Earned Run Average : 1963 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)
 

1963 Earned Run Average Leaders

Top 25 in the National League

Sandy Koufax 1.88 (1.8810) Los Angeles Dodgers 1
Dick Ellsworth 2.11 (2.1055) Chicago Cubs 2
Bob Friend 2.34 (2.3449) Pittsburgh Pirates 3
Juan Marichal 2.41 (2.4087) San Francisco Giants 4
Curt Simmons 2.48 (2.4756) St. Louis Cardinals 5
Larry Jackson 2.55 (2.5527) Chicago Cubs 6
Warren Spahn 2.60 (2.5995) Milwaukee Braves 7
Joe Nuxhall 2.61 (2.6089) Cincinnati Reds 8
Don Drysdale 2.63 (2.6258) Los Angeles Dodgers 9
Ken Johnson 2.65 (2.6518) Houston Colt .45s 10
Jim Maloney 2.77 (2.7683) Cincinnati Reds 11
Jim O'Toole 2.88 (2.8805) Cincinnati Reds 12
Bob Miller 2.89 (2.8877) Los Angeles Dodgers 13
Chris Short 2.95 (2.9545) Philadelphia Phillies 14
Ray Culp 2.97 (2.9656) Philadelphia Phillies 15
Ernie Broglio 2.99 (2.9880) St. Louis Cardinals 16
Turk Farrell 3.02 (3.0247) Houston Colt .45s 17
Denny Lemaster 3.04 (3.0380) Milwaukee Braves 18
Don Cardwell 3.07 (3.0749) Pittsburgh Pirates 19
Carl Willey 3.10 (3.0984) New York Mets 20
John Tsitouris 3.16 (3.1571) Cincinnati Reds 21
Billy O'Dell 3.16 (3.1574) San Francisco Giants 22
Don Nottebart 3.17 (3.1710) Houston Colt .45s 23
Cal McLish 3.26 (3.2623) Philadelphia Phillies 24
Don Schwall 3.33 (3.3280) Pittsburgh Pirates 25



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