Earned Run Average : 1900 National League Top 25

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1900 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Rube Waddell 2.37 (2.3722) Pittsburgh Pirates 1
Ned Garvin 2.41 (2.4114) Chicago Orphans 2
Jack Taylor 2.55 (2.5502) Chicago Orphans 3
Sam Leever 2.71 (2.7077) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Willie Sudhoff 2.76 (2.7638) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Deacon Phillippe 2.84 (2.8387) Pittsburgh Pirates 6
Jesse Tannehill 2.88 (2.8846) Pittsburgh Pirates 7
Joe McGinnity 2.94 (2.9388) Brooklyn Superbas 8
Cy Young 3.00 (2.9969) St. Louis Cardinals 9
Clark Griffith 3.05 (3.0484) Chicago Orphans 10
Kid Nichols 3.07 (3.0735) Boston Beaneaters 11
Bill Dinneen 3.12 (3.1154) Boston Beaneaters 12
Chick Fraser 3.14 (3.1433) Philadelphia Phillies 13
Noodles Hahn 3.27 (3.2666) Cincinnati Reds 14
Pink Hawley 3.53 (3.5253) New York Giants 15
Bill Carrick 3.53 (3.5298) New York Giants 16
Cowboy Jones 3.57 (3.5672) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Red Donahue 3.60 (3.6000) Philadelphia Phillies 18
Ted Breitenstein 3.65 (3.6499) Cincinnati Reds 19
Jack Chesbro 3.67 (3.6723) Pittsburgh Pirates 20
Al Orth 3.78 (3.7786) Philadelphia Phillies 21
Nixey Callahan 3.82 (3.8166) Chicago Orphans 22
Win Mercer 3.86 (3.8571) New York Giants 23
Ed Scott 3.86 (3.8571) Cincinnati Reds  
Brickyard Kennedy 3.91 (3.9144) Brooklyn Superbas 25



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