Earned Run Average : 1909 National League Top 25

Finding the American or National League leader in virtually every hitting & pitching statistic is easy-to-do. Finding the top 25 players during any given season is far more challenging. Baseball Almanac has taken away that difficult problem and is pleased to present the data you requested:

"Maybe I missed my routine and my game so much that I was trying to rationalize reasons for getting it back. I wanted those 162 games. I wanted all the suspense of the playoff and home run races. And I honestly didn't believe baseball would bend far enough to allow the possibility of games in November. I was wrong. And baseball was right." - Paul White in USA Today Baseball Weekly (September 14, 2001)
 

1909 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Christy Mathewson 1.14 (1.1441) New York Giants 1
Mordecai Brown 1.31 (1.3132) Chicago Cubs 2
Orval Overall 1.42 (1.4211) Chicago Cubs 3
Howie Camnitz 1.62 (1.6219) Pittsburgh Pirates 4
Ed Reulbach 1.78 (1.7817) Chicago Cubs 5
Art Fromme 1.90 (1.9010) Cincinnati Reds 6
Hooks Wiltse 2.01 (2.0050) New York Giants 7
Harry Gaspar 2.01 (2.0077) Cincinnati Reds 8
Earl Moore 2.10 (2.1023) Philadelphia Phillies 9
Frank Corridon 2.11 (2.1053) Philadelphia Phillies 10
George McQuillan 2.14 (2.1440) Philadelphia Phillies 11
Nick Maddox 2.21 (2.2131) Pittsburgh Pirates 12
Vic Willis 2.24 (2.2371) Pittsburgh Pirates 13
Nap Rucker 2.24 (2.2403) Brooklyn Superbas 14
Lew Richie 2.24 (2.2415) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Boston Doves  
Lefty Leifield 2.37 (2.3653) Pittsburgh Pirates 16
Slim Sallee 2.42 (2.4247) St. Louis Cardinals 17
Jack Pfiester 2.43 (2.4254) Chicago Cubs 18
Bob Ewing 2.43 (2.4321) Cincinnati Reds 19
Bugs Raymond 2.47 (2.4667) New York Giants 20
Rube Marquard 2.60 (2.6012) New York Giants 21
Lew Moren 2.65 (2.6546) Philadelphia Phillies 22
Red Ames 2.69 (2.6926) New York Giants 23
George Bell 2.71 (2.7070) Brooklyn Superbas 24
Jack Rowan 2.79 (2.7917) Cincinnati Reds 25



The first player from the Angels franchise (they were the California Angels at the time) to wear the number twenty-five was Bob Perry.

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