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1979 AL Earned Run Average Leaders

Earned runs allowed per nine innings

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Ron Guidry led the AL in earned run average in 1979 with 2.78, 0.18 ahead of Tommy John (2.96). It was one of 2 times Ron Guidry led in earned run average.

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Ron Guidry Led the AL in 1979 Ron Guidry New York Yankees
2.78 Earned Run Average 0.18 clear of Tommy John
Showing Earned Run Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team ERA W L IP WHIP
1 Ron Guidry Ron Guidry NYA 2.78 18 8 236.1 1.16
2 Tommy John Tommy John NYA 2.96 21 9 276.1 1.21
3 Dennis Eckersley Dennis Eckersley BOS 2.99 17 10 246.2 1.19
4 Mike Flanagan Mike Flanagan BAL 3.08 23 9 265.2 1.19
5 Jack Morris Jack Morris DET 3.28 17 7 197.2 1.20
6 Mike Caldwell Mike Caldwell ML4 3.29 16 6 235.0 1.24
7 Scott McGregor Scott McGregor BAL 3.35 13 6 174.2 1.08
8 Jerry Koosman Jerry Koosman MIN 3.38 20 13 263.2 1.33
9 Ross Baumgarten Ross Baumgarten CHA 3.54 13 8 190.2 1.35
10 Dave Frost Dave Frost CAL 3.57 16 10 239.1 1.27
11 Geoff Zahn Geoff Zahn MIN 3.57 13 7 169.0 1.31
12 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan CAL 3.60 16 14 222.2 1.27
13 Jim Slaton Jim Slaton ML4 3.63 15 9 213.0 1.33
14 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez BAL 3.66 15 16 292.1 1.22
15 Steve Comer Steve Comer TEX 3.68 17 12 242.1 1.30
16 Tom Underwood Tom Underwood TOR 3.69 9 16 227.0 1.36
17 Rick Wise Rick Wise CLE 3.73 15 10 231.2 1.28
18 Ken Kravec CHA 3.74 15 13 250.0 1.28
19 Mike Parrott Mike Parrott SEA 3.77 14 12 229.1 1.38
20 Steve Stone Steve Stone BAL 3.77 11 7 186.0 1.32
21 Bill Travers Bill Travers ML4 3.89 14 8 187.1 1.29
22 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant NYA 3.91 13 8 195.2 1.24
23 Lary Sorensen Lary Sorensen ML4 3.98 15 14 235.1 1.24
24 Bob Stanley Bob Stanley BOS 3.99 16 12 216.2 1.36
25 Rick Honeycutt SEA 4.04 11 12 194.0 1.38
26 Floyd Bannister Floyd Bannister SEA 4.05 10 15 182.1 1.39
27 Fergie Jenkins Fergie Jenkins TEX 4.07 16 14 259.0 1.29
28 Dennis Leonard Dennis Leonard KCA 4.08 14 12 236.0 1.19
29 Steve Renko Steve Renko BOS 4.11 11 9 171.0 1.33
30 Dave Goltz Dave Goltz MIN 4.16 14 13 250.2 1.40
31 Jim Barr Jim Barr CAL 4.20 10 12 197.0 1.38
32 Steve McCatty Steve McCatty OAK 4.22 11 12 185.2 1.55
33 Paul Splittorff Paul Splittorff KCA 4.24 15 17 240.0 1.35
34 Rick Langford Rick Langford OAK 4.28 12 16 218.2 1.33
35 Milt Wilcox DET 4.35 12 10 196.1 1.40
36 Rick Waits Rick Waits CLE 4.44 16 13 231.0 1.39
37 Larry Gura KCA 4.47 13 12 233.2 1.28
38 Mike Torrez Mike Torrez BOS 4.49 16 13 252.1 1.49
39 John Henry Johnson John Henry Johnson TEX +1 4.63 4 14 167.0 1.44
40 Moose Haas Moose Haas ML4 4.78 11 11 184.2 1.39
41 Don Aase Don Aase CAL 4.81 9 10 185.1 1.49
42 Rich Wortham CHA 4.90 14 14 204.0 1.45
43 Matt Keough Matt Keough OAK 5.04 2 17 176.2 1.69
44 Paul Hartzell Paul Hartzell MIN 5.36 6 10 163.0 1.45
45 Rich Gale Rich Gale KCA 5.65 9 10 181.2 1.63
46 Phil Huffman TOR 5.77 6 18 173.0 1.66