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1979 NL Earned Run Average Leaders

Earned runs allowed per nine innings

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J. R. Richard led the NL in earned run average in 1979 with 2.71, 0.05 ahead of Tom Hume (2.76).

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J. R. Richard Led the NL in 1979 J. R. Richard Houston Astros
2.71 Earned Run Average 0.05 clear of Tom Hume
Showing Earned Run Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team ERA W L IP WHIP
1 J. R. Richard J. R. Richard HOU 2.71 18 13 292.1 1.09
2 Tom Hume Tom Hume CIN 2.76 10 9 163.0 1.20
3 Dan Schatzeder Dan Schatzeder MON 2.83 10 5 162.0 1.20
4 Burt Hooton Burt Hooton LAN 2.97 11 10 212.0 1.20
5 Joe Niekro Joe Niekro HOU 3.00 21 11 263.2 1.24
6 Steve Rogers Steve Rogers MON 3.00 13 12 248.2 1.25
7 Bill Lee Bill Lee MON 3.04 16 10 222.0 1.24
8 Ken Forsch Ken Forsch HOU 3.04 11 6 177.2 1.07
9 Gaylord Perry Gaylord Perry SDN 3.06 12 11 232.2 1.26
10 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver CIN 3.14 16 6 215.0 1.15
11 Bruce Kison PIT 3.19 13 7 172.1 1.17
12 John Candelaria John Candelaria PIT 3.22 14 9 207.0 1.17
13 Silvio Martinez Silvio Martinez SLN 3.27 15 8 206.2 1.31
14 Craig Swan Craig Swan NYN 3.29 14 13 251.1 1.19
15 Bob Shirley Bob Shirley SDN 3.38 8 16 205.0 1.24
16 Phil Niekro Phil Niekro ATL 3.39 21 20 342.0 1.24
17 Joaquin Andujar Joaquin Andujar HOU 3.43 12 12 194.0 1.32
18 Scott Sanderson Scott Sanderson MON 3.43 9 8 168.0 1.20
19 Rick Sutcliffe Rick Sutcliffe LAN 3.46 17 10 242.0 1.30
20 Dennis Lamp Dennis Lamp CHN 3.50 11 10 200.1 1.34
21 Mike LaCoss Mike LaCoss CIN 3.50 14 8 205.2 1.37
22 Pete Vuckovich Pete Vuckovich SLN 3.59 15 10 233.0 1.26
23 Bert Blyleven Bert Blyleven PIT 3.60 12 5 237.1 1.39
24 Rick Reuschel Rick Reuschel CHN 3.62 18 12 239.0 1.36
25 Steve Carlton Steve Carlton PHI 3.62 18 11 251.0 1.16
26 Randy Jones Randy Jones SDN 3.63 11 12 263.0 1.22
27 Fred Norman Fred Norman CIN 3.64 11 13 195.1 1.28
28 Nino Espinosa Nino Espinosa PHI 3.65 14 12 212.0 1.30
29 Randy Lerch Randy Lerch PHI 3.74 10 13 214.0 1.35
30 Bill Bonham Bill Bonham CIN 3.79 9 7 175.2 1.33
31 Don Sutton Don Sutton LAN 3.82 12 15 226.0 1.16
32 Bob Forsch Bob Forsch SLN 3.83 11 11 218.2 1.22
33 Lynn McGlothen Lynn McGlothen CHN 4.12 13 14 212.0 1.37
34 Rick Matula Rick Matula ATL 4.15 8 10 171.1 1.50
35 Pete Falcone Pete Falcone NYN 4.16 6 14 184.0 1.47
36 Eddie Solomon Eddie Solomon ATL 4.21 7 14 186.0 1.26
37 Mike Krukow Mike Krukow CHN 4.21 9 9 164.2 1.54
38 Bob Knepper Bob Knepper SFN 4.64 9 12 207.1 1.53
39 John Denny John Denny SLN 4.85 8 11 206.0 1.49
40 Vida Blue Vida Blue SFN 5.01 14 14 237.0 1.51