Jose Contreras career ERA
4.57Career Regular Season
Jose Contreras has a career ERA of 4.57 over 11 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 3.30 in 2003.
- Most recent: 9.00 in 2013.
Average of 11 regular seasons, 2003 through 2013. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 |  NYY | 18 | 7 | 2 | 3.30 | 71.0 | 72 | 30 | 1.15 | 0 |
| 2004 |  NYY/CHW | 31 | 13 | 9 | 5.50 | 170.1 | 150 | 84 | 1.47 | 0 |
| 2005 | CHW | 32 | 15 | 7 | 3.61 | 204.2 | 154 | 75 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 2006 | CHW | 30 | 13 | 9 | 4.27 | 196.0 | 134 | 55 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2007 | CHW | 32 | 10 | 17 | 5.57 | 189.0 | 113 | 62 | 1.56 | 0 |
| 2008 | CHW | 20 | 7 | 6 | 4.54 | 121.0 | 70 | 35 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 2009 |  CHW/COL | 28 | 6 | 13 | 4.92 | 131.2 | 106 | 53 | 1.47 | 0 |
| 2010 |  PHI | 67 | 6 | 4 | 3.34 | 56.2 | 57 | 16 | 1.22 | 4 |
| 2011 | PHI | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3.86 | 14.0 | 13 | 8 | 1.36 | 5 |
| 2012 | PHI | 17 | 1 | 0 | 5.27 | 13.2 | 15 | 3 | 1.17 | 0 |
| 2013 |  PIT | 7 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 5.0 | 5 | 6 | 2.60 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV