Kirk Rueter career ERA
4.27Career Regular Season
Kirk Rueter has a career ERA of 4.27 over 13 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 2.73 in 1993.
- Most recent: 5.95 in 2005.
Average of 13 regular seasons, 1993 through 2005. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 |  WSH | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2.73 | 85.2 | 31 | 18 | 1.20 | 0 |
| 1994 | WSH | 20 | 7 | 3 | 5.17 | 92.1 | 50 | 23 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 1995 | WSH | 9 | 5 | 3 | 3.23 | 47.1 | 28 | 9 | 0.99 | 0 |
| 1996 |  WSH/SF | 20 | 6 | 8 | 3.97 | 102.0 | 46 | 27 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1997 | SF | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3.45 | 190.2 | 115 | 51 | 1.28 | 0 |
| 1998 | SF | 33 | 16 | 9 | 4.36 | 187.2 | 102 | 57 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1999 | SF | 33 | 15 | 10 | 5.41 | 184.2 | 94 | 55 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 2000 | SF | 32 | 11 | 9 | 3.96 | 184.0 | 71 | 62 | 1.45 | 0 |
| 2001 | SF | 34 | 14 | 12 | 4.42 | 195.1 | 83 | 66 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 2002 | SF | 33 | 14 | 8 | 3.23 | 203.2 | 76 | 54 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 2003 | SF | 27 | 10 | 5 | 4.53 | 147.0 | 41 | 47 | 1.48 | 0 |
| 2004 | SF | 33 | 9 | 12 | 4.73 | 190.1 | 56 | 66 | 1.53 | 0 |
| 2005 | SF | 20 | 2 | 7 | 5.95 | 107.1 | 25 | 47 | 1.66 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV