career ERA of 3.88 over 14 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 3.00 in 1924.
- Most recent: 4.36 in 1932.
Average of 14 regular seasons, 1917 through 1932. Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 22, 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 |  STL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 | 29.1 | 18 | 11 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1918 | STL | 29 | 5 | 6 | 3.83 | 152.2 | 61 | 69 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1919 | STL | 28 | 3 | 12 | 3.22 | 125.2 | 58 | 87 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 1920 | STL | 16 | 1 | 4 | 3.06 | 70.2 | 33 | 37 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 1921 | STL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4.71 | 21.0 | 5 | 12 | 1.95 | 0 |
| 1924 |  CIN | 38 | 3 | 3 | 3.00 | 99.0 | 59 | 29 | 1.34 | 6 |
| 1925 | CIN | 36 | 8 | 9 | 3.87 | 137.1 | 74 | 45 | 1.39 | 2 |
| 1926 | CIN | 45 | 13 | 9 | 3.22 | 167.2 | 103 | 44 | 1.31 | 3 |
| 1927 | CIN | 44 | 15 | 12 | 3.51 | 235.2 | 121 | 70 | 1.32 | 1 |
| 1928 | CIN | 21 | 3 | 5 | 4.42 | 79.1 | 39 | 35 | 1.69 | 1 |
| 1929 | CIN | 41 | 10 | 14 | 4.61 | 199.0 | 92 | 75 | 1.48 | 3 |
| 1930 | CIN | 26 | 3 | 11 | 5.77 | 112.1 | 44 | 41 | 1.67 | 0 |
| 1931 |  CHC | 31 | 5 | 5 | 3.87 | 79.0 | 38 | 43 | 1.57 | 2 |
| 1932 | CHC | 35 | 2 | 2 | 4.36 | 53.2 | 20 | 19 | 1.49 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV