
Babe Ruth had the lowest ERA in the 1916 World Series with an ERA worse than 0.00, with an ERA of 0.64.
| NAME | ERA | SEASON | SERIES | TM | 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 | H/9 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B. Ruth | 0.64 | 1916 | World Series | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 2.57 | 1.93 | 1.33 | 0.64 | 8.3 | 6.3 | 0.64 | .125 | 0.64 | 3.86 | ||
| 2 | D. Leonard | 1.00 | 1916 | World Series | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 1 | 3.00 | 4.00 | 0.75 | 0.00 | 8.3 | 11.1 | 1.00 | .172 | 2.00 | 5.00 | ||
| 3 | S. Smith | 1.35 | 1916 | World Series | 1 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13.1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 1.35 | 4.05 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 3.9 | 11.8 | 0.98 | .163 | 1.35 | 4.72 | ||
| 4 | E. Shore | 1.53 | 1916 | World Series | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17.2 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 0 | 4.58 | 2.04 | 2.25 | 0.00 | 13.0 | 5.8 | 0.91 | .218 | 3.06 | 6.11 | ||
| 5 | J. Pfeffer | 1.69 | 1916 | World Series | 3 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10.2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 4.22 | 3.38 | 1.25 | 0.00 | 11.9 | 9.5 | 1.03 | .212 | 4.22 | 5.91 | ||
| 6 | L. Cheney | 3.00 | 1916 | World Series | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 15.00 | 3.00 | 5.00 | 0.00 | 35.7 | 7.1 | 1.67 | .500 | 6.00 | 12.00 | |||
| 7 | J. Coombs | 4.26 | 1916 | World Series | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.00 | 1.42 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 1.26 | .286 | 4.26 | 9.95 | ||
| 8 | R. Marquard | 5.73 | 1916 | World Series | 2 | 0 | 2 | .000 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.0 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 0 | 7.36 | 4.91 | 1.50 | 0.82 | 17.0 | 11.3 | 1.64 | .297 | 7.36 | 9.82 | ||
| 9 | C. Mays | 6.75 | 1916 | World Series | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5.1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 0 | 3.38 | 5.06 | 0.67 | 0.00 | 7.1 | 10.7 | 2.06 | .364 | 6.75 | 13.50 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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78 | 62 | .557 | 9.0 | |
70 | 70 | .500 | 17.0 | |
68 | 72 | .486 | 19.0 | |
67 | 73 | .479 | 20.0 | |
| NL West | W | L | PCT | GB |
82 | 57 | .590 | ||
74 | 67 | .525 | 9.0 | |
73 | 67 | .521 | 9.5 | |
58 | 82 | .414 | 24.5 | |
54 | 86 | .386 | 28.5 |
| AL East | W | L | PCT | GB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
83 | 56 | .597 | ||
80 | 60 | .571 | 3.5 | |
75 | 65 | .536 | 8.5 | |
69 | 71 | .493 | 14.5 | |
69 | 71 | .493 | 14.5 | |
| AL Central | W | L | PCT | GB |
73 | 66 | .525 | ||
70 | 69 | .504 | 3.0 | |
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69 | 71 | .493 | 2.0 | |
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