MLB Baseball Career Pitching Leaders - Major League Baseball

MLB Single-Season Pitching Leaders

Statistics: Batting | Pitching
Type: Career | Single-Season (Post-1900) | Single-Season
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MLB Single-Season Pitching Leaders - Earned Run Average
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
1	Dutch Leonard	1914	36	25	17	7	224.2	139	24	60	176	19	5	3	0.96
2	Mordecai Brown	1906	36	32	27	9	277.1	198	32	61	144	26	6	3	1.04
3	Bob Gibson	1968	34	34	28	13	304.2	198	38	62	268	22	9	0	1.12
4	Christy Mathewson	1909	37	33	26	8	275.1	192	35	36	149	25	6	2	1.14
	Walter Johnson	1913	48	36	29	11	346.0	232	44	38	243	36	7	2	1.14
6	Jack Pfiester	1907	30	22	13	3	195.0	143	25	48	90	14	9	0	1.15
7	Addie Joss	1908	42	35	29	9	325.0	232	42	30	130	24	11	2	1.16
8	Carl Lundgren	1907	28	25	21	7	207.0	130	27	92	84	18	7	0	1.17
9	Denny Driscoll	1882	23	23	23	0	201.0	162	27	12	59	13	9	0	1.21
10	Pete Alexander	1915	49	42	36	12	376.1	253	51	64	241	31	10	3	1.22
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
11	George Bradley	1876	64	64	63	16	573.0	470	78	38	103	45	19	0	1.23
12	Cy Young	1908	36	33	30	3	299.0	230	42	37	150	21	11	2	1.26
13	Ed Walsh	1910	45	36	33	7	369.2	242	52	61	258	18	20	5	1.27
	Walter Johnson	1918	39	29	29	8	326.0	241	46	70	162	23	13	3	1.27
15	Christy Mathewson	1905	43	37	32	8	338.2	252	48	64	206	31	9	2	1.28
16	Jack Coombs	1910	45	38	35	13	353.0	248	51	115	224	31	9	1	1.30
17	Mordecai Brown	1909	50	34	32	8	342.2	246	50	53	172	27	9	7	1.31
18	Jack Taylor	1902	36	33	33	7	324.2	271	48	43	83	23	11	1	1.33
19	Walter Johnson	1910	45	42	38	8	370.0	262	56	76	313	25	17	1	1.36
20	George Bradley	1880	28	20	16	4	196.0	158	30	6	54	13	8	1	1.38
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	Charles Radbourn	1884	75	73	73	11	678.2	528	104	98	441	59	12	1	1.38
22	Walter Johnson	1912	50	37	34	7	369.0	259	57	76	303	33	12	2	1.39
	Mordecai Brown	1907	34	27	20	6	233.0	180	36	40	107	20	6	3	1.39
	Harry Krause	1909	32	21	16	7	213.0	151	33	49	139	18	8	0	1.39
25	Ed Walsh	1909	31	28	20	8	230.1	166	36	50	127	15	11	2	1.41
26	Ed Walsh	1908	66	49	42	11	464.0	343	73	56	269	40	15	6	1.42
	Ed Reulbach	1905	34	29	28	5	291.2	208	46	73	152	18	14	1	1.42
	Orval Overall	1909	38	32	23	9	285.0	204	45	80	205	20	11	3	1.42
29	Christy Mathewson	1908	56	44	34	11	390.2	285	62	42	259	37	11	5	1.43
30	Fred Anderson	1917	38	18	8	1	162.0	122	26	34	69	8	8	3	1.44
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
31	Mordecai Brown	1908	44	31	27	9	312.1	214	51	49	123	29	9	5	1.47
32	Rube Waddell	1905	46	34	27	7	328.2	231	54	90	287	27	10	0	1.48
33	Joe Wood	1915	25	16	10	3	157.1	120	26	44	63	15	5	2	1.49
	Walter Johnson	1919	39	29	27	7	290.1	235	48	51	147	20	14	2	1.49
35	Jack Pfiester	1906	31	29	20	4	250.2	173	42	63	153	20	8	0	1.51
	John Ward	1878	37	37	37	6	334.0	308	56	34	116	22	13	0	1.51
37	Harry McCormick	1882	25	25	24	3	219.2	177	37	42	33	14	11	0	1.52
	Doc White	1906	28	24	20	7	219.1	160	37	38	95	18	6	0	1.52
39	George McQuillan	1908	48	42	32	7	359.2	263	61	91	114	23	17	2	1.53
	Dwight Gooden	1985	35	35	16	8	276.2	198	47	69	268	24	4	0	1.53
	PLAYER	YR	G	GS	CG	SH	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	W	L	SV	ERA
	Eddie Cicotte	1917	49	35	29	7	346.2	246	59	70	150	28	12	4	1.53
42	Will White	1882	54	54	52	8	480.0	411	82	71	122	40	12	0	1.54
43	Cy Morgan	1910	36	34	23	3	290.2	214	50	117	134	18	12	0	1.55
	Pete Alexander	1916	48	45	38	16	389.0	323	67	50	167	33	12	3	1.55
	Walter Johnson	1915	47	39	35	7	336.2	258	58	56	203	27	13	4	1.55
46	Greg Maddux	1994	25	25	10	3	202.0	150	35	31	156	16	6	0	1.56
	Howie Camnitz	1908	38	26	17	3	236.2	182	41	69	118	16	9	2	1.56
	Jim Devlin	1876	68	68	66	5	622.0	566	108	37	122	30	35	0	1.56
49	Tim Keefe	1885	46	46	45	7	400.0	300	70	102	227	32	13	0	1.58
	Fred Toney	1915	36	23	18	6	222.2	160	39	73	108	17	6	2	1.58

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