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Active Leaders & Records for Earned Run Average
Baseball Leaders & Baseball Records:
Single-Season
Career
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Year-by-Year Top-Tens
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+ - Indicates Hall of Famer. Bold indicates active player.
Statistic Description: 9 * ER / IP For recent years, leaders need 1 IP per team game played. Bold indicates lowest ERA using current stats Gold means awarded ERA title at end of year.
Minimum of 1000 IP, 3000 PA, 500 games (fielding), 200 stolen base attempts (catchers) or 80 stolen base attempts (baserunners only since 1951) or 100 decisions for career and active leaderboards for rate statistics.
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Earned Run Average | Throws |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mariano Rivera (18, 42) | 2.214 | R |
| 2. | Adam Wainwright (7, 30) | 3.154 | R |
| 3. | Johan Santana (12, 33) | 3.203 | L |
| 4. | Felix Hernandez (8, 26) | 3.216 | R |
| 5. | Jered Weaver (7, 29) | 3.238 | R |
| 6. | Matt Cain (8, 27) | 3.274 | R |
| 7. | Roy Oswalt (12, 34) | 3.282 | R |
| 8. | Roy Halladay (15, 35) | 3.306 | R |
| 9. | Tim Lincecum (6, 28) | 3.314 | R |
| 10. | Cole Hamels (7, 28) | 3.341 | L |
| 11. | Justin Verlander (8, 29) | 3.400 | R |
| 12. | Tim Hudson (14, 36) | 3.419 | R |
| 13. | Jake Peavy (11, 31) | 3.459 | R |
| 14. | CC Sabathia (12, 31) | 3.503 | L |
| 15. | Cliff Lee (11, 33) | 3.590 | L |
| 16. | Jason Isringhausen (16, 39) | 3.644 | R |
| 17. | Chad Billingsley (7, 27) | 3.659 | R |
| Dan Haren (10, 31) | 3.659 | R | |
| 19. | Carlos Zambrano (12, 31) | 3.662 | R |
| 20. | Kerry Wood (14, 35) | 3.672 | R |
| 21. | Chris Carpenter (15, 37) | 3.759 | R |
| 22. | Jon Lester (7, 28) | 3.761 | L |
| 23. | Zack Greinke (9, 28) | 3.770 | R |
| 24. | Ben Sheets (10, 33) | 3.777 | R |
| 25. | Mark Buehrle (13, 33) | 3.820 | L |
| 26. | Matt Garza (7, 28) | 3.838 | R |
| 27. | Erik Bedard (9, 33) | 3.852 | L |
| 28. | Andy Pettitte (17, 40) | 3.855 | L |
| 29. | James Shields (7, 30) | 3.892 | R |
| 30. | Josh Beckett (12, 32) | 3.910 | R |
| 31. | Barry Zito (13, 34) | 3.930 | L |
| 32. | R.A. Dickey (10, 37) | 3.985 | R |
| 33. | Derek Lowe (16, 39) | 4.002 | R |
| 34. | Wandy Rodriguez (8, 33) | 4.026 | L |
| 35. | Ubaldo Jimenez (7, 28) | 4.027 | R |
| 36. | Bartolo Colon (15, 39) | 4.046 | R |
| 37. | A.J. Burnett (14, 35) | 4.049 | R |
| 38. | John Lackey (10, 33) | 4.102 | R |
| 39. | Kevin Millwood (16, 37) | 4.112 | R |
| 40. | Ted Lilly (14, 36) | 4.133 | L |
| 41. | Freddy Garcia (14, 35) | 4.146 | R |
| Joe Saunders (8, 31) | 4.146 | L | |
| 43. | Dontrelle Willis (9, 30) | 4.170 | L |
| 44. | Aaron Harang (11, 34) | 4.190 | R |
| 45. | Randy Wolf (14, 35) | 4.198 | L |
| 46. | Brett Myers (11, 31) | 4.200 | R |
| 47. | Bronson Arroyo (13, 35) | 4.230 | R |
| 48. | Jamie Moyer (25, 49) | 4.255 | L |
| 49. | Brad Penny (13, 34) | 4.256 | R |
| 50. | Paul Maholm (8, 30) | 4.261 | L |
| Rank | Player (yrs, age) | Earned Run Average | Throws |
| 51. | Chris Capuano (8, 33) | 4.275 | L |
| Jeremy Guthrie (9, 33) | 4.275 | R | |
| 53. | Jake Westbrook (12, 34) | 4.299 | R |
| 54. | Vicente Padilla (14, 34) | 4.319 | R |
| 55. | Ervin Santana (8, 29) | 4.330 | R |
| 56. | Ryan Dempster (15, 35) | 4.334 | R |
| 57. | Joe Blanton (9, 31) | 4.372 | R |
| 58. | Carl Pavano (14, 36) | 4.393 | R |
| 59. | Edwin Jackson (10, 28) | 4.398 | R |
| 60. | Joel Pineiro (12, 33) | 4.407 | R |
| 61. | Livan Hernandez (17, 37) | 4.437 | R |
| 62. | Doug Davis (13, 36) | 4.438 | L |
| 63. | Kyle Lohse (12, 33) | 4.448 | R |
| 64. | LaTroy Hawkins (18, 39) | 4.453 | R |
| 65. | Gavin Floyd (9, 29) | 4.464 | R |
| 66. | Miguel Batista (18, 41) | 4.481 | R |
| 67. | Ricky Nolasco (7, 29) | 4.495 | R |
| 68. | Zach Duke (8, 29) | 4.523 | L |
| 69. | Darren Oliver (19, 41) | 4.527 | L |
| 70. | Kevin Correia (10, 31) | 4.542 | R |
| 71. | Jose Contreras (10, 40) | 4.546 | R |
| 72. | Oliver Perez (10, 30) | 4.566 | L |
| 73. | Jason Marquis (13, 33) | 4.596 | R |
| 74. | Bruce Chen (14, 35) | 4.598 | L |
| 75. | Aaron Cook (11, 33) | 4.601 | R |
| 76. | Brett Tomko (14, 39) | 4.654 | R |
| 77. | Dave Bush (8, 32) | 4.700 | R |
| 78. | Jeff Suppan (17, 37) | 4.701 | R |
| 79. | Kip Wells (12, 35) | 4.707 | R |
| 80. | Rodrigo Lopez (11, 36) | 4.824 | R |
| 81. | Jeff Francis (8, 31) | 4.856 | L |
| 82. | Jamey Wright (17, 37) | 4.888 | R |
| 83. | Ramon Ortiz (11, 39) | 4.927 | R |
| 84. | Nate Robertson (9, 34) | 5.014 | L |
| 85. | Scott Elarton (10, 36) | 5.288 | R |
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