1951 NL Earned Run Average Leaders

Chet Nichols led the NL in earned run average in 1951 with 2.88, 0.05 ahead of Sal Maglie (2.93).

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Led the NL in 1951 Chet Nichols Boston Braves

2.88 Earned Run Average 0.05 clear of Sal Maglie

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#	Player	Team	ERA	W	L	IP	WHIP
1	Chet Nichols	BSN	2.88	11	8	156.0	1.35
2	Sal Maglie	NY1	2.93	23	6	298.0	1.14
3	Warren Spahn	BSN	2.98	22	14	310.2	1.25
4	Robin Roberts	PHI	3.03	21	15	315.0	1.10
5	Larry Jansen	NY1	3.04	23	11	278.2	1.11
6	Preacher Roe	BRO	3.04	22	3	257.2	1.21
7	Vern Bickford	BSN	3.12	11	9	164.2	1.35
8	Ralph Branca	BRO	3.26	13	12	204.0	1.30
9	Max Lanier	SLN	3.26	11	9	160.0	1.24
10	Don Newcombe	BRO	3.28	20	9	272.0	1.20
11	Ken Raffensberger	CIN	3.44	16	17	248.2	1.09
12	Ewell Blackwell	CIN	3.44	16	15	232.2	1.29
13	Russ Meyer	PHI	3.48	8	9	168.0	1.35
14	Bubba Church	PHI	3.53	15	11	247.0	1.36
15	Jim Hearn	NY1	3.62	17	9	211.1	1.35
16	Herm Wehmeier	CIN	3.70	7	10	184.2	1.39
17	Paul Minner	CHN	3.79	6	17	201.2	1.40
18	Gerry Staley	SLN	3.81	19	13	227.0	1.40
19	Howie Fox	CIN	3.83	9	14	228.0	1.35
20	Bob Rush	CHN	3.83	11	12	211.1	1.32
21	Max Surkont	BSN	3.99	12	16	237.0	1.35
22	Murry Dickson	PIT	4.02	20	16	288.2	1.37
23	WR Willie Ramsdell	CIN	4.04	9	17	196.0	1.40
24	Johnny Sain	BSN +1	4.20	7	14	197.1	1.46
25	Cliff Chambers	SLN +1	4.38	14	12	189.0	1.43
26	Tom Poholsky	SLN	4.43	7	13	195.0	1.39
27	Mel Queen	PIT	4.44	7	9	168.1	1.47
28	Carl Erskine	BRO	4.46	16	12	189.2	1.50