List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders
National League

List of Major League Baseball annual ERA leaders

Section Title: National League
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Year	Leader	ERA	Team	Runner-up	ERA	Ref

1876	George Bradley	1.23	St. Louis Brown Stockings	Jim Devlin	1.56

1877	Tommy Bond	2.11	Boston Red Caps	Terry Larkin	2.14

1878	John Montgomery Ward†	1.51	Providence Grays	Jim McCormick	1.69

1879	Tommy Bond	1.96	Boston Red Caps	Will White	1.99

1880	Tim Keefe†	0.86	Troy Trojans	George Bradley	1.38

1881	Stump Wiedman	1.80	Detroit Wolverines	John Montgomery Ward†	2.13

1882	Larry Corcoran	1.95	Chicago White Stockings	Charles Radbourn†	2.09

1883	Jim McCormick	1.84	Cleveland Blues	Charles Radbourn†	2.05

1884	Charles Radbourn†	1.38	Providence Grays	Charlie Sweeney	1.55

1885	Tim Keefe†	1.58	New York Giants	Mickey Welch†	1.66

1886	Henry Boyle	1.76	St. Louis Maroons	Charlie Ferguson	1.96

1887	Dan Casey	2.86	Philadelphia Phillies	Pete Conway	2.90

1888	Tim Keefe†	1.74	New York Giants	Ben Sanders	1.90

1889	John Clarkson†	2.73	Boston Beaneaters	Jersey Bakley	2.96

1890	Billy Rhines	1.95	Cincinnati Reds	Kid Nichols†	2.23

1891	John Ewing	2.27	New York Giants	Kid Nichols†	2.39

1892	Cy Young†	1.93	Cleveland Spiders	Tim Keefe†	2.36

1893	Ted Breitenstein	3.18	St. Louis Browns	Amos Rusie†	3.23

1894	Amos Rusie†	2.78	New York Giants	Jouett Meekin	3.70

1895	Al Maul	2.45	Washington Senators	Pink Hawley	3.18

1896	Billy Rhines	2.45	Cincinnati Reds	Kid Nichols†	2.83

1897	Amos Rusie†	2.54	New York Giants	Kid Nichols†	2.64

1898	Clark Griffith†	1.88	Chicago Orphans	Al Maul	2.10

1899	Vic Willis†	2.50	Boston Beaneaters	Cy Young†	2.58

1900	Rube Waddell†	2.37	Pittsburgh Pirates	Ned Garvin	2.41

1901	Jesse Tannehill	2.18	Pittsburgh Pirates	Deacon Phillippe	2.22

1902	Jack Taylor	1.33	Chicago Orphans	Noodles Hahn	1.77

1903	Sam Leever	2.06	Pittsburgh Pirates	Christy Mathewson†	2.26

1904	Joe McGinnity†	1.61	New York Giants	Ned Garvin	1.68

1905	Christy Mathewson†	1.28	New York Giants	Ed Reulbach	1.42

1906	Mordecai Brown†	1.04	Chicago Cubs	Jack Pfiester	1.51

1907	Jack Pfiester	1.15	Chicago Cubs	Carl Lundgren	1.17

1908	Christy Mathewson†	1.43	New York Giants	Mordecai Brown†	1.47

1909	Christy Mathewson†	1.14	New York Giants	Mordecai Brown†	1.31

1910	King Cole	1.80	Chicago Cubs	Mordecai Brown†	1.86

1911	Christy Mathewson†	1.99	New York Giants	Lew Richie	2.31

1912	Jeff Tesreau	1.96	New York Giants	Christy Mathewson†	2.12

1913	Christy Mathewson†	2.06	New York Giants	Babe Adams	2.15

1914	Bill Doak	1.72	St. Louis Cardinals	Bill James	1.90

1915	Grover Cleveland Alexander†	1.22	Philadelphia Phillies	Fred Toney	1.58

1916	Grover Cleveland Alexander†	1.55	Philadelphia Phillies	Rube Marquard†	1.58

1917	Fred Anderson	1.44	New York Giants	Grover Cleveland Alexander†	1.83

1918	Hippo Vaughn	1.74	Chicago Cubs	Lefty Tyler	2.00

1919	Grover Cleveland Alexander†	1.72	Chicago Cubs	Hippo Vaughn	1.79

1920	Grover Cleveland Alexander†	1.91	Chicago Cubs	Babe Adams	2.16

1921	Bill Doak	2.59	St. Louis Cardinals	Babe Adams	2.64

1922	Phil Douglas	2.63	St. Louis Cardinals	Rosy Ryan	3.01

1923	Dolf Luque	1.93	Cincinnati Reds	Eppa Rixey†	2.80

1924	Dazzy Vance†	2.16	Brooklyn Robins	Hugh McQuillan	2.69

1925	Dolf Luque	2.63	Cincinnati Reds	Eppa Rixey†	2.88

1926	Ray Kremer	2.61	Pittsburgh Pirates	Charlie Root	2.82

1927	Ray Kremer	2.47	Pittsburgh Pirates	Grover Cleveland Alexander†	2.52

1928	Dazzy Vance†	2.09	Brooklyn Robins	Sheriff Blake	2.47

1929	Bill Walker	3.09	New York Giants	Burleigh Grimes†	3.13

1930	Dazzy Vance†	2.61	Brooklyn Robins	Carl Hubbell†	3.87

1931	Bill Walker	2.26	New York Giants	Carl Hubbell†	2.65

1932	Lon Warneke	2.37	Chicago Cubs	Carl Hubbell†	2.50

1933	Carl Hubbell†	1.66	New York Giants	Lon Warneke	2.00

1934	Carl Hubbell†	2.30	New York Giants	Dizzy Dean†	2.66

1935	Cy Blanton	2.58	Pittsburgh Pirates	Bill Swift	2.70

1936	Carl Hubbell†	2.31	New York Giants	Danny MacFayden	2.87

1937	Jim Turner	2.38	Boston Bees	Cliff Melton	2.61

1938	Bill Lee	2.66	Chicago Cubs	Charlie Root	2.86

1939	Bucky Walters	2.29	Cincinnati Reds	Bob Bowman	2.60

1940	Bucky Walters	2.48	Cincinnati Reds	Claude Passeau	2.50

1941	Elmer Riddle	2.24	Cincinnati Reds	Whit Wyatt	2.34

1942	Mort Cooper	1.78	St. Louis Cardinals	Johnny Beazley	2.13

1943	Max Lanier	1.90	St. Louis Cardinals	Mort Cooper	2.30

1944	Ed Heusser	2.38	Cincinnati Reds	Bucky Walters	2.40

1945	Ray Prim	2.40	Chicago Cubs	Claude Passeau	2.46

1946	Howie Pollet	2.10	St. Louis Cardinals	Johnny Sain	2.21

1947	Warren Spahn†	2.33	Boston Braves	Ewell Blackwell	2.47

1948	Harry Brecheen	2.24	St. Louis Cardinals	Dutch Leonard	2.51

1949	Dave Koslo	2.50	New York Giants	Jerry Staley	2.73

1950	Sal Maglie	2.71	New York Giants	Ewell Blackwell	2.97

1951	Chet Nichols, Jr.	2.88	Boston Braves	Sal Maglie	2.93

1952	Hoyt Wilhelm†	2.43	New York Giants	Warren Hacker	2.58

1953	Warren Spahn†	2.10	Milwaukee Braves	Robin Roberts†	2.75

1954	Johnny Antonelli	2.30	New York Giants	Lew Burdette	2.76

1955	Bob Friend	2.83	Pittsburgh Pirates	Don Newcombe	3.20

1956	Lew Burdette	2.70	Milwaukee Braves	Warren Spahn†	2.78

1957	Johnny Podres	2.66	Brooklyn Dodgers	Don Drysdale†	2.69

1958	Stu Miller	2.47	San Francisco Giants	Sam Jones	2.88

1959	Sam Jones	2.83	San Francisco Giants	Stu Miller	2.84

1960	Mike McCormick	2.70	San Francisco Giants	Ernie Broglio	2.74

1961	Warren Spahn†	3.02	Milwaukee Braves	Jim O'Toole	3.10

1962	Sandy Koufax†	2.54	Los Angeles Dodgers	Bob Shaw	2.80

1963	Sandy Koufax†	1.88	Los Angeles Dodgers	Dick Ellsworth	2.11

1964	Sandy Koufax†	1.74	Los Angeles Dodgers	Don Drysdale†	2.18

1965	Sandy Koufax†	2.04	Los Angeles Dodgers	Juan Marichal†	2.13

1966	Sandy Koufax†	1.73	Los Angeles Dodgers	Mike Cuellar	2.22

1967	Phil Niekro†	1.87	Atlanta Braves	Jim Bunning†	2.29

1968	Bob Gibson†	1.12	St. Louis Cardinals	Bobby Bolin	1.99

1969	Juan Marichal†	2.10	San Francisco Giants	Steve Carlton†	2.17

1970	Tom Seaver†	2.82	New York Mets	Wayne Simpson	3.02

1971	Tom Seaver†	1.76	New York Mets	Dave Roberts	2.10

1972	Steve Carlton†	1.97	Philadelphia Phillies	Gary Nolan	1.99

1973	Tom Seaver†	2.08	New York Mets	Don Sutton†	2.42

1974	Buzz Capra	2.28	Atlanta Braves	Phil Niekro†	2.38

1975	Randy Jones	2.24	San Diego Padres	Andy Messersmith	2.29

1976	John Denny	2.52	St. Louis Cardinals	Doug Rau	2.57

1977	John Candelaria	2.34	Pittsburgh Pirates	Tom Seaver†	2.58

1978	Craig Swan	2.43	New York Mets	Steve Rogers	2.47

1979	J. R. Richard	2.71	Houston Astros	Tom Hume	2.76

1980	Don Sutton†	2.20	Los Angeles Dodgers	Steve Carlton†	2.34

1981	Nolan Ryan†	1.69	Houston Astros	Bob Knepper	2.18

1982	Steve Rogers	2.40	Montreal Expos	Joe Niekro	2.47

1983	Atlee Hammaker	2.25	San Francisco Giants	John Denny	2.37

1984	Alejandro Peña	2.48	Los Angeles Dodgers	Dwight Gooden	2.60

1985	Dwight Gooden	1.53	New York Mets	John Tudor	1.93

1986	Mike Scott	2.22	Houston Astros	Bob Ojeda	2.57

1987	Nolan Ryan†	2.76	Houston Astros	Mike Dunne	3.03

1988	Joe Magrane	2.18	St. Louis Cardinals	David Cone	2.22

1989	Scott Garrelts	2.28	San Francisco Giants	Orel Hershiser	2.31

1990	Danny Darwin	2.21	Houston Astros	Zane Smith	2.55

1991	Dennis Martínez	2.39	Montreal Expos	José Rijo	2.51

1992	Bill Swift	2.08	San Francisco Giants	Bob Tewksbury	2.16

1993	Greg Maddux†	2.36	Atlanta Braves	José Rijo	2.48

1994	Greg Maddux†	1.56	Atlanta Braves	Bret Saberhagen	2.74

1995	Greg Maddux†	1.63	Atlanta Braves	Hideo Nomo	2.54

1996	Kevin Brown	1.89	Florida Marlins	Greg Maddux†	2.72

1997	Pedro Martínez†	1.90	Montreal Expos	Greg Maddux†	2.20

1998	Greg Maddux†	2.22	Atlanta Braves	Kevin Brown	2.38

1999	Randy Johnson†	2.48	Arizona Diamondbacks	Kevin Millwood	2.68

2000	Kevin Brown	2.58	Los Angeles Dodgers	Randy Johnson†	2.64

2001	Randy Johnson†	2.49	Arizona Diamondbacks	Curt Schilling	2.98

2002	Randy Johnson†	2.32	Arizona Diamondbacks	Greg Maddux†	2.62

2003	Jason Schmidt	2.34	San Francisco Giants	Kevin Brown	2.39

2004	Jake Peavy	2.27	San Diego Padres	Randy Johnson†	2.60

2005	Roger Clemens	1.87	Houston Astros	Andy Pettitte	2.39

2006	Roy Oswalt	2.98	Houston Astros	Chris Carpenter	3.09

2007	Jake Peavy	2.54	San Diego Padres	Brandon Webb	3.01

2008	Johan Santana	2.53	New York Mets	Tim Lincecum	2.62

2009	Chris Carpenter	2.24	St. Louis Cardinals	Tim Lincecum	2.48

2010	Josh Johnson	2.30	Florida Marlins	Adam Wainwright	2.42

2011	Clayton Kershaw	2.28	Los Angeles Dodgers	Roy Halladay†	2.35

2012	Clayton Kershaw	2.53	Los Angeles Dodgers	R.A. Dickey	2.73

2013	Clayton Kershaw	1.83	Los Angeles Dodgers	José Fernández	2.19

2014	Clayton Kershaw	1.77	Los Angeles Dodgers	Johnny Cueto	2.25

2015	Zack Greinke	1.66	Los Angeles Dodgers	Jake Arrieta	1.77

2016	Kyle Hendricks	2.13	Chicago Cubs	Jon Lester	2.44

2017	Clayton Kershaw	2.31	Los Angeles Dodgers	Max Scherzer	2.51

2018	Jacob deGrom	1.70	New York Mets	Aaron Nola	2.37

Sentence(s)

The lowest ERA in league history was posted by Tim Keefe, with 0.86 ERA for the Troy Trojans in 1880.

final_sentence: The lowest ERA in league history was posted by Tim Keefe, with 0.86 ERA for the Troy Trojans in 1880.