Top 25 Earned Run Average in 1999 in the National League

Earned Run Average : 1999 National League Top 25

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"Although baseball decided to extend the regular season deeper into October to play 162 games (after the 09-11 disaster), why not just play 154? Baseball has dealt with shortened seasons before. (Bud) Selig spoke about the sanctity of playing 162 games, but baseball played 154 games until 1961. Baseball should have just let the games go and continued with the current schedule." - Joe Morgan on ESPN (September 19, 2001)

1999 Earned Run Average Leaders
Top 25 in the National League

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

Randy Johnson 2.48 (2.4847) Arizona Diamondbacks 1

Kevin Millwood 2.68 (2.6842) Atlanta Braves 2

Mike Hampton 2.90 (2.8996) Houston Astros 3

Kevin Brown 3.00 (2.9960) Los Angeles Dodgers 4

John Smoltz 3.19 (3.1878) Atlanta Braves 5

Todd Ritchie 3.49 (3.4923) Pittsburgh Pirates 6

Curt Schilling 3.54 (3.5434) Philadelphia Phillies 7

Greg Maddux 3.57 (3.5699) Atlanta Braves 8

Jose Lima 3.58 (3.5805) Houston Astros 9

Omar Daal 3.65 (3.6475) Arizona Diamondbacks 10

Pete Harnisch 3.68 (3.6756) Cincinnati Reds 11

Andy Ashby 3.80 (3.8010) San Diego Padres 12

Russ Ortiz 3.81 (3.8138) San Francisco Giants 13

Shane Reynolds 3.85 (3.8460) Houston Astros 14

Kent Bottenfield 3.97 (3.9720) St. Louis Cardinals 15

Ismael Valdez 3.98 (3.9836) Los Angeles Dodgers 16

Jon Lieber 4.07 (4.0721) Chicago Cubs 17

Kris Benson 4.07 (4.0729) Pittsburgh Pirates 18

Sterling Hitchcock 4.11 (4.1134) San Diego Padres 19

Tom Glavine 4.12 (4.1154) Atlanta Braves 20

Jason Schmidt 4.19 (4.1896) Pittsburgh Pirates 21

Dustin Hermanson 4.20 (4.2019) Montreal Expos 22

Al Leiter 4.23 (4.2254) New York Mets 23

Darren Oliver 4.26 (4.2632) St. Louis Cardinals 24

Armando Reynoso 4.37 (4.3653) Arizona Diamondbacks 25

Name Earned Run Average Team Rank

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