John Bale ERA in 2008
4.392008 Regular Season
John Bale posted a 4.39 ERA in the 2008 regular season.
| 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. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | HR: Home runs hit. | |||
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| Sep 27, 2008 |  @ MIN | W 4-2 | 4.39 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 22, 2008 |  @ DET | W 6-2 | 4.56 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 20, 2008 |  vs CHW | W 5-2 | 4.74 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 16, 2008 |  vs SEA | W 6-3 | 4.94 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sep 14, 2008 |  @ CLE | W 13-3 | 5.16 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 13, 2008 | @ CLE | W 8-3 | 5.40 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 11, 2008 | @ MIN | W 3-2 F/10 | 5.66 | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 9, 2008 | @ MIN | L 7-2 | 6.05 | 1.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sep 7, 2008 | vs CLE | L 3-1 | 6.50 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Sep 4, 2008 |  vs ATH | W 9-6 | 7.16 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Apr 15, 2008 | @ SEA | L 11-6 | 7.63 | 3.0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Apr 10, 2008 |  vs NYY | L 6-1 | 5.84 | 6.0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Apr 4, 2008 | @ MIN | L 4-3 | 5.68 | 6.1 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
- 3rd-best of John Bale's 7 seasons on file; the best is 3.04 in 2001.
- Up 0.34 from 4.05 in 2007.
Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on October 28, 2026.