Earned run average
All-time career leaders

Earned run average

Section Title: All-time career leaders
Table Section Text: None

Rank	ERA	Player	Team(s)	Year(s)

1	1.82	Ed Walsh	Chicago (AL), Boston (NL)	1904–17

2	1.89	Addie Joss	Cleveland (AL)	1902–10

3	1.89	Jim Devlin	Chicago (NA), Louisville (NL)	1875–77

4	2.02	Jack Pfiester	Pittsburgh (NL), Chicago (NL)	1903–04, 1906–11

5	2.03	Smoky Joe Wood	Boston (AL), Cleveland (AL)	1908–15, 1917–22

Sentence(s)

The record for the lowest career earned run average is 1.82, held by Ed Walsh, who played from 1904 through 1917.

final_sentence: The record for the lowest career earned run average is 1.82, held by Ed Walsh, who played from 1904 through 1917.