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Active Leaders & Records for Earned Runs
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| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Earned Runs | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Tim Wakefield (19, 44) | 1582 | R |
| 2. | Livan Hernandez (16, 36) | 1524 | R |
| 3. | Javier Vazquez (14, 34) | 1331 | R |
| 4. | Jeff Suppan (16, 36) | 1310 | R |
| 5. | Kevin Millwood (15, 36) | 1167 | R |
| 6. | Derek Lowe (15, 38) | 1101 | R |
| 7. | Mark Buehrle (12, 32) | 1053 | L |
| 8. | Bartolo Colon (14, 38) | 1018 | R |
| 9. | Ryan Dempster (14, 34) | 1002 | R |
| Jamey Wright (16, 36) | 1002 | R | |
| 11. | Jon Garland (12, 31) | 1001 | R |
| 12. | Barry Zito (12, 33) | 979 | L |
| 13. | Randy Wolf (13, 34) | 959 | L |
| 14. | Miguel Batista (17, 40) | 947 | R |
| Tim Hudson (13, 35) | 947 | R | |
| 16. | Freddy Garcia (13, 34) | 944 | R |
| 17. | Brett Tomko (14, 38) | 939 | R |
| 18. | Darren Oliver (18, 40) | 926 | L |
| 19. | CC Sabathia (11, 30) | 923 | L |
| 20. | Chris Carpenter (14, 36) | 920 | R |
| 21. | Roy Halladay (14, 34) | 909 | R |
| 22. | Kyle Lohse (11, 32) | 908 | R |
| 23. | A.J. Burnett (13, 34) | 894 | R |
| 24. | Bronson Arroyo (12, 34) | 892 | R |
| 25. | Ted Lilly (13, 35) | 883 | L |
| 26. | Brad Penny (12, 33) | 879 | R |
| 27. | Joel Pineiro (12, 32) | 859 | R |
| 28. | John Lackey (10, 32) | 855 | R |
| 29. | Jason Marquis (12, 32) | 847 | R |
| 30. | Doug Davis (13, 35) | 846 | L |
| 31. | Carl Pavano (13, 35) | 831 | R |
| 32. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 38) | 779 | R |
| 33. | Roy Oswalt (11, 33) | 769 | R |
| 34. | Aaron Harang (10, 33) | 767 | R |
| 35. | Brett Myers (10, 30) | 764 | R |
| 36. | Josh Beckett (11, 31) | 734 | R |
| 37. | Carlos Zambrano (11, 30) | 731 | R |
| 38. | Vicente Padilla (13, 33) | 729 | R |
| 39. | Rodrigo Lopez (10, 35) | 720 | R |
| 40. | Jake Westbrook (11, 33) | 702 | R |
| 41. | Dan Haren (9, 30) | 678 | R |
| 42. | Cliff Lee (10, 32) | 665 | L |
| 43. | Aaron Cook (10, 32) | 660 | R |
| 44. | Johan Santana (11, 32) | 658 | L |
| 45. | Mark Hendrickson (10, 37) | 653 | L |
| 46. | Carlos Silva (9, 32) | 645 | R |
| 47. | Nate Robertson (9, 33) | 642 | L |
| 48. | LaTroy Hawkins (17, 38) | 628 | R |
| 49. | Jake Peavy (10, 30) | 610 | R |
| 50. | Ervin Santana (7, 28) | 608 | R |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Earned Runs | Throws |
| 51. | Joe Blanton (8, 30) | 597 | R |
| 52. | Dave Bush (8, 31) | 596 | R |
| 53. | Bruce Chen (13, 34) | 585 | L |
| 54. | Jose Contreras (9, 39) | 582 | R |
| 55. | Elmer Dessens (14, 40) | 579 | R |
| 56. | Oliver Perez (9, 29) | 572 | L |
| 57. | Jeff Francis (7, 30) | 566 | L |
| Dontrelle Willis (9, 29) | 566 | L | |
| 59. | Kerry Wood (13, 34) | 555 | R |
| 60. | Paul Maholm (7, 29) | 554 | L |
| 61. | Ryan Franklin (12, 38) | 552 | R |
| 62. | Zack Greinke (8, 27) | 543 | R |
| 63. | James Shields (6, 29) | 540 | R |
| 64. | Arthur Rhodes (20, 41) | 538 | L |
| 65. | Edwin Jackson (9, 27) | 535 | R |
| 66. | Wandy Rodriguez (7, 32) | 532 | L |
| 67. | Zach Duke (7, 28) | 528 | L |
| 68. | Justin Verlander (7, 28) | 517 | R |
| 69. | Felix Hernandez (7, 25) | 500 | R |
| 70. | Matt Cain (7, 26) | 491 | R |
| 71. | Gavin Floyd (8, 28) | 479 | R |
| Brandon Webb (7, 32) | 479 | R | |
| 73. | Fausto Carmona (6, 27) | 477 | R |
| Kyle Davies (7, 27) | 477 | R | |
| 75. | Casey Fossum (9, 33) | 476 | L |
| 76. | Jeremy Guthrie (8, 32) | 475 | R |
| 77. | Scott Kazmir (8, 27) | 474 | L |
| 78. | Chris Capuano (7, 32) | 470 | L |
| 79. | Ricky Nolasco (6, 28) | 461 | R |
| 80. | Kevin Correia (9, 30) | 458 | R |
| 81. | Joe Saunders (7, 30) | 456 | L |
| 82. | Tim Redding (8, 33) | 452 | R |
| 83. | Brian Lawrence (6, 35) | 448 | R |
| 84. | Scott Baker (7, 29) | 442 | R |
| 85. | Cole Hamels (6, 27) | 438 | L |
| 86. | Chad Durbin (12, 33) | 430 | R |
| 87. | Mike Pelfrey (6, 27) | 429 | R |
| Ian Snell (7, 29) | 429 | R | |
| 89. | Kyle Farnsworth (13, 35) | 422 | R |
| 90. | Jorge De La Rosa (8, 30) | 419 | L |
| 91. | Jered Weaver (6, 28) | 416 | R |
| 92. | Chad Billingsley (6, 26) | 414 | R |
| 93. | John Danks (5, 26) | 411 | L |
| 94. | Claudio Vargas (8, 33) | 410 | R |
| 95. | Jason Hammel (6, 28) | 406 | R |
| 96. | Jorge Sosa (9, 33) | 405 | R |
| 97. | Josh Towers (8, 34) | 402 | R |
| 98. | R.A. Dickey (9, 36) | 398 | R |
| 99. | Esteban Yan (11, 36) | 397 | R |
| 100. | Matt Garza (6, 27) | 393 | R |
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