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This is a list of the top 100 players in career earned run average, who have thrown at least 1,000 innings. Ed Walsh [ 1 ] [ 2 ] holds the major league earned run average record at 1.816. Addie Joss [ 3 ] (1.887) and Jim Devlin [ 4 ] (1.896) are the only other pitchers with a career earned run average under 2.000.
The lowest career ERA is 1.82, set by Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh. In baseball statistics, earned run average (ERA) is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched (i.e. the traditional length of a game). It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and ...
Joss, who was 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) and weighed 185 pounds (84 kg), pitched the fourth perfect game in baseball history (which, additionally, was only the second of the modern era). His 1.89 career earned run average (ERA) is the second-lowest in MLB history, behind Ed Walsh, while his career WHIP of 0.968 is the lowest of all-time.
His career ERA of 1.82 is the lowest major league ERA ever posted. [10] He has the third-lowest career WHIP in MLB history (1.00) and the lowest ever for someone with 10 or more seasons pitched. As a hitter, Walsh posted a .194 batting average (210-for-1,085) with 92 runs, 3 home runs, 68 RBI, 14 stolen bases and 46 bases on balls.
Babe Ruth led the league in ERA in 1916; he began his Major League Baseball career as a pitcher with the Boston Red Sox before converting to the outfield. [176] Roger Clemens' seven ERA championships are the second-most by any player in Major League Baseball history, behind Lefty Grove's nine.
This proved to be Brad's only MLB start, ending up as the only player in MLB history to not allow a hit in their only career start. [6] He retired in September 2012 due to injuries to his pitching shoulder. [7] His career ERA of 1.07 is the lowest in major league history, given a minimum of 25 innings. [8]
The deal gave Clemens the highest yearly salary earned by a pitcher in MLB history. [44] Clemens pitching for the Astros in 2005. Clemens's 2005 season ended as one of the finest he had ever posted. His 1.87 ERA was the lowest in the major leagues, the lowest of his 22-season career, and the lowest by any National Leaguer since Greg Maddux in ...
John Louis Theis (July 23, 1891 – July 6, 1941) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds. Theis holds the record shared by many for the lowest ERA in MLB history, having not allowed an earned run in the only game of his career. [1] He died from a heart attack in 1941 shortly before his 50th birthday.