Scott Service career ERA
4.99Career Regular Season
Scott Service has a career ERA of 4.99 over 12 regular seasons.
- Best season on file: 1.69 in 1988.
- Most recent: 7.08 in 2004.
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. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 |  PHI | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.69 | 5.1 | 6 | 1 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 1992 |  WSH | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14.14 | 7.0 | 11 | 5 | 2.86 | 0 |
| 1993 |  COL/CIN | 29 | 2 | 2 | 4.30 | 46.0 | 43 | 16 | 1.30 | 2 |
| 1994 | CIN | 6 | 1 | 2 | 7.36 | 7.1 | 5 | 3 | 1.50 | 0 |
| 1995 |  SF | 28 | 3 | 1 | 3.19 | 31.0 | 30 | 20 | 1.23 | 0 |
| 1996 | CIN | 34 | 1 | 0 | 3.94 | 48.0 | 46 | 18 | 1.44 | 0 |
| 1997 |  CIN/KC | 16 | 0 | 3 | 6.45 | 22.1 | 22 | 6 | 1.52 | 0 |
| 1998 | KC | 73 | 6 | 4 | 3.48 | 82.2 | 95 | 34 | 1.26 | 4 |
| 1999 | KC | 68 | 5 | 5 | 6.09 | 75.1 | 68 | 42 | 1.71 | 8 |
| 2000 |  ATH | 20 | 1 | 2 | 6.38 | 36.2 | 35 | 19 | 1.75 | 1 |
| 2003 |  ARI/TOR | 33 | 0 | 2 | 4.72 | 34.1 | 35 | 8 | 1.34 | 1 |
| 2004 |  ARI | 21 | 1 | 1 | 7.08 | 20.1 | 17 | 10 | 1.67 | 0 |
What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV