Baseball – Leading Season ERA Record Holders
Rank![]() |
Player![]() |
ERA![]() |
Year![]() |
1 | Robert Keyes | 0.643 | 1944 |
2 | Roy Parnell | 0.833 | 1932 |
3 | Tim Keefe | 0.857 | 1880 |
4 | Garnett Blair | 0.957 | 1945 |
5 | Dutch Leonard | 0.961 | 1914 |
6 | Mordecai Brown | 1.038 | 1906 |
6 | Gready McKinnis | 1.038 | 1941 |
8 | Satchel Paige | 1.098 | 1944 |
9 | Bob Gibson | 1.123 | 1968 |
10 | Christy Mathewson | 1.144 | 1909 |
11 | Walter Johnson | 1.145 | 1913 |
12 | Jack Pfiester | 1.154 | 1907 |
13 | Addie Joss | 1.163 | 1908 |
14 | Carl Lundgren | 1.174 | 1907 |
15 | Denny Driscoll | 1.209 | 1882 |
16 | Grover Alexander | 1.220 | 1915 |
17 | George Bradley | 1.225 | 1876 |
18 | Cy Young | 1.264 | 1908 |
19 | Ed Walsh | 1.266 | 1910 |
20 | Walter Johnson | 1.270 | 1918 |
21 | Christy Mathewson | 1.276 | 1905 |
22 | Slim Jones | 1.286 | 1934 |
22 | Satchel Paige | 1.286 | 1946 |
22 | George Walker | 1.286 | 1940 |
25 | Jack Taylor | 1.295 | 1902 |
26 | Guy Hecker | 1.298 | 1882 |
27 | Jack Coombs | 1.300 | 1910 |
28 | Mordecai Brown | 1.313 | 1909 |
29 | Gene Richardson | 1.333 | 1947 |
30 | Walter Johnson | 1.362 | 1910 |
31 | Angel García | 1.364 | 1946 |
32 | George Bradley | 1.378 | 1880 |
33 | Old Hoss Radbourn | 1.379 | 1884 |
34 | Johnny Wright | 1.380 | 1945 |
35 | Walter Johnson | 1.390 | 1912 |
36 | Mordecai Brown | 1.391 | 1907 |
37 | Harry Krause | 1.394 | 1909 |
38 | Ed Walsh | 1.407 | 1909 |
39 | Ed Walsh | 1.416 | 1908 |
40 | Ed Reulbach | 1.419 | 1905 |
41 | Orval Overall | 1.421 | 1909 |
42 | Christy Mathewson | 1.428 | 1908 |
43 | Fred Anderson | 1.444 | 1917 |
44 | Mordecai Brown | 1.470 | 1908 |
45 | Eugene Bremer | 1.473 | 1937 |
46 | Rube Waddell | 1.479 | 1905 |
47 | Smoky Joe Wood | 1.487 | 1915 |
48 | Walter Johnson | 1.488 | 1919 |
49 | Jack Pfiester | 1.508 | 1906 |
50 | John Ward | 1.509 | 1878 |
Updated: October 5, 2024
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