american league earned run average leaders career stats

Ed Walsh has the lowest career ERA in the AL, with an ERA of 1.81.

Interpreted as:

american league earned run average with a minimum of 1500 IP leaders career stats

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.81	2946.1	426	195	125	.609	312	1,732	249	57	35	2,324	591	864	23	608	51	104		11,331	75	5.29	1.86	2.85	0.07	15.3	5.4	1.00	.258	2.64	69	2.01	79	7.10	166.4
2	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.89	2327.0	286	160	97	.623	260	920	234	45	5	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
3	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.02	2408.1	335	164	111	.596	278	1,965	209	47	4	1,949	540	788	25	653	83	44		9,444	61	7.34	2.44	3.01	0.09	20.8	6.9	1.08	.286	2.94	74	1.83	69	7.28	228.1
4	Cy Young C. Young	2.08	3232.1	390	221	141	.610	358	1,528	323	42	9	2,817	746	1,072	40	398	70	28		12,389	49	4.25	1.11	3.84	0.11	12.3	3.2	0.99	.268	2.98	74	2.12	76	7.84	247.8
5	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
6	Frank Smith F. Smith	2.24	1748.2	242	109	82	.571	198	835	158	25	3	1,386	435	584	10	510	38	40		6,835	58	4.30	2.62	1.64	0.05	12.2	7.5	1.08	.253	3.01	93	2.35	100	7.13	-15.1
7	Jim Scott J. Scott	2.30	1892.0	317	107	114	.484	226	945	123	26	9	1,624	483	686	21	609	53	63		7,487	32	4.50	2.90	1.55	0.10	12.6	8.1	1.18	.274	3.26	85	2.63	96	7.73	21.2
8	Doc White D. White	2.30	2498.1	360	159	123	.564	301	1,067	206	42	4	2,220	638	870	28	542	93	48		9,872	49	3.84	1.95	1.97	0.10	10.8	5.5	1.11	.269	3.13	88	2.50	98	8.00	-4.7
9	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.32	2603.0	386	193	102	.654	288	1,536	228	36	28	2,226	672	910	31	615	78	88		10,212	68	5.31	2.13	2.50	0.11	15.0	6.0	1.09	.276	3.15	84	2.24	82	7.70	136.3
10	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.37	4227.1	581	305	183	.625	498	2,099	387	63	20	3,746	1,112	1,491	41	1,018	187	67		16,775	84	4.47	2.17	2.06	0.09	12.5	6.1	1.13	.276	3.17	82	2.48	88	7.98	164.4
11	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.38	3226.0	502	209	148	.585	361	1,374	249	35	24	2,897	853	1,161	32	827	52	107		12,731	57	3.83	2.31	1.66	0.09	10.8	6.5	1.15	.274	3.24	82	2.54	88	8.08	131.9
12	Ed Killian E. Killian	2.38	1598.1	214	103	78	.569	180	516	149	22	4	1,463	423	585	9	482	70	31		6,508	22	2.91	2.71	1.07	0.05	7.9	7.4	1.22	.268	3.29	91	2.80	110	8.24	-41.2
13	Bill Donovan B. Donovan	2.52	2172.0	271	140	99	.586	243	1,096	213	29	3	1,898	609	820	28	696	65	27		8,791	38	4.54	2.88	1.57	0.12	12.5	7.9	1.19	.271	3.40	92	2.62	98	7.86	16.4
14	Harry Howell H. Howell	2.56	2230.0	289	110	133	.453	245	900	214	18	5	2,041	634	952	22	561	83	39		8,957	43	3.63	2.26	1.60	0.09	10.0	6.3	1.17	.273	3.84	89	2.64	97	8.24	25.1
15	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	2.59	1958.0	270	128	94	.577	228	916	168	18	2	1,759	563	799	27	438	55	36		7,757	42	4.21	2.01	2.09	0.12	11.8	5.6	1.12	.274	3.67	92	2.40	87	8.09	89.9
16	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	2.60	1635.1	240	115	67	.632	191	871	135	28	8	1,394	472	627	17	608	60	39		6,595	45	4.79	3.35	1.43	0.09	13.2	9.2	1.22	.273	3.45	92	2.76	102	7.67	-14.8
17	Ed Siever E. Siever	2.60	1507.0	203	83	82	.503	174	470	136	14	2	1,550	435	674	24	311	39	28		6,170	21	2.81	1.86	1.51	0.14	7.6	5.0	1.23	.287	4.03	89	2.82	98	9.26	10.9
18	Barney Pelty B. Pelty	2.63	1908.0	266	92	117	.440	217	693	175	22	4	1,663	558	750	22	532	104	40		7,602	42	3.27	2.51	1.30	0.10	9.1	7.0	1.15	.263	3.54	101	2.83	111	7.84	-69.3
19	Jack Powell J. Powell	2.67	2823.0	378	148	175	.458	332	1,170	261	31	12	2,637	836	1,161	62	635	65	41		11,296	46	3.73	2.02	1.84	0.20	10.4	5.6	1.16	.275	3.70	94	2.68	98	8.41	15.1
20	Carl Weilman C. Weilman	2.67	1521.0	239	84	93	.475	179	536	105	15	10	1,394	451	600	22	418	32	49		5,993	17	3.17	2.47	1.28	0.13	8.9	7.0	1.19	.275	3.55	88	2.85	95	8.25	21.9
21	Cy Falkenberg C. Falkenberg	2.72	1621.2	239	92	88	.511	189	808	125	17	4	1,487	491	700	11	510	51	36		6,529	79	4.48	2.83	1.58	0.06	12.4	7.8	1.23	.287	3.88	103	2.49	95	8.25	25.7
22	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.73	2195.0	337	152	90	.628	236	672	178	23	23	2,032	665	841	55	569	76	80		8,879	27	2.76	2.33	1.18	0.23	7.6	6.4	1.18	.263	3.45	82	3.20	96	8.33	23.1
23	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	438	1,956	156	45	11	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
24	Bill Dinneen B. Dinneen	2.76	1935.1	248	112	109	.507	219	705	190	23	7	1,770	593	783	47	453	34	25		7,689	28	3.28	2.11	1.56	0.22	9.2	5.9	1.15	.267	3.64	99	2.81	104	8.23	-13.3
25	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	2.76	2192.0	331	139	114	.549	273	1,160	151	33	13	2,022	672	851	54	664	68	47		8,907	61	4.76	2.73	1.75	0.22	13.0	7.5	1.23	.283	3.49	86	2.82	89	8.30	78.4