Mark Gardner ERA in 1997
4.291997 Regular Season
Mark Gardner posted a 4.29 ERA in the 1997 regular season.
- 4th-best of Mark Gardner's 13 seasons on file; the best is 3.42 in 1990.
- Down 0.13 from 4.42 in 1996.
Average of 13 regular seasons, 1989 through 2001. 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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 |  WSH | 7 | 0 | 3 | 5.13 | 26.1 | 21 | 11 | 1.41 | 0 |
| 1990 | WSH | 27 | 7 | 9 | 3.42 | 152.2 | 135 | 61 | 1.24 | 0 |
| 1991 | WSH | 27 | 9 | 11 | 3.85 | 168.1 | 107 | 75 | 1.27 | 0 |
| 1992 | WSH | 33 | 12 | 10 | 4.36 | 179.2 | 132 | 60 | 1.33 | 0 |
| 1993 |  KC | 17 | 4 | 6 | 6.19 | 91.2 | 54 | 36 | 1.40 | 0 |
| 1994 |  MIA | 20 | 4 | 4 | 4.87 | 92.1 | 57 | 30 | 1.38 | 0 |
| 1995 | MIA | 39 | 5 | 5 | 4.49 | 102.1 | 87 | 43 | 1.49 | 1 |
| 1996 |  SF | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4.42 | 179.1 | 145 | 57 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 1997 | SF | 30 | 12 | 9 | 4.29 | 180.1 | 136 | 57 | 1.36 | 0 |
| 1998 | SF | 33 | 13 | 6 | 4.33 | 212.0 | 151 | 65 | 1.26 | 0 |
| 1999 | SF | 29 | 5 | 11 | 6.47 | 139.0 | 86 | 57 | 1.43 | 0 |
| 2000 | SF | 30 | 11 | 7 | 4.05 | 149.0 | 92 | 42 | 1.32 | 0 |
| 2001 | SF | 23 | 5 | 5 | 5.40 | 91.2 | 53 | 34 | 1.39 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV