ERA Leaders

Single Season

Rank	Player	Year	Team	ERA
1	Dutch Leonard	1914	BOS	0.96
2	Mordecai Brown	1906	CHC	1.04
3	Bob Gibson	1968	STL	1.12
4	Walter Johnson	1913	WSN	1.14
5	Christy Mathewson	1909	NY1	1.14
6	Jack Pfiester	1907	CHC	1.15
7	Addie Joss	1908	CLE	1.16
8	Carl Lundgren	1907	CHC	1.17
9	Denny Driscoll	1882	PT1	1.21
10	Pete Alexander	1915	PHI	1.22
11	George Bradley	1876	SL3	1.23
12	Dizzy Dismukes	1915	ABC	1.24
13	Cy Young	1908	BOS	1.26
14	Walter Johnson	1918	WSN	1.27
15	Ed Walsh	1910	CHW	1.27
16	Christy Mathewson	1905	NY1	1.28
17	George Zettlein	1875	CH2	1.28
18	Jack Taylor	1902	CHC	1.29
19	Jack Coombs	1910	PHA	1.30
20	Mordecai Brown	1909	CHC	1.31
21	Walter Johnson	1910	WSN	1.36
22	George Bradley	1880	PRO	1.38
23	Old Hoss Radbourn	1884	PRO	1.38
24	Mordecai Brown	1907	CHC	1.39
25	Walter Johnson	1912	WSN	1.39
26	Harry Krause	1909	PHA	1.39
27	Tommy Bond	1875	HR1	1.41
28	Ed Walsh	1909	CHW	1.41
29	Orval Overall	1909	CHC	1.42
30	Ed Reulbach	1905	CHC	1.42
31	Ed Walsh	1908	CHW	1.42
32	Christy Mathewson	1908	NY1	1.43
33	Fred Anderson	1917	NY1	1.44
34	Mordecai Brown	1908	CHC	1.47
35	Rube Waddell	1905	PHA	1.48
36	Walter Johnson	1919	WSN	1.49
37	Jack Pfiester	1906	CHC	1.51
38	John Ward	1878	PRO	1.51
39	Harry McCormick	1882	CN2	1.52
40	Doc White	1906	CHW	1.52
41	Eddie Cicotte	1917	CHW	1.53
42	Dwight Gooden	1985	NYN	1.53
43	George McQuillan	1908	PHI	1.53
44	Jim McCormick	1884	CNU	1.54
45	Will White	1882	CN2	1.54
46	Pete Alexander	1916	PHI	1.55
47	Walter Johnson	1915	WSN	1.55
48	Cy Morgan	1910	PHA	1.55
49	Charlie Sweeney	1884	PRO	1.55
50	Howie Camnitz	1908	PIT	1.56
51	Jim Devlin	1876	LS1	1.56
52	Greg Maddux	1994	ATL	1.56
53	Tim Keefe	1885	NY1	1.57
54	Charles Bender	1910	PHA	1.58
55	Eddie Cicotte	1913	CHW	1.58
56	Rube Marquard	1916	BRO	1.58
57	Fred Toney	1915	CIN	1.58
58	Addie Joss	1904	CLE	1.59
59	Barney Pelty	1906	SLA	1.59
60	Al Spalding	1875	BS1	1.59
61	Candy Cummings	1875	HR1	1.60
62	Slim Jones	1934	PS	1.60
63	Luis Tiant	1968	CLE	1.60
64	Ed Walsh	1907	CHW	1.60
65	Joe McGinnity	1904	NY1	1.61
66	Howie Camnitz	1909	PIT	1.62
67	Ray Collins	1910	BOS	1.62
68	Rube Waddell	1904	PHA	1.62
69	Cy Young	1901	BOS	1.62
70	Silver King	1888	SL4	1.63
71	Greg Maddux	1995	ATL	1.63
72	Spud Chandler	1943	NYY	1.64
73	Dick McBride	1874	PH1	1.64
74	Ernie Shore	1915	BOS	1.64
75	Ed Summers	1908	DET	1.64
76	Dean Chance	1964	LAA	1.65
77	Russ Ford	1910	NYY	1.65
78	Walter Johnson	1908	WSN	1.65
79	Cy Morgan	1909	PHA	1.65
80	Ed Reulbach	1906	CHC	1.65
81	Charles Bender	1909	PHA	1.66
82	Zack Greinke	2015	LAD	1.66
83	Carl Hubbell	1933	NY1	1.66
84	Sam Leever	1907	PIT	1.66
85	Juan Padrón	1916	CSW	1.66
86	Mickey Welch	1885	NY1	1.66
87	Candy Cummings	1876	HAR	1.67
88	Tommy Bond	1876	HAR	1.68
89	Ned Garvin	1904	BRO	1.68
90	Orval Overall	1907	CHC	1.68
91	Billy Taylor	1884	SLU	1.68
92	Claude Hendrix	1914	CHF	1.69
93	Ed Reulbach	1907	CHC	1.69
94	Smoky Joe Wood	1910	BOS	1.69
95	Bill Burns	1908	WSN	1.70
96	Jacob deGrom	2018	NYN	1.70
97	Rube Foster	1914	BOS	1.70
98	Addie Joss	1909	CLE	1.71
99	Ed Killian	1909	DET	1.71
100	Pete Alexander	1919	CHC	1.72