all-time era leaders, minimum 500 ip

Al Spalding has the lowest career ERA when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 1.78.

NAMEERAIPGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Al Spalding
A. Spalding
1.78
539.2
65
48
12
.800
61
41
53
8
1
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
2Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
1.82
2964.1
430
195
126
.607
315
1,736
250
57
35
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
3Addie 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
4Jim Devlin
J. Devlin
1.89
1181.0
129
65
60
.520
129
263
127
9
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
5Jack Pfiester
J. Pfiester
2.02
1067.1
149
71
44
.617
128
503
75
17
0
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
6Joe Wood
J. Wood
2.03
1434.1
225
117
57
.672
158
989
121
28
10
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
7Mordecai Brown
M. Brown
2.06
3172.1
481
239
130
.648
332
1,375
271
55
49
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
8John Ward
J. Ward
2.10
2469.2
293
164
103
.614
262
920
245
24
3
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
9Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
2.13
4788.2
636
373
188
.665
552
2,507
435
79
30
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
10Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
2.16
2961.1
407
193
143
.574
340
2,316
261
50
5
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
11Walter 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
12Glenn Liebhardt
G. Liebhardt
2.17
612.2
90
36
35
.507
66
280
49
7
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
13Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
2.21
1283.2
1,115
82
60
.577
10
1,173
0
0
652
998
315
340
71
286
46
952
41
5,103
13
8.22
2.01
4.10
0.50
23.0
5.6
1.00
.263
2.38
49
2.76
61
7.00
246.7
14Jake Weimer
J. Weimer
2.23
1472.2
191
97
69
.584
180
657
143
21
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
15Tommy Bond
T. Bond
2.25
2779.2
322
193
115
.627
314
860
294
35
0
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
16Orval Overall
O. Overall
2.26
1535.1
218
108
71
.603
182
935
133
30
12
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
17Will White
W. White
2.28
3542.2
403
229
166
.580
402
1,041
394
36
0
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
18Bill James
B. James
2.28
541.2
84
37
21
.638
60
253
44
5
3
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
19Babe Ruth
B. Ruth
2.28
1221.1
163
94
46
.671
147
488
107
17
4
974
309
400
10
441
29
12
4,896
25
3.60
3.25
1.11
0.07
10.0
9.0
1.16
.245
2.95
82
2.81
100
7.18
-6.6
20Ed Reulbach
E. Reulbach
2.28
2632.1
399
182
106
.632
300
1,137
200
40
13
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
21Nick Maddox
N. Maddox
2.29
605.1
93
43
20
.683
72
193
47
9
1
487
154
209
7
170
35
18
2,368
8
2.87
2.53
1.14
0.10
8.2
7.2
1.09
.245
3.11
90
2.71
104
7.24
-6.7
22Jim 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
23Billy Wagner
B. Wagner
2.31
903.0
853
47
40
.540
0
1,196
0
0
422
601
232
262
82
300
33
703
26
3,600
43
11.92
2.99
3.99
0.82
33.2
8.3
1.00
.261
2.61
54
2.72
63
5.99
159
24Reb Russell
R. Russell
2.33
1291.2
242
80
59
.576
148
495
81
24
13
1,128
335
453
7
267
18
60
5,021
21
3.45
1.86
1.85
0.05
9.9
5.3
1.08
.265
3.16
84
2.35
83
7.86
68.6
25Andy Coakley
A. Coakley
2.35
1072.1
150
58
59
.496
124
428
87
11
3
1,021
280
436
9
314
26
24
4,326
15
3.59
2.64
1.36
0.08
9.9
7.3
1.24
.285
3.66
89
2.58
96
8.57
14.6
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