2026 AL Earned Run Average Leaders

Earned runs allowed per nine innings

Cam Schlittler leads the AL in earned run average in 2026 with 1.95, 0.45 ahead of Dylan Cease (2.40). The 2026 season is still being played: this is the board through September 27, about 162 games into 162.

Season

League

Qualified players only

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

Showing pitchers with at least 161.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players

Leads the AL in 2026 through September 27 Cam Schlittler New York Yankees

1.95 Earned Run Average 0.45 clear of Dylan Cease

The 2026 Earned Run Average race

Still being run

Cam Schlittler 1.95
Dylan Cease 2.40
Parker Messick 2.56
Drew Rasmussen 2.67
Sonny Gray 2.72

Each line is a season total on every night that player was in the top ten, from March 25 to September 27.

Showing Earned Run Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line

#	Player	Team	ERA	W	L	IP	WHIP
1	Cam Schlittler	NYA	1.95	14	6	193.2	0.92
2	Dylan Cease	TOR	2.40	11	6	169.0	1.10
3	Parker Messick	CLE	2.56	12	9	186.1	1.06
4	Drew Rasmussen	TBA	2.67	16	5	172.0	0.91
5	Sonny Gray	BOS	2.72	18	5	169.0	1.15
6	Nick Martinez	TBA	3.10	15	6	180.0	1.09
7	Michael Wacha	KCA	3.32	9	10	200.2	1.11
8	Sean Burke	CHA	3.34	11	7	172.1	1.20
9	Reid Detmers	LAA	3.36	7	8	185.0	1.04
10	Logan Gilbert	SEA	3.73	12	11	186.0	1.09
11	Taj Bradley	MIN	3.73	12	6	178.1	1.22
12	Gavin Williams	CLE	3.76	14	8	184.1	1.11
13	José Soriano	LAA +1	3.91	12	8	177.1	1.29
14	Bryan Woo	SEA	4.01	12	10	173.0	1.10
15	Framber Valdez	DET	4.03	10	12	174.0	1.36
16	Trevor Rogers	BAL	4.03	10	11	169.2	1.18
17	Shane Baz	BAL	4.11	6	15	179.2	1.35
18	Noah Cameron	KCA	4.11	9	8	177.1	1.23
19	Jacob deGrom	TEX	4.20	11	11	162.2	1.14
20	George Kirby	SEA	4.33	9	11	174.2	1.40
21	Tanner Bibee	CLE	4.36	7	15	188.0	1.22
22	Kevin Gausman	TOR +1	4.51	9	12	177.2	1.27
23	MacKenzie Gore	TEX	4.58	8	11	173.0	1.34
24	Seth Lugo	KCA	5.17	7	9	172.1	1.47