List of Major League Baseball Earned Run Average Champions - National League

National League

Year Leader ERA Team Runner-up ERA Ref
1876 Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley 1.23 St. Louis Brown Stockings Devlin, JimJim Devlin 1.56
1877 Bond, TommyTommy Bond 2.11 Boston Red Caps Larkin, TerryTerry Larkin 2.14
1878 Ward, John MontgomeryJohn Montgomery Ward† 1.51 Providence Grays McCormick, JimJim McCormick 1.69
1879 Bond, TommyTommy Bond 1.96 Boston Red Caps White, WillWill White 1.99
1880 Keefe, TimTim Keefe† 0.86 Troy Trojans Bradley, GeorgeGeorge Bradley 1.38
1881 Wiedman, StumpStump Wiedman 1.80 Detroit Wolverines Ward, John MontgomeryJohn Montgomery Ward† 2.13
1882 Corcoran, LarryLarry Corcoran 1.95 Chicago White Stockings Radbourn, CharlesCharles Radbourn† 2.09
1883 McCormick, JimJim McCormick 1.84 Cleveland Blues Radbourn, CharlesCharles Radbourn† 2.05
1884 Radbourn, CharlesCharles Radbourn† 1.38 Providence Grays Sweeney, CharlieCharlie Sweeney 1.55
1885 Keefe, TimTim Keefe† 1.58 New York Giants Welch, MickeyMickey Welch† 1.66
1886 Boyle, HenryHenry Boyle 1.76 St. Louis Maroons Ferguson, CharlieCharlie Ferguson 1.96
1887 Casey, DanDan Casey 2.86 Philadelphia Phillies Conway, PetePete Conway 2.90
1888 Keefe, TimTim Keefe† 1.74 New York Giants Sanders, BenBen Sanders 1.90
1889 Clarkson, JohnJohn Clarkson† 2.73 Boston Beaneaters Bakley, JerseyJersey Bakley 2.96
1890 Rhines, BillyBilly Rhines 1.95 Cincinnati Reds Nichols, KidKid Nichols† 2.23
1891 Ewing, JohnJohn Ewing 2.27 New York Giants Nichols, KidKid Nichols† 2.39
1892 Young, CyCy Young† 1.93 Cleveland Spiders Keefe, TimTim Keefe† 2.36
1893 Breitenstein, TedTed Breitenstein 3.18 St. Louis Browns Rusie, AmosAmos Rusie† 3.23
1894 Rusie, AmosAmos Rusie† 2.78 New York Giants Meekin, JouettJouett Meekin 3.70
1895 Maul, AlAl Maul 2.45 Washington Senators Hawley, PinkPink Hawley 3.18
1896 Rhines, BillyBilly Rhines 2.45 Cincinnati Reds Nichols, KidKid Nichols† 2.83
1897 Rusie, AmosAmos Rusie† 2.54 New York Giants Nichols, KidKid Nichols† 2.64
1898 Griffith, ClarkClark Griffith† 1.88 Chicago Orphans Maul, AlAl Maul 2.10
1899 Willis, VicVic Willis† 2.50 Boston Beaneaters Young, CyCy Young† 2.58
1900 Waddell, RubeRube Waddell† 2.37 Pittsburgh Pirates Garvin, NedNed Garvin 2.41
1901 Tannehill, JesseJesse Tannehill 2.18 Pittsburgh Pirates Phillippe, DeaconDeacon Phillippe 2.22
1902 Taylor, JackJack Taylor 1.33 Chicago Orphans Hahn, NoodlesNoodles Hahn 1.77
1903 Leever, SamSam Leever 2.06 Pittsburgh Pirates Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† 2.26
1904 McGinnity, JoeJoe McGinnity† 1.61 Pittsburgh Pirates Garvin, NedNed Garvin 1.68
1905 Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† 1.28 New York Giants Reulbach, EdEd Reulbach 1.42
1906 Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown† 1.04 Chicago Cubs Pfiester, JackJack Pfiester 1.51
1907 Pfiester, JackJack Pfiester 1.15 Chicago Cubs Lundgren, CarlCarl Lundgren 1.17
1908 Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† 1.43 New York Giants Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown† 1.47
1909 Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† 1.14 New York Giants Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown† 1.31
1910 Cole, KingKing Cole 1.80 Chicago Cubs Brown, MordecaiMordecai Brown† 1.86
1911 Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† 1.99 New York Giants Richie, LewLew Richie 2.31
1912 Tesreau, JeffJeff Tesreau 1.96 New York Giants Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† 2.12
1913 Mathewson, ChristyChristy Mathewson† 2.06 New York Giants Adams, BabeBabe Adams 2.15
1914 Doak, BillBill Doak 1.72 St. Louis Cardinals James, BillBill James 1.90
1915 Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† 1.22 Philadelphia Phillies Toney, FredFred Toney 1.58
1916 Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† 1.55 Philadelphia Phillies Marquard, RubeRube Marquard† 1.58
1917 Anderson, FredFred Anderson 1.44 New York Giants Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† 1.83
1918 Vaughn, HippoHippo Vaughn 1.74 Chicago Cubs Tyler, LeftyLefty Tyler 2.00
1919 Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† 1.72 Chicago Cubs Vaughn, HippoHippo Vaughn 1.79
1920 Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† 1.91 Chicago Cubs Adams, BabeBabe Adams 2.16
1921 Doak, BillBill Doak 2.59 St. Louis Cardinals Adams, BabeBabe Adams 2.64
1922 Douglas, PhilPhil Douglas 2.63 St. Louis Cardinals Ryan, RosyRosy Ryan 3.01
1923 Luque, DolfDolf Luque 1.93 Cincinnati Reds Rixey, EppaEppa Rixey† 2.80
1924 Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance† 2.16 Brooklyn Robins McQuillan, HughHugh McQuillan 2.69
1925 Luque, DolfDolf Luque 2.63 Cincinnati Reds Rixey, EppaEppa Rixey† 2.88
1926 Kremer, RayRay Kremer 2.61 Pittsburgh Pirates Root, CharlieCharlie Root 2.82
1927 Kremer, RayRay Kremer 2.47 Pittsburgh Pirates Alexander, Grover ClevelandGrover Cleveland Alexander† 2.52
1928 Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance† 2.09 Brooklyn Robins Blake, SheriffSheriff Blake 2.47
1929 Walker, BillBill Walker 3.09 New York Giants Grimes, BurleighBurleigh Grimes† 3.13
1930 Vance, DazzyDazzy Vance† 2.61 Brooklyn Robins Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell† 3.87
1931 Walker, BillBill Walker 2.26 New York Giants Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell† 2.65
1932 Warneke, LonLon Warneke 2.37 Chicago Cubs Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell† 2.50
1933 Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell† 1.66 New York Giants Warneke, LonLon Warneke 2.00
1934 Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell† 2.30 New York Giants Dean, DizzyDizzy Dean† 2.66
1935 Blanton, CyCy Blanton 2.58 Pittsburgh Pirates Swift, BillBill Swift 2.70
1936 Hubbell, CarlCarl Hubbell† 2.31 New York Giants MacFayden, DannyDanny MacFayden 2.87
1937 Turner, JimJim Turner 2.38 Boston Bees Melton, CliffCliff Melton 2.61
1938 Lee, BillBill Lee 2.66 Chicago Cubs Root, CharlieCharlie Root 2.86
1939 Walters, BuckyBucky Walters 2.29 Cincinnati Reds Bowman, BobBob Bowman 2.60
1940 Walters, BuckyBucky Walters 2.48 Cincinnati Reds Passeau, ClaudeClaude Passeau 2.50
1941 Riddle, ElmerElmer Riddle 2.24 Cincinnati Reds Wyatt, WhitWhit Wyatt 2.34
1942 Cooper, MortMort Cooper 1.78 St. Louis Cardinals Beazley, JohnnyJohnny Beazley 2.13
1943 Lanier, MaxMax Lanier 1.90 St. Louis Cardinals Cooper, MortMort Cooper 2.30
1944 Heusser, EdEd Heusser 2.38 Cincinnati Reds Walters, BuckyBucky Walters 2.40
1945 Prim, RayRay Prim 2.40 Chicago Cubs Passeau, ClaudeClaude Passeau 2.46
1946 Pollet, HowieHowie Pollet 2.10 St. Louis Cardinals Sain, JohnnyJohnny Sain 2.21
1947 Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn† 2.33 Boston Braves Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell 2.47
1948 Brecheen, HarryHarry Brecheen 2.24 St. Louis Cardinals Leonard, DutchDutch Leonard 2.51
1949 Koslo, DaveDave Koslo 2.50 New York Giants Staley, JerryJerry Staley 2.73
1950 Maglie, SalSal Maglie 2.71 New York Giants Blackwell, EwellEwell Blackwell 2.97
1951 Nichols, ChetChet Nichols, Jr. 2.88 Boston Braves Maglie, SalSal Maglie 2.93
1952 Wilhelm, HoytHoyt Wilhelm† 2.43 New York Giants Hacker, WarrenWarren Hacker 2.58
1953 Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn† 2.10 Milwaukee Braves Roberts, RobinRobin Roberts† 2.75
1954 Antonelli, JohnnyJohnny Antonelli 2.30 New York Giants Burdette, LewLew Burdette 2.76
1955 Friend, BobBob Friend 2.83 Pittsburgh Pirates Newcombe, DonDon Newcombe 3.20
1956 Burdette, LewLew Burdette 2.70 Milwaukee Braves Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn† 2.78
1957 Podres, JohnnyJohnny Podres 2.66 Brooklyn Dodgers Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale† 2.69
1958 Miller, StuStu Miller 2.47 San Francisco Giants Jones, SamSam Jones 2.88
1959 Jones, SamSam Jones 2.83 San Francisco Giants Miller, StuStu Miller 2.84
1960 McCormick, MikeMike McCormick 2.70 San Francisco Giants Broglio, ErnieErnie Broglio 2.74
1961 Spahn, WarrenWarren Spahn† 3.02 Milwaukee Braves O'Toole, JimJim O'Toole 3.10
1962 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† 2.54 Los Angeles Dodgers Shaw, BobBob Shaw 2.80
1963 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† 1.88 Los Angeles Dodgers Ellsworth, DickDick Ellsworth 2.11
1964 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† 1.74 Los Angeles Dodgers Drysdale, DonDon Drysdale† 2.18
1965 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† 2.04 Los Angeles Dodgers Marichal, JuanJuan Marichal† 2.13
1966 Koufax, SandySandy Koufax† 1.73 Los Angeles Dodgers Cuellar, MikeMike Cuellar 2.22
1967 Niekro, PhilPhil Niekro† 1.87 Atlanta Braves Bunning, JimJim Bunning† 2.29
1968 Gibson, BobBob Gibson† 1.12 St. Louis Cardinals Bolin, BobbyBobby Bolin 1.99
1969 Marichal, JuanJuan Marichal† 2.10 San Francisco Giants Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton† 2.17
1970 Seaver, TomTom Seaver† 2.82 New York Mets Simpson, WayneWayne Simpson 3.02
1971 Seaver, TomTom Seaver† 1.76 New York Mets Roberts, DaveDave Roberts 2.10
1972 Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton† 1.97 Philadelphia Phillies Nolan, GaryGary Nolan 1.99
1973 Seaver, TomTom Seaver† 2.08 New York Mets Sutton, DonDon Sutton† 2.42
1974 Capra, BuzzBuzz Capra 2.28 Atlanta Braves Niekro, PhilPhil Niekro† 2.38
1975 Jones, RandyRandy Jones 2.24 San Diego Padres Messersmith, AndyAndy Messersmith 2.29
1976 Denny, JohnJohn Denny 2.52 St. Louis Cardinals Rau, DougDoug Rau 2.57
1977 Candelaria, JohnJohn Candelaria 2.34 Pittsburgh Pirates Seaver, TomTom Seaver† 2.58
1978 Swan, CraigCraig Swan 2.43 New York Mets Rogers, SteveSteve Rogers 2.47
1979 Richard, J. R.J. R. Richard 2.71 Houston Astros Hume, TomTom Hume 2.76
1980 Sutton, DonDon Sutton† 2.20 Los Angeles Dodgers Carlton, SteveSteve Carlton† 2.34
1981 Ryan, NolanNolan Ryan† 1.69 Houston Astros Knepper, BobBob Knepper 2.18
1982 Rogers, SteveSteve Rogers 2.40 Montréal Expos Niekro, JoeJoe Niekro 2.47
1983 Hammaker, AtleeAtlee Hammaker 2.25 San Francisco Giants Denny, JohnJohn Denny 2.37
1984 Pena, AlejandroAlejandro Peña 2.48 Los Angeles Dodgers Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden 2.60
1985 Gooden, DwightDwight Gooden 1.53 New York Mets Tudor, JohnJohn Tudor 1.93
1986 Scott, MikeMike Scott 2.22 Houston Astros Ojeda, BobBob Ojeda 2.57
1987 Ryan, NolanNolan Ryan† 2.76 Houston Astros Dunne, MikeMike Dunne 3.03
1988 Magrane, JoeJoe Magrane 2.18 St. Louis Cardinals Cone, DavidDavid Cone 2.22
1989 Garrelts, ScottScott Garrelts 2.28 San Francisco Giants Hershiser, OrelOrel Hershiser 2.31
1990 Darwin, DannyDanny Darwin 2.21 Houston Astros Smith, ZaneZane Smith 2.55
1991 Martinez, DennisDennis Martínez 2.39 Montréal Expos Rijo, JoseJosé Rijo 2.51
1992 Swift, BillBill Swift 2.08 San Francisco Giants Tewksbury, BobBob Tewksbury 2.16
1993 Maddux, GregGreg Maddux 2.36 Atlanta Braves Rijo, JoseJosé Rijo 2.48
1994 Maddux, GregGreg Maddux 1.56 Atlanta Braves Saberhagen, BretBret Saberhagen 2.74
1995 Maddux, GregGreg Maddux 1.63 Atlanta Braves Nomo, HideoHideo Nomo 2.54
1996 Brown, KevinKevin Brown 1.89 Florida Marlins Maddux, GregGreg Maddux 2.72
1997 Martinez, PedroPedro Martínez 1.90 Montréal Expos Maddux, GregGreg Maddux 2.20
1998 Maddux, GregGreg Maddux 2.22 Atlanta Braves Brown, KevinKevin Brown 2.38
1999 Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson 2.48 Arizona Diamondbacks Millwood, KevinKevin Millwood 2.68
2000 Brown, KevinKevin Brown 2.58 Los Angeles Dodgers Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson 2.64
2001 Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson 2.49 Arizona Diamondbacks Schilling, CurtCurt Schilling 2.98
2002 Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson 2.32 Arizona Diamondbacks Maddux, GregGreg Maddux 2.62
2003 Schmidt, JasonJason Schmidt 2.34 San Francisco Giants Brown, KevinKevin Brown 2.39
2004 Peavy, JakeJake Peavy 2.27 San Diego Padres Johnson, RandyRandy Johnson 2.60
2005 Clemens, RogerRoger Clemens 1.87 Houston Astros Pettitte, AndyAndy Pettitte 2.39
2006 Oswalt, RoyRoy Oswalt 2.98 Houston Astros Carpenter, ChrisChris Carpenter 3.09
2007 Peavy, JakeJake Peavy 2.54 San Diego Padres Webb, BrandonBrandon Webb 3.01
2008 Santana, JohanJohan Santana 2.53 New York Mets Lincecum, TimTim Lincecum 2.62
2009 Carpenter, ChrisChris Carpenter 2.24 St. Louis Cardinals Lincecum, TimTim Lincecum 2.48
2010 Johnson, JoshJosh Johnson 2.30 Florida Marlins Wainwright, AdamAdam Wainwright 2.42
2011 Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw 2.28 Los Angeles Dodgers Halladay, RoyRoy Halladay 2.35
2012 Kershaw, ClaytonClayton Kershaw 2.53 Los Angeles Dodgers Dickey, R.A.R.A. Dickey 2.73

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