MLB All-Time ERA Leaders


All Time MLB Records
Single Season MLB Records
Career BA Leaders Highest BA in a Season
Career Hits Leaders Most Hits in a Season
Career HR Leaders Most HRs in a Season
Career RBI Leaders Most RBIs in a Season
Career Runs Leaders Most Runs in a Season
Career SB Leaders Most SBs in a Season
Career Wins Leaders Most Saves in a Season
Career Saves Leaders Most Strikeout in a Season
Career Strikeout Leaders Lowest ERA in a Season
Career ERA Leaders  

MLB Milestones
No Hitters and Perfect Games 500 Home Run Club
300 Wins Club 3000 Hits Club
3000 Strikeouts Club Triple Crown Winners

Career MLB Earned Run Allowed Leaders
RankPlayer Team(s)
ERA
Innings
1Ed Walsh Chicago White Sox (1904 - 1916)
Boston Braves (1917)
1.82
2,964.1
2Addie Joss Cleveland Blues (1902 - 1904)
Cleveland Naps (1905 - 1910)
1.89
2,327.0
3 Jim Devlin  Louisville Grays (1876 - 1877)
1.89
1,181.0
4Jack Pfiester Pittsburgh Pirates (1903 - 1904)
Chicago Cubs (1906 - 1911)
2.02
1,067.1
5Joe Wood  Boston Red Sox (1908 - 1915)
Cleveland Indians (1917 -1920)
2.03
1,436.1
6Mordecai Brown St. Louis Cardinals (1903)
Chicago Cubs (1904 - 1912)
Cincinnati Reds (1913)
Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1914)
St. Louis Terriers (1914)
Chicago Whalers (1915)
Chicago Cubs (1916)
2.06
3,172.1
7John Ward Louisville Grays (1878 - 1882)
New York Gothams (1883 - 1884)
2.10
2,461.2
8Christy Mathewson New York Giants (1900 - 1916)
Cincinnati Reds (1917)
2.13
4,780.2
9Al Spalding Boston Red Stockings (1871 - 1875)
Chicago White Stockings (1876 - 1877)
2.13
2890.7
10 Tommy Bond Brooklyn Atlantics (1874)
Hartford Dark Blues (1875 - 1876)
Boston Red Caps (1877 - 1881)
Worchester Ruby Legs (1882)
Boston Reds (1884)
Indianapolis Hoosiers (1884)
2.14
3682.2
11Rube WaddellLouisville Colonels (1897 and 1899)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1900 -1901)
Chicago Orphans (1901)
Philadelphia Athletics (1902 - 1907)
St. Louis Browns (1908 - 1910)
2.16
2,961.1
12Walter Johnson Washington Senators (1907 - 1927)
2.17
5,914.1
13 * Mariano Rivera  New York Yankees (1995 - present)
2.21
1211.1
14 Orval Overall  Cincinnati Reds (1905 - 1906)
Chicago Cubs (1906 - 1910, 1913)
2.23
1,535.1
T13Jake Weimer Chicago Cubs (1903 - 1905)
Cincinnati Reds (1906 - 1908)
New York Giants (1909)
2.23
1472.7
T16Ed Reulbach  Chicago Cubs (1905 - 1913)
Brooklyn Superbas (1913 - 1914)
Newark Pepper (1915) *Federal League
Boston Braves (1916 - 1917)
2.28
2632.3
T16Babe Ruth Boston Braves (1914 - 1919)
New York Yankees (1920 - 1921, 1930 - 1931)
2.28
1221.3
T16Will White  Boston Red Caps (1877)
Cincinnati Reds (1878 - 1880)
Detroit Wolverines (1881)
Cincinnati Red Stocking (1882 - 1886)
2.28
3542.7
19Jim Scott  Chicago White Sox (1909 - 1917)
2.30
1892.0
20Tommy Bond  Brooklyn Atlantics (1874)
Hartford Dark Blues (1875 - 1876)
Boston Red Caps (1887 - 1881)
Worchester Ruby Legs (1882)
Boston Reds (1884) *Union Assoc.
Indiana Hoosiers (1884) *American Assoc.
2.31
3628.7
21Reb Russell Chicago White Sox (1913 - 1919)
2.33
1291.7
T22Andy Coakley  Philadelphia Athletics (1902 - 1906)
Cincinnati Reds (1907 - 1908)
Chicago Cubs (1908 - 1909)
New York Yankees (1911)
2.35
1072.3
T22Eddie Plank Philadelphia Athletics (1901 - 1914)
St. Louis Terriers (1915) *Federal League
St. Louis Browns (1916 - 1917)
2.35
4495.7
24Larry Corcoran  Chicago White Stockings (1880 - 1885)
New York Giants (1885)
Washington Nationals (1886)
Indianapolis Hoosiers (1887)
2.36
2392.3
T25Eddie Cicotte  Detroit Tigers (1905)
Boston Red Sox (1908 - 1912)
Chicago White Sox (1912 - 1920)
2.38
3223.3
T25Ed Killian Cleveland Naps (1903)
Detroit Tigers (1904 - 1910)
2.38
1598.3
T25George McQuillan  Philadelphia Phillies (1907 - 1910)
Cincinnati Reds (1911)
Pittsburgh Pirates (1913 - 1915)
Philadelphia Phillies (1915 - 1916)
Cleveland Indians (1918)
2.38
1576.3
T28Harry Coveleski Philadelphia Phillies (1907 - 1909)
Cincinnati Reds (1910)
Detroit Tigers (1914 - 1918)
2.39
1248.0
T28Doc White Philadelphia Phillies (1901 - 1902)
Chicago White Sox (1903 - 1913)
2.39
3041.0
T30George Bradley  St. Louis Brown Stockings (1875 - 1876)
Chicago White Stockings (1887)
Troy Trojans (1879)
Providence Grays (1880)
Cleveland Blues (1881 - 1882)
Philadelphia Athletics (1883)
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (1884)
2.42
2940.0
T30Carl Lundgren  Chicago Orphans (1902)
Chicago Cubs (1903 - 1909)
2.42
1322.0
T30Nap Rucker Brooklyn Superbas (1907 - 1910)
Brooklyn Dodgers (1911 - 1912)
Brooklyn Superbas (1913)
Brooklyn Robins (1914 - 1916)
2.42
2375.3
T33Joe Benz  Chicago White Sox (1911 - 1919)
2.43
1359.7
T33Terry Larkin  New York Mutuals (1876)
Hartford Dark Blues (1877)
Chicago White Stockings (1878 - 1879)
Troy Trojans (1880)
2.43
1567.3
T33Jim McCormick  Indianapolis Blues (1878)
Cleveland Blues (1879 - 1884)
Cincinnati Outlaw Reds (1884)
Providence Grays (1885)
Chicago White Stockings (1885 - 1886)
Pittsburg Alleghenys (1887)
2.43
4275.7
T33Jeff Tesreau  New York Giants (1912 - 1918)
2.43
1679.0
37Chief Bender Philadelphia Athletics (1903 - 1914)
Baltimore Terrapins (1915) *Federal League
Philadelphia Phillies (1916 - 1917)
Chicago White Sox (1925)
2.46
3017.0
T38Sam Leever  Pittsburgh Pirates (1898 - 1910)
2.47
2660.7
T38Lefty Leifield Pittsburgh Pirates (1905 - 1912)
Chicago Cubs (1912 - 1913)
St. Louis Browns (1918 - 1920)
2.47
1838.0
T38Hooks Wiltse New York Giants (1904 - 1914)
Brooklyn Tip-Tops (1915) *Federal League
2.47
2112.3
T41Candy Cummings New York Mutuals (1872)
Baltimore Canaries (1873)
Philadelphia Whites (1874)
Hartford Dark Blues (1875 - 1876)
Cincinnati Reds (1877)
2.49
2149.7
T41Bob Ewing  Cincinnati Reds (1902 - 1909)
Philadelphia Phillies (1910 - 1911)
St. Louis Cardinals (1912)
2.49
2301.0
T41Hippo Vaughn New York Yankees (1908, 1910- 1912)
Washington Senators (1912)
Chicago Cubs (1913 - 1921)
2.49
2730.0

* Denotes active player
Updated: Oct. 19th 2011

Sources:
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