Tom Gordon career ERA

• Best season on file: 2.21 in 2004.
• Most recent: 21.60 in 2009.

Figures come from ESPN's box scores and were last read on September 23, 2026.

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Tom Gordon career ERA, season by season

Season↓	Team↓	GP↓iGP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly.	W↓iW: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win.	L↓iL: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss.	ERA↓iERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent.	IP↓iIP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs.	K↓iK: Batters this pitcher struck out.	BB↓iBB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls.	WHIP↓iWHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite.	SV↓iSV: Games finished by protecting a narrow lead to the last out.
1988	KC	5	0	2	5.17	15.2	18	7	1.47	0
1989	KC	49	17	9	3.64	163.0	153	86	1.28	1
1990	KC	32	12	11	3.73	195.1	175	99	1.49	0
1991	KC	45	9	14	3.87	158.0	167	87	1.37	1
1992	KC	40	6	10	4.59	117.2	98	55	1.45	0
1993	KC	48	12	6	3.58	155.2	143	77	1.30	1
1994	KC	24	11	7	4.35	155.1	126	87	1.44	0
1995	KC	31	12	12	4.43	189.0	119	89	1.55	0
1996	BOS	34	12	9	5.59	215.2	171	105	1.64	0
1997	BOS	42	6	10	3.74	182.2	159	78	1.28	11
1998	BOS	73	7	4	2.72	79.1	78	25	1.01	46
1999	BOS	21	0	2	5.60	17.2	24	12	1.64	11
2001	CHC	47	1	2	3.38	45.1	67	16	1.06	27
2002	CHC/HOU	34	1	3	3.38	42.2	48	16	1.36	0
2003	CHW	66	7	6	3.16	74.0	91	31	1.19	12
2004	NYY	80	9	4	2.21	89.2	96	23	0.88	4
2005	NYY	79	5	4	2.57	80.2	69	29	1.09	2
2006	PHI	59	3	4	3.34	59.1	68	22	1.26	34
2007	PHI	44	3	2	4.73	40.0	32	13	1.33	6
2008	PHI	34	5	4	5.16	29.2	26	17	1.62	2
2009	ARI	3	0	1	21.60	1.2	0	3	3.60	0

What the columns mean: W · L · ERA · IP · K · BB · WHIP · SV