Before 2026, Al Spalding had the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.78.

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	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Al Spalding A. Spalding	1.78	65	48	12	.800	61	41	53	8	1	539.2	559	107	238	6	26		4		2,272	1	0.68	0.43	1.58	0.10	1.8	1.1	1.08		3.97	74	2.38	99	9.32	9.6
2	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.82	430	195	126	.607	315	1,736	250	57	35	2964.1	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
3	Charlie Hodnett C. Hodnett	1.88	18	14	4	.778	18	47	15	1	0	153.0	149	32	66	1	23		0		647	10	2.76	1.35	2.04	0.06	7.3	3.6	1.12		3.88	63	3.19	117	8.76	-8.8
4	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.89	286	160	97	.623	260	920	234	45	5	2327.0	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
5	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.89	129	65	60	.520	129	263	127	9	0	1181.0	1,183	248	597	7	78		0		4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	67	2.35	84	9.02	88.9
6	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	55	21	13	.618	55	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	2.39	58	6.46	61
7	Laurie Reis L. Reis	2.00	8	4	4	.500	8	19	8	1	0	72.0	84	16	42	1	10		0		310	3	2.38	1.25	1.90	0.13	6.1	3.2	1.31		5.25	81	2.76	104	10.50	-0.1
8	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	2.02	149	71	44	.617	128	503	75	17	0	1067.1	869	240	365	6	293	39	12		4,236	16	4.24	2.47	1.72	0.05	11.9	6.9	1.09	.254	3.08	77	2.32	86	7.33	44.3
9	Joe Wood J. Wood	2.03	225	117	57	.672	158	989	121	28	10	1434.1	1,138	324	497	10	421	49	56		5,640	43	6.21	2.64	2.35	0.06	17.5	7.5	1.09	.270	3.12	70	2.26	78	7.14	105.8
10	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.06	481	239	130	.648	332	1,375	271	55	49	3172.1	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	2.42	83	7.68	161.9
11	Jim St. Vrain J. St. Vrain	2.08	12	4	6	.400	11	51	10	1	0	95.0	88	22	36	0	25	5	1		388	3	4.83	2.37	2.04	0.00	13.1	6.4	1.19	.287	3.41	78	2.54	91	8.34	2.3
12	John Ward J. Ward	2.10	293	164	103	.614	262	920	245	24	3	2469.2	2,324	576	1,185	26	253		32		10,164	144	3.35	0.92	3.64	0.09	9.1	2.5	1.04		4.32	82	2.43	96	8.47	9.1
13	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.13	636	373	188	.665	552	2,507	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
14	Ed Conley E. Conley	2.15	8	4	4	.500	8	33	8	1	0	71.0	63	17	47	4	22		0		304	7	4.18	2.79	1.50	0.51	10.9	7.2	1.20		5.96	75	4.01	123	7.99	-7
15	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.16	407	193	143	.574	340	2,316	261	50	5	2961.1	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54		11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.03	71	7.48	262
16	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	5914.1	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
17	Glenn Liebhardt G. Liebhardt	2.17	90	36	35	.507	66	280	49	7	2	612.2	543	148	225	3	183	14	23		2,419	21	4.11	2.69	1.53	0.04	11.6	7.6	1.18	.278	3.31	89	2.27	98	7.98	1.6
18	Erv Lange E. Lange	2.23	36	12	11	.522	22	87	10	2	2	190.0	162	47	69	3	55	3	11		781	1	4.12	2.61	1.58	0.14	11.1	7.0	1.14	.251	3.27	74	2.64	96	7.67	1.2
19	Jake Weimer J. Weimer	2.23	191	97	69	.584	180	657	143	21	2	1472.2	1,227	365	511	14	493	73	9		5,971	26	4.02	3.01	1.33	0.09	11.0	8.3	1.17	.256	3.12	81	2.81	98	7.50	8.7
20	Jocko Flynn J. Flynn	2.24	32	23	6	.793	29	146	28	2	1	257.0	207	64	127	9	63		3		1,049	28	5.11	2.21	2.32	0.32	13.9	6.0	1.05		4.45	64	3.16	89	7.25	14.6
21	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.25	322	193	115	.627	314	860	294	35	0	2779.2	2,857	695	1,339	32	178		11		11,386	120	2.78	0.58	4.83	0.10	7.6	1.6	1.09	.274	4.34	89	2.38	95	9.25	32.3
22	Orval Overall O. Overall	2.26	218	108	71	.603	182	935	133	30	12	1535.1	1,232	385	520	16	551	45	30		6,145	57	5.48	3.23	1.70	0.09	15.2	9.0	1.16	.264	3.05	81	2.39	85	7.22	72.4
23	Will White W. White	2.28	403	229	166	.580	402	1,041	394	36	0	3542.2	3,440	896	1,844	65	496		1		14,951	221	2.64	1.26	2.10	0.17	7.0	3.3	1.11	.254	4.68	83	2.98	108	8.74	-109.3
24	Bill James B. James	2.28	84	37	21	.638	60	253	44	5	3	541.2	469	137	196	14	199	22	20		2,217	17	4.20	3.31	1.27	0.23	11.4	9.0	1.23	.263	3.26	75	3.09	99	7.79	4.8
25	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.28	399	182	106	.632	300	1,137	200	40	13	2632.1	2,117	668	887	33	892	107	80		10,521	49	3.89	3.05	1.27	0.11	10.8	8.5	1.14	.250	3.03	80	2.84	99	7.24	9

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Brewers	103	59	.636
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Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0