What years did Bronson Arroyo play?

Bronson Arroyo played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2017.

Was Bronson Arroyo a pitcher?

Yes. Bronson Arroyo pitched in the major leagues, recording 148 wins and 1571 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Bronson Arroyo hit?

Bronson Arroyo hit 6 career home runs with 81 hits.

What was Bronson Arroyo's career batting average?

Bronson Arroyo batted .129 over his career, with 81 hits in 629 at bats.

How many RBI did Bronson Arroyo have?

Bronson Arroyo drove in 29 runs in his career.

What was Bronson Arroyo's career ERA?

Bronson Arroyo finished with a 4.28 career ERA, going 148-137 with 1,571 strikeouts.

Bronson Arroyo

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2000-2017)

Bronson Arroyo was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2017 for 4 teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates, a span of 18 seasons. Across 419 career appearances, he went 148-137 with a 4.28 ERA and 1,571 strikeouts. He also batted .129 with 6 home runs. Bronson Arroyo was an All-Star and a Gold Glove.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 12, 2026

W–L 148–137

ERA 4.28

WHIP 1.30

SO 1,571

Pitcher PIV -21496.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 185 lb
Born: 2/24/1977 in Key West, FL, USA
MLB Debut: 2000-06-12
Last Game: 2017-06-18
Awards: All-Star · Gold Glove

Full name: Bronson Anthony Arroyo

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Career Pitching Statistics

Bronson Arroyo — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
148	137	419	383	16	6	1	2435.2	2,507	1,158	347	661	1,571	4.28	-21496.3

Career ERA 4.28 vs. league average 4.27 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Bronson Arroyo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2000	PIT	NL	2	6	20	12	0	0	0	71.2	88	51	36	50	6.40	4.77 (-34%)	-819.9
2001	PIT	NL	5	7	24	13	1	0	0	88.1	99	50	34	39	5.09	4.42 (-15%)	-1778.1
2002	PIT	NL	2	1	9	4	0	0	0	27.0	30	12	15	22	4.00	4.28 (+7%)	541.3
2003	BOS	AL	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	17.1	10	4	4	14	2.08	4.40 (+53%)	921.2
2004	BOS	AL	10	9	32	29	0	0	0	178.2	171	80	47	142	4.03	4.46 (+10%)	2977.7
2005	BOS	AL	14	10	35	32	0	0	0	205.1	213	103	54	100	4.51	4.29 (-5%)	-725.9
2006	CIN	NL	14	11	35	35	3	1	0	240.2	222	88	64	184	3.29	4.53 (+27%)	2365.2
2007	CIN	NL	9	15	34	34	1	0	0	210.2	232	99	63	156	4.23	4.47 (+5%)	-503.6
2008	CIN	NL	15	11	34	34	1	0	0	200.0	219	106	68	163	4.77	4.32 (-10%)	-866.1
2009	CIN	NL	15	13	33	33	3	2	0	220.1	214	94	65	127	3.84	4.32 (+11%)	-2529.1
2010	CIN	NL	17	10	33	33	2	0	0	215.2	188	93	59	121	3.88	4.08 (+5%)	-2854.3
2011	CIN	NL	9	12	32	32	1	1	0	199.0	227	112	45	108	5.07	3.94 (-28%)	-8812.8
2012	CIN	NL	12	10	32	32	1	1	0	202.0	209	84	35	129	3.74	4.01 (+7%)	-354.5
2013	CIN	NL	14	12	32	32	2	1	0	202.0	199	85	34	124	3.79	3.87 (+2%)	-3146.0
2014	ARI	NL	7	4	14	14	1	0	0	86.0	92	39	19	47	4.08	3.74 (-9%)	-1242.0
2017	CIN	NL	3	6	14	14	0	0	0	71.0	94	58	19	45	7.35	4.36 (-69%)	-4669.4
Career · 16 seasons			148	137	419	383	16	6	1	2,435.2	2,507	1,158	661	1,571	4.28	—	-21,496

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Bronson Arroyo — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
436	629	35	81	16	0	6	29	1	14	276	.129	.148	.183	.331	-4,638

Career AVG .129 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 50.7% below league average.

Career OBP .148 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 54.9% below league average.

Career SLG .183 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 56.0% below league average.

Career OPS .331 vs. league average .745 across their career seasons — 55.5% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Bronson Arroyo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2000	PIT	NL	21	21	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	10	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	PIT	NL	24	21	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	16	.048	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	PIT	NL	9	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	BOS	AL	32	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	BOS	AL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	CIN	NL	35	81	5	9	3	2	6	0	3	31	.111	.269 (-59%)	.336 (-58%)	.431 (-49%)	.768 (-52%)	-730.4
2007	CIN	NL	34	70	5	10	2	1	3	0	2	30	.143	.268 (-47%)	.335 (-47%)	.422 (-49%)	.758 (-48%)	-565.6
2008	CIN	NL	40	61	4	12	3	1	6	1	4	21	.197	.263 (-25%)	.333 (-26%)	.416 (-29%)	.749 (-28%)	-283.1
2009	CIN	NL	36	62	4	7	3	0	0	0	0	27	.113	.262 (-57%)	.332 (-66%)	.417 (-61%)	.750 (-63%)	-653.7
2010	CIN	NL	34	68	5	10	0	1	8	0	2	31	.147	.257 (-43%)	.325 (-48%)	.402 (-53%)	.728 (-51%)	-562.3
2011	CIN	NL	36	57	1	6	2	0	2	0	1	27	.105	.255 (-59%)	.320 (-62%)	.399 (-65%)	.719 (-64%)	-578.3
2012	CIN	NL	32	63	4	9	1	1	3	0	1	28	.143	.254 (-44%)	.318 (-52%)	.405 (-49%)	.724 (-50%)	-519.2
2013	CIN	NL	32	59	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	26	.068	.253 (-73%)	.317 (-79%)	.396 (-83%)	.714 (-81%)	-745.8
2014	ARI	NL	15	27	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	12	.222	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	CIN	NL	15	26	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	.154	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 16 seasons			436	629	35	81	16	6	29	1	14	276	.129	—	—	—	—	-4,638

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Bronson Arroyo — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Bronson Arroyo — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2012	NLDS2	CIN	1	4	2	.000
2010	NLDS1	CIN	2	2	1	.000
2005	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2004	ALCS	BOS	3	0	0	.000
2004	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2004	WS	BOS	2	0	0	.000
2003	ALCS	BOS	3	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Bronson Arroyo — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	12	4	0	29.1	24	15	13	26	4.60

Playoff Pitching by Year

Bronson Arroyo — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2012	NLDS2	CIN	1	1	1	7.0	1	0	1	4	0.00
2010	NLDS1	CIN	0	1	1	5.1	4	1	3	2	1.69
2005	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	18.00
2004	ALCS	BOS	0	3	1	4.0	8	7	2	3	15.75
2004	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	6.0	3	2	2	7	3.00
2004	WS	BOS	0	2	0	2.2	4	2	1	4	6.75
2003	ALCS	BOS	0	3	0	3.1	2	1	2	5	2.70

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Bronson Arroyo — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	222	304	18	38	4	15	.125
Away	214	325	17	43	2	14	.132

Pitching — Home / Away

Bronson Arroyo — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	212	1243.0	1280	580	327	817	4.20
Away	207	1192.2	1227	578	334	754	4.36

Last 10 Games — Batting

Bronson Arroyo — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
2017-06-18	CIN	LAD	L	1	0	0
2017-06-12	CIN	SDP	L	2	0	1
2017-06-07	CIN	STL	W	2	1	0
2017-06-03	CIN	ATL	L	0	0	0
2017-06-02	CIN	ATL	W	1	1	0
2017-05-27	CIN	PHI	L	2	1	1
2017-05-21	CIN	COL	L	2	0	1
2017-05-16	CIN	CHC	L	2	1	1
2017-05-11	CIN	SFG	W	2	0	0
2017-05-05	CIN	SFG	W	3	0	3

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Bronson Arroyo — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2017-06-18	CIN	LAD	L	3.0	7	5	5	0	3	1
2017-06-12	CIN	SDP	L	4.2	13	9	9	0	2	2
2017-06-07	CIN	STL	—	5.2	8	4	4	2	4	1
2017-06-02	CIN	ATL	—	6.0	7	2	2	1	2	1
2017-05-27	CIN	PHI	—	5.0	5	3	3	1	4	3
2017-05-21	CIN	COL	L	5.1	9	6	6	2	4	4
2017-05-16	CIN	CHC	L	5.0	8	5	5	2	1	2
2017-05-11	CIN	SFG	—	6.0	6	2	2	1	3	2
2017-05-05	CIN	SFG	W	5.1	5	3	2	1	4	1
2017-04-30	CIN	STL	—	4.0	5	4	4	4	2	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Bronson Arroyo — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	419	383	221	325	16	22

Season-by-Season Fielding

Bronson Arroyo — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2000	PIT	P	20	12	3	5	1	0
2001	PIT	P	24	13	3	15	2	1
2002	PIT	P	9	4	3	7	0	0
2003	BOS	P	6	0	2	0	0	0
2004	BOS	P	32	29	24	16	2	2
2005	BOS	P	35	32	21	21	2	1
2006	CIN	P	35	35	29	33	0	4
2007	CIN	P	34	34	11	27	1	0
2008	CIN	P	34	34	18	31	0	0
2009	CIN	P	33	33	18	31	2	3
2010	CIN	P	33	33	18	31	0	5
2011	CIN	P	32	32	22	30	4	2
2012	CIN	P	32	32	16	31	0	1
2013	CIN	P	32	32	15	29	1	1
2014	ARI	P	14	14	12	12	1	2
2017	CIN	P	14	14	6	6	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Bronson Arroyo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	419

Awards & Honors

Bronson Arroyo — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2010	Gold Glove	P
2008	Player of the Week	Week of 2008-08-30

Salary History

Bronson Arroyo — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2014	ARI	NL	$9,500,000
2013	CIN	NL	$16,445,535
2012	CIN	NL	$8,166,666
2011	CIN	NL	$7,666,666
2010	CIN	NL	$11,625,000
2009	CIN	NL	$10,125,000
2008	CIN	NL	$4,575,000
2007	CIN	NL	$4,125,000
2006	CIN	NL	$3,000,000
2005	BOS	AL	$1,850,000
2004	BOS	AL	$332,500
2001	PIT	NL	$225,000
Total Career Earnings			$77,636,367

Award Voting History

Bronson Arroyo — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2010	Cy Young Award	NL	12th	1.0	224	0
2006	Most Valuable Player	NL	23th	1.0	448	0

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Bronson Arroyo: the record in brief

Bronson Arroyo played a first major league game on June 12, 2000 and a last one on June 18, 2017. Club by club, the record runs the Pittsburgh Pirates (2000 to 2002), the Boston Red Sox (2003 through 2005), the Cincinnati Reds (2006 to 2017), and the Arizona Diamondbacks (2014). Arroyo played primarily as a pitcher and threw and hit right-handed. Born on February 24, 1977, in Key West, FL, USA, Arroyo was listed at 6-foot-3 and 185 pounds. The given name on file is Bronson Anthony Arroyo.

The pitching table credits Arroyo with a 148-137 record and a 4.28 ERA in 419 games. The totals include 1,571 strikeouts, 16 complete games, and 6 shutouts. Arroyo's 4.28 ERA was close to the 4.27 league figure for those seasons. 2010 brought Arroyo a season-high 17 wins. Arroyo struck out 184 batters in 2006, a career high. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.29 in 2006, when the league's was 4.53.

Frequently Asked Questions about Bronson Arroyo

What years did Bronson Arroyo play?: Bronson Arroyo played in Major League Baseball from 2000 to 2017.
Was Bronson Arroyo a pitcher?: Yes. Bronson Arroyo pitched in the major leagues, recording 148 wins and 1571 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Bronson Arroyo hit?: Bronson Arroyo hit 6 career home runs with 81 hits.
What was Bronson Arroyo's career batting average?: Bronson Arroyo batted .129 over his career, with 81 hits in 629 at bats.
How many RBI did Bronson Arroyo have?: Bronson Arroyo drove in 29 runs in his career.
What was Bronson Arroyo's career ERA?: Bronson Arroyo finished with a 4.28 career ERA, going 148-137 with 1,571 strikeouts.