1917 MLB Earned Run Average Leaders

Fred Anderson led all of MLB in earned run average in 1917 with 1.44, 0.09 ahead of Eddie Cicotte (1.53). It stands 43rd among all single seasons in MLB history.

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Led all of MLB in 1917 Fred Anderson New York Giants

1.44 Earned Run Average 0.09 clear of Eddie Cicotte

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#	Player	Team	ERA	W	L	IP	WHIP
1	Fred Anderson	NY1	1.44	8	8	162.0	0.96
2	Eddie Cicotte	CHA	1.53	28	12	346.2	0.91
3	Carl Mays	BOS	1.74	22	9	289.0	1.05
4	Stan Coveleski	CLE	1.81	19	14	298.1	0.99
5	Pete Alexander	PHI	1.83	30	13	388.0	1.01
6	Pol Perritt	NY1	1.88	17	7	215.0	1.07
7	Red Faber	CHA	1.92	16	13	248.0	1.25
8	Ferdie Schupp	NY1	1.95	21	7	272.0	1.00
9	Reb Russell	CHA	1.95	15	5	189.1	1.07
10	Jim Bagby	CLE	1.96	23	13	320.2	1.09
11	Babe Ruth	BOS	2.01	24	13	326.1	1.08
12	Hippo Vaughn	CHN	2.01	23	13	295.2	1.17
13	Bill James	DET	2.09	13	10	198.0	1.31
14	Pete Schneider	CIN	2.10	20	19	333.2	1.28
15	Art Nehf	BSN	2.16	17	8	233.1	1.01
16	Doc Ayers	WS1	2.17	11	10	207.2	1.21
17	Dutch Leonard	BOS	2.17	16	17	294.1	1.12
18	Slim Sallee	NY1	2.17	18	7	215.2	1.08
19	Willie Mitchell	DET	2.19	12	8	185.1	1.18
20	Fred Toney	CIN	2.20	24	16	339.2	1.11
21	Walter Johnson	WS1	2.21	23	16	326.0	0.97
22	Ernie Shore	BOS	2.22	13	10	226.2	1.13
23	Jeff Pfeffer	BRO	2.23	11	15	266.0	1.09
24	Eppa Rixey	PHI	2.27	16	21	281.1	1.12
25	Larry Cheney	BRO	2.35	8	12	210.1	1.23
26	Wilbur Cooper	PIT	2.36	17	11	297.2	1.11
27	Ed Klepfer	CLE	2.37	14	4	213.0	1.23
28	HD Hooks Dauss	DET	2.43	17	14	270.2	1.22
29	Bob Shawkey	NYA	2.44	13	15	236.1	1.18
30	Leon Cadore	BRO	2.45	13	13	264.0	1.11
31	Bullet Joe Bush	PHA	2.47	11	17	233.1	1.36
32	Lefty Tyler	BSN	2.52	14	12	239.0	1.21
33	Phil Douglas	CHN	2.55	14	20	293.1	1.09
34	George Dumont	WS1	2.55	5	14	204.2	1.21
35	Rube Marquard	BRO	2.55	19	12	232.2	1.12
36	Al Demaree	CHN +1	2.58	9	14	219.2	1.13
37	Claude Hendrix	CHN	2.60	10	12	215.0	1.27
38	Dave Danforth	CHA	2.65	11	6	173.0	1.32
39	Jesse Barnes	BSN	2.68	13	21	295.0	1.05
40	Bernie Boland	DET	2.68	16	11	238.0	1.21
41	Red Ames	SLN	2.71	15	10	209.0	1.18
42	Mike Regan	CIN	2.71	11	10	216.0	1.25
43	Rube Benton	NY1	2.72	15	9	215.0	1.07
44	GM Guy Morton	CLE	2.74	10	10	161.0	1.35
45	Joe Oeschger	PHI	2.75	15	14	262.0	1.19
46	Erskine Mayer	PHI	2.76	11	6	160.0	1.21
47	Jing Johnson	PHA	2.78	9	12	191.0	1.26
48	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	2.81	6	19	227.1	1.28
49	Allen Sothoron	SLA	2.83	14	19	276.2	1.28
50	BS Bob Steele	PIT +1	2.84	6	14	221.2	1.19

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