What years did Ryan Tepera play?

Ryan Tepera played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2023.

Was Ryan Tepera a pitcher?

Yes. Ryan Tepera pitched in the major leagues, recording 19 wins and 366 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Ryan Tepera hit?

Ryan Tepera hit 0 career home runs.

What was Ryan Tepera's career batting average?

Ryan Tepera batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 1 at bats.

What was Ryan Tepera's career ERA?

Ryan Tepera finished with a 3.62 career ERA, going 19-20 with 366 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Ryan Tepera have?

Ryan Tepera recorded 366 career strikeouts.

Ryan Tepera

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2015-2023)

Ryan Tepera was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2023 for 5 teams, including the Toronto Blue Jays, a span of 9 seasons. Across 373 career appearances, he went 19-20 with a 3.62 ERA and 366 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 1686.5.

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 19–20

ERA 3.62

WHIP 1.14

SO 366

Pitcher PIV 1686.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 195 lb
Born: 11/3/1987 in Lake Jackson, TX, USA
MLB Debut: 2015-05-10

Full name: Dennis Ryan Tepera

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Career Pitching Statistics

Ryan Tepera — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
19	20	373	1	0	0	18	365.1	284	147	46	132	366	3.62	1686.5

Career ERA 3.62 vs. league average 4.23 across their career seasons — 14.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Ryan Tepera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2015	TOR	AL	0	2	32	0	1	33.0	23	12	6	22	3.27	3.96 (+17%)	-1492.0
2016	TOR	AL	0	1	20	0	0	18.1	17	6	8	18	2.95	4.19 (+30%)	229.1
2017	TOR	AL	7	1	73	0	2	77.2	57	31	31	81	3.59	4.36 (+18%)	1199.6
2018	TOR	AL	5	5	68	0	7	64.2	55	26	24	68	3.62	4.15 (+13%)	-27.4
2019	TOR	AL	0	2	23	1	0	21.2	20	12	8	14	4.98	4.51 (-11%)	-825.7
2020	CHN	NL	0	1	21	0	0	20.2	17	9	12	31	3.92	4.45 (+12%)	579.4
2021	CHN	NL	0	2	43	0	1	43.1	22	14	12	50	2.91	4.27 (+32%)	1601.0
2021	CHA	AL	0	0	22	0	1	18.0	13	5	7	24	2.50	4.27 (+41%)	770.8
2022	LAA	AL	5	4	59	0	6	57.1	42	23	20	47	3.61	3.97 (+9%)	-348.2
2023	LAA	AL	2	2	10	0	0	8.2	15	7	3	10	7.27	—	0.0
2023	SLN	NL	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	3	2	1	1	9.00	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			19	20	373	1	18	365.1	284	147	132	366	3.62	—	1,686

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

Ryan Tepera — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
373	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .250 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .000 vs. league average .319 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .000 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Ryan Tepera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2015	TOR	AL	32	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TOR	AL	20	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	TOR	AL	73	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TOR	AL	68	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	TOR	AL	23	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	CHN	NL	21	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	CHN	NL	43	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	CHA	AL	22	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2022	LAA	AL	59	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	LAA	AL	10	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2023	SLN	NL	2	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			373	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0

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

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

Playoff Batting by Year

Ryan Tepera — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2021	ALDS1	CHA	3	.000
2020	NLWC3	CHN	1	.000
2016	ALDS1	TOR	1	.000
2015	ALCS	TOR	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Ryan Tepera — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	6	0	0	7.2	7	5	3	5	5.87

Playoff Pitching by Year

Ryan Tepera — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2021	ALDS1	CHA	3	4.2	2	1	0	3	1.93
2020	NLWC3	CHN	1	0.2	0	0	1	2	0.00
2016	ALDS1	TOR	1	0.2	0	0	0	0	0.00
2015	ALCS	TOR	1	1.2	5	4	2	0	21.60

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Ryan Tepera — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	196	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	177	1	0	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Ryan Tepera — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	196	192.0	149	66	58	190	3.09
Away	177	173.1	135	81	74	176	4.21

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Ryan Tepera — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2023-07-19	STL	MIA	—	1.1	1	1	1	0	1	1
2023-07-17	STL	MIA	—	0.2	2	1	1	1	0	0
2023-05-13	LAA	CLE	L	0.2	2	2	2	1	1	2
2023-05-10	LAA	HOU	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0
2023-05-06	LAA	TEX	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2023-05-03	LAA	STL	W	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2023-04-15	LAA	BOS	L	0.2	2	3	1	1	1	0
2023-04-12	LAA	WAS	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2023-04-09	LAA	TOR	—	0.1	3	4	4	0	0	0
2023-04-08	LAA	TOR	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Ryan Tepera — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	373	1	9	40	4	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Ryan Tepera — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2015	TOR	P	32	0	0	4	0	1
2016	TOR	P	20	0	2	2	0	0
2017	TOR	P	73	0	1	11	1	0
2018	TOR	P	68	0	2	8	1	0
2019	TOR	P	23	1	0	4	1	0
2020	CHN	P	21	0	3	2	0	0
2021	CHN	P	43	0	0	4	1	0
2021	CHA	P	22	0	0	1	0	0
2022	LAA	P	59	0	1	4	0	0
2023	LAA	P	10	0	0	0	0	0
2023	SLN	P	2	0	0	0	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Ryan Tepera Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	373

Awards & Honors

Ryan Tepera — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2021	Reliever of the Month	May

Award Voting History

Ryan Tepera — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2020	Most Valuable Player	NL	18th	1.0	420	0

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Ryan Tepera: the record in brief

Ryan Tepera debuted in the major leagues on May 10, 2015. The team column moves through the Toronto Blue Jays (2015 to 2019), the Chicago Cubs (2020 to 2021), the Chicago White Sox (2021), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2022 through 2023), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2023). At 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds, Tepera is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Tepera both batted and threw right-handed. Tepera was born on November 3, 1987, in Lake Jackson, TX, USA. Ryan Tepera was the playing name; the full given name is Dennis Ryan.

Across 373 games (1 starts), Tepera recorded 19 wins against 20 losses with a 3.62 ERA. Also on Tepera's record: 366 strikeouts and 18 saves. That 3.62 ERA compares with a 4.23 league average across the same seasons, 14.3% better. The best win total was 7, in 2017. 2017 was Tepera's sharpest full season, a 3.59 ERA against the league's 4.36. Tepera's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 1,686.5.

Frequently Asked Questions about Ryan Tepera

What years did Ryan Tepera play?: Ryan Tepera played in Major League Baseball from 2015 to 2023.
Was Ryan Tepera a pitcher?: Yes. Ryan Tepera pitched in the major leagues, recording 19 wins and 366 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Ryan Tepera hit?: Ryan Tepera hit 0 career home runs.
What was Ryan Tepera's career batting average?: Ryan Tepera batted .000 over his career, with 0 hits in 1 at bats.
What was Ryan Tepera's career ERA?: Ryan Tepera finished with a 3.62 career ERA, going 19-20 with 366 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Ryan Tepera have?: Ryan Tepera recorded 366 career strikeouts.