List of Major League Baseball career ERA leaders

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This is a list of career leaders in earned run average (ERA) in Major League Baseball (MLB) who have pitched at least 2000 innings. In the sport of baseball, a pitcher's ERA is a statistic denoting the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched.

Ed Walsh holds the MLB earned run average record with a 1.82. He and Addie Joss are the only two players in major league history with 2000 or more innings pitched with an earned run average lower than 2.00.

List

Top 200 pitchers by ERA. Players highlighted in gold are active as of the 2014 Major League Baseball season (including free agents), with the number in parentheses designating that player's earned run average during the 2014 season.

The stats are updated as of end of 2014 season

Rank Player ERA
1 Ed Walsh 1.82
2 Addie Joss 1.89
3 Mordecai Brown 2.06
4 John Montgomery Ward 2.10
5 Christy Mathewson 2.13
6 Rube Waddell 2.16
7 Walter Johnson 2.17
8 Tommy Bond 2.25
9 Will White 2.28
10 Ed Reulbach 2.28
11 Eddie Plank 2.35
12 Larry Corcoran 2.36
13 Eddie Cicotte 2.38
14 Doc White 2.39
15 Nap Rucker 2.42
16 Jim McCormick 2.43
17 Chief Bender 2.46
18 Hooks Wiltse 2.47
19 Sam Leever 2.47
20 Hippo Vaughn 2.49
21 Bob Ewing 2.49
22 George Bradley 2.50
23 Hoyt Wilhelm 2.52
24 Noodles Hahn 2.55
25 Grover Cleveland Alexander 2.56
26 Slim Sallee 2.56
27 Deacon Phillippe 2.59
28 Frank Smith 2.59
29 Tim Keefe 2.62
30 Cy Young 2.63
31 Vic Willis 2.63
32 Red Ames 2.63
33 Claude Hendrix 2.65
34 Joe McGinnity 2.66
35 Dick Rudolph 2.66
36 Charley Radbourn 2.67
37 Cy Falkenberg 2.68
38 Jack Chesbro 2.68
39 Fred Toney 2.69
40 Bill Donovan 2.69
41 Mickey Welch 2.71
42 Harry Howell 2.74
43 Whitey Ford 2.75
44 Howie Camnitz 2.75
45 Babe Adams 2.76
46 Dutch Leonard 2.76
47 Sandy Koufax 2.76
48 Jeff Pfeffer 2.77
49 Earl Moore 2.78
50 Jack Coombs 2.78
51 Jesse Tannehill 2.79
52 Tully Sparks 2.79
53 John Clarkson 2.81
54 Ed Morris 2.82
55 George Mullin 2.82
56 Bob Caruthers 2.83
57 Jim Palmer 2.86
58 Andy Messersmith 2.86
59 Tom Seaver 2.86
60 Pud Galvin 2.87
61 Juan Marichal 2.89
62 Stan Coveleski 2.89
63 Wilbur Cooper 2.89
64 Bob Gibson 2.91
65 Carl Mays 2.92
66 Dean Chance 2.92
Rank Player ERA
67 Pedro Martinez 2.93
68 Guy Hecker 2.93
69 Lefty Tyler 2.95
70 Don Drysdale 2.95
71 Kid Nichols 2.95
72 Charlie Buffinton 2.96
73 Mel Stottlemyre 2.97
74 Jim Whitney 2.97
75 Jack Powell 2.97
76 Carl Hubbell 2.98
77 Bill Doak 2.99
78 Bobby Mathews 3.00
79 Bill Dinneen 3.01
80 Tony Mullane 3.05
81 Hal Newhouser 3.06
82 Lefty Grove 3.06
83 Amos Rusie 3.07
84 Rube Marquard 3.08
85 Rube Benton 3.09
86 Warren Spahn 3.09
87 Tom Hughes 3.09
88 Togie Pittinger 3.10
89 Bob Shawkey 3.10
90 Bob Groom 3.10
91 Gaylord Perry 3.11
92 Joe Horlen 3.11
93 Roger Clemens 3.12
94 Mike Cuellar 3.14
95 Eppa Rixey 3.15
96 Red Faber 3.15
97 Greg Maddux 3.16
98 Earl Hamilton 3.16
99 Urban Shocker 3.17
100 Sam McDowell 3.17
101 Steve Rogers 3.17
102 Frank Kitson 3.18
103 Jon Matlack 3.18
104 Silver King 3.18
105 Lon Warneke 3.19
106 Nolan Ryan 3.19
107 Johan Santana 3.20
108 Art Nehf 3.20
109 Ed Lopat 3.21
110 Sonny Siebert 3.21
111 Steve Carlton 3.22
112 Al Downing 3.22
113 Jesse Barnes 3.22
114 George Mogridge 3.23
115 Ray Caldwell 3.23
116 Bob Lemon 3.23
117 Wilbur Wood 3.24
118 Dave McNally 3.24
119 Dazzy Vance 3.24
120 Dolf Luque 3.24
121 Dizzy Trout 3.25
122 Gary Peters 3.25
123 Bob Feller 3.25
124 Catfish Hunter 3.26
125 Don Sutton 3.26
126 Vida Blue 3.27
127 Mike Garcia 3.27
128 Dutch Leonard 3.27
129 Billy Pierce 3.27
130 Jim Bunning 3.27
131 Kevin Brown 3.28
132 Ron Guidry 3.29
Rank Player ERA
133 Jack Quinn 3.29
134 Randy Johnson 3.29
135 Toad Ramsey 3.29
136 Claude Osteen 3.30
137 Fritz Peterson 3.30
138 Bucky Walters 3.30
139 Allie Reynolds 3.30
140 Luis Tiant 3.30
141 Hooks Dauss 3.30
142 Larry Dierker 3.31
143 Clark Griffith 3.31
144 Bert Blyleven 3.31
145 Sherry Smith 3.32
146 Claude Passeau 3.32
147 John Smoltz 3.33
148 John Candelaria 3.33
149 Bob Harmon 3.33
150 Ferguson Jenkins 3.34
151 Tommy John 3.34
152 Bret Saberhagen 3.34
153 Lefty Gomez 3.34
154 Phil Niekro 3.35
155 Roy Oswalt 3.36
156 Jerry Koosman 3.36
157 Case Patten 3.36
158 Hal Schumacher 3.36
159 Ken Forsch 3.37
160 Al Orth 3.37
161 Mark Baldwin 3.37
162 Rick Reuschel 3.37
163 Burt Hooton 3.38
164 Roy Halladay 3.38
165 Virgil Trucks 3.39
166 Bill Singer 3.39
167 Lee Meadows 3.39
168 Milt Pappas 3.40
169 Larry Jackson 3.40
170 Robin Roberts 3.41
171 Steve Gromek 3.41
172 Curt Davis 3.43
173 Chris Short 3.43
174 Juan Pizarro 3.43
175 Dave Stieb 3.44
176 Mickey Lolich 3.44
177 Nelson Briles 3.44
178 Johnny Vander Meer 3.44
179 Jim Perry 3.45
180 Larry French 3.45
181 Jim Kaat 3.45
182 Tim Hudson (3.57) 3.45
183 Lindy McDaniel 3.46
184 Dock Ellis 3.46
185 Rudy May 3.46
186 Curt Schilling 3.46
187 Charlie Getzien 3.46
188 Ron Reed 3.46
189 Paul Derringer 3.46
190 David Cone 3.46
191 Bob Welch 3.47
192 Matt Kilroy 3.47
193 Van Mungo 3.48
194 Orel Hershiser 3.48
195 Nig Cuppy 3.48
196 Ken Holtzman 3.49
197 Frank Lary 3.49
198 Johnny Sain 3.49
199 Dutch Ruether 3.50
200 Dennis Eckersley 3.50

See also

Sources

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