John Bale ERA in 2009
5.722009 Regular Season
John Bale posted a 5.72 ERA in the 2009 regular season.
- 5th-best of John Bale's 7 seasons on file; the best is 3.04 in 2001.
- Up 1.33 from 4.39 in 2008.
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. | ||
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| 1999 |  TOR | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2.0 | 4 | 2 | 2.00 | 0 |
| 2000 | TOR | 2 | 0 | 0 | 14.73 | 3.2 | 6 | 3 | 2.18 | 0 |
| 2001 |  BAL | 14 | 1 | 0 | 3.04 | 26.2 | 21 | 17 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 2003 |  CIN | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4.47 | 46.1 | 37 | 12 | 1.34 | 0 |
| 2007 |  KC | 26 | 1 | 1 | 4.05 | 40.0 | 42 | 17 | 1.55 | 0 |
| 2008 | KC | 13 | 0 | 3 | 4.39 | 26.2 | 14 | 6 | 1.31 | 0 |
| 2009 | KC | 43 | 0 | 1 | 5.72 | 28.1 | 24 | 18 | 1.84 | 1 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV