Josh James ERA in 2021
5.402021 Regular Season
Josh James posted a 5.40 ERA in the 2021 regular season.
- 3rd-best of Josh James' 4 seasons on file; the best is 2.35 in 2018.
- Down 1.87 from 7.27 in 2020.
Average of 4 regular seasons, 2018 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 |  HOU | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2.35 | 23.0 | 29 | 7 | 0.96 | 0 |
| 2019 | HOU | 49 | 5 | 1 | 4.70 | 61.1 | 100 | 35 | 1.32 | 1 |
| 2020 | HOU | 13 | 1 | 0 | 7.27 | 17.1 | 21 | 17 | 1.85 | 0 |
| 2021 | HOU | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5.40 | 5.0 | 8 | 2 | 1.20 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV