Jim Bouton ERA in 1978
4.971978 Regular Season
Jim Bouton posted a 4.97 ERA in the 1978 regular season.
- 9th-best of Jim Bouton's 10 seasons on file; the best is 2.53 in 1963.
- Down 0.43 from 5.40 in 1970.
Best of 10 regular seasons, 1962 through 1978. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 |  NYY | 36 | 7 | 7 | 3.99 | 133.0 | 71 | 59 | 1.38 | 2 |
| 1963 | NYY | 40 | 21 | 7 | 2.53 | 249.1 | 148 | 87 | 1.11 | 1 |
| 1964 | NYY | 38 | 18 | 13 | 3.02 | 271.1 | 125 | 60 | 1.06 | 0 |
| 1965 | NYY | 30 | 4 | 15 | 4.82 | 151.1 | 97 | 60 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 1966 | NYY | 24 | 3 | 8 | 2.69 | 120.1 | 65 | 38 | 1.29 | 1 |
| 1967 | NYY | 17 | 1 | 0 | 4.67 | 44.1 | 31 | 18 | 1.47 | 0 |
| 1968 | NYY | 12 | 1 | 1 | 3.68 | 44.0 | 24 | 9 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 1969 |  MIL/HOU | 73 | 2 | 3 | 3.96 | 122.2 | 100 | 50 | 1.30 | 2 |
| 1970 | HOU | 29 | 4 | 6 | 5.40 | 73.1 | 49 | 33 | 1.60 | 0 |
| 1978 |  ATL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4.97 | 29.0 | 10 | 21 | 1.59 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV