John Axford ERA in 2021
54.002021 Regular Season
John Axford posted a 54.00 ERA in the 2021 regular season.
- John Axford's highest ERA of the 11 seasons on file; the best is 1.95 in 2011.
- Up 48.73 from 5.27 in 2018.
Best of 11 regular seasons, 2009 through 2021. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 |  MIL | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3.52 | 7.2 | 9 | 6 | 1.43 | 1 |
| 2010 | MIL | 50 | 8 | 2 | 2.48 | 58.0 | 76 | 27 | 1.19 | 24 |
| 2011 | MIL | 74 | 2 | 2 | 1.95 | 73.2 | 86 | 25 | 1.14 | 46 |
| 2012 | MIL | 75 | 5 | 8 | 4.67 | 69.1 | 93 | 39 | 1.44 | 35 |
| 2013 |  MIL/STL | 75 | 7 | 7 | 4.02 | 65.0 | 65 | 26 | 1.52 | 0 |
| 2014 |  CLE/PIT | 62 | 2 | 4 | 3.95 | 54.2 | 63 | 36 | 1.45 | 10 |
| 2015 |  COL | 60 | 4 | 5 | 4.20 | 55.2 | 62 | 32 | 1.58 | 25 |
| 2016 |  ATH | 68 | 6 | 4 | 3.97 | 65.2 | 60 | 30 | 1.45 | 3 |
| 2017 | ATH | 22 | 0 | 1 | 6.43 | 21.0 | 21 | 17 | 2.10 | 0 |
| 2018 |  TOR/LAD | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5.27 | 54.2 | 54 | 22 | 1.35 | 0 |
| 2021 | MIL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 54.00 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV