1879 MLB Earned Run Average Leaders
Earned runs allowed per nine innings
Tommy Bond led all of MLB in earned run average in 1879 with 1.96, 0.03 ahead of Will White (1.99). It was one of 2 times Tommy Bond led in earned run average.
Showing pitchers with at least 84.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players
| # | Player | Team | W | L | ERA | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | HR | BB | SO | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Tommy Bond
|
BSN | 43 | 19 | 1.96 | 64 | 64 | 0 | 555.1 | 543 | 121 | 8 | 24 | 155 | 1.02 |
| 2 |
 Will White
|
CN1 | 43 | 31 | 1.99 | 76 | 75 | 0 | 680.0 | 676 | 150 | 10 | 68 | 232 | 1.09 |
| 3 |
 John Ward
|
PRO | 47 | 19 | 2.15 | 70 | 60 | 1 | 587.0 | 571 | 140 | 5 | 36 | 239 | 1.03 |
| 4 | Harry Salisbury | TRN | 4 | 6 | 2.22 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 89.0 | 103 | 22 | 0 | 11 | 31 | 1.28 |
| 5 |
 Pud Galvin
|
BFN | 37 | 27 | 2.28 | 66 | 66 | 0 | 593.0 | 585 | 150 | 3 | 31 | 136 | 1.04 |
| 6 |
 Bobby Mathews
|
PRO | 12 | 6 | 2.29 | 27 | 25 | 1 | 189.0 | 194 | 48 | 4 | 26 | 90 | 1.16 |
| 7 |
 Jim McCormick
|
CL2 | 20 | 40 | 2.42 | 62 | 60 | 0 | 546.1 | 582 | 147 | 3 | 74 | 197 | 1.20 |
| 8 |
 Terry Larkin
|
CHN | 31 | 23 | 2.44 | 58 | 58 | 0 | 513.1 | 514 | 139 | 5 | 30 | 142 | 1.06 |
| 9 |
 Frank Hankinson
|
CHN | 15 | 10 | 2.50 | 26 | 25 | 0 | 230.2 | 248 | 64 | 0 | 27 | 69 | 1.19 |
| 10 |
 Curry Foley
|
BSN | 9 | 9 | 2.51 | 21 | 16 | 0 | 161.2 | 175 | 45 | 1 | 15 | 57 | 1.18 |
| 11 | Bill McGunnigle | BFN | 9 | 5 | 2.62 | 14 | 13 | 0 | 120.0 | 113 | 35 | 0 | 16 | 62 | 1.08 |
| 12 |
 George Bradley
|
TRN | 13 | 40 | 2.85 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 487.0 | 590 | 154 | 12 | 26 | 133 | 1.27 |
| 13 | Harry McCormick | SR1 | 18 | 33 | 2.99 | 54 | 54 | 0 | 457.1 | 517 | 152 | 3 | 31 | 96 | 1.20 |
| 14 | Bobby Mitchell | CL2 | 7 | 15 | 3.28 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 194.2 | 236 | 71 | 1 | 42 | 90 | 1.43 |
| 15 |
 Blondie Purcell
|
SR1 +1 | 4 | 17 | 3.78 | 24 | 19 | 0 | 197.2 | 272 | 83 | 1 | 21 | 31 | 1.48 |