2008 MLB Earned Run Average Leaders

Johan Santana led all of MLB in earned run average in 2008 with 2.53, 0.01 ahead of Cliff Lee (2.54). It was one of 3 times Johan Santana led in earned run average.

Showing pitchers with at least 162.0 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	Johan Santana	NYN	16	7	2.53	34	34	0	234.1	206	66	23	63	206	1.15
2	Cliff Lee	CLE	22	3	2.54	31	31	0	223.1	214	63	12	34	170	1.11
3	Tim Lincecum	SFN	18	5	2.62	34	33	0	227.0	182	66	11	84	265	1.17
4	CC Sabathia	CLE +1	17	10	2.70	35	35	0	253.0	223	76	19	59	251	1.12
5	Roy Halladay	TOR	20	11	2.78	34	33	0	246.0	220	76	18	39	206	1.05
6	Jake Peavy	SDN	10	11	2.85	27	27	0	173.2	146	55	17	59	166	1.18
7	Daisuke Matsuzaka	BOS	18	3	2.90	29	29	0	167.2	128	54	12	94	154	1.32
8	Ryan Dempster	CHN	17	6	2.96	33	33	0	206.2	174	68	14	76	187	1.21
9	Cole Hamels	PHI	14	10	3.09	33	33	0	227.1	193	78	28	53	196	1.08
10	Ben Sheets	MIL	13	9	3.09	31	31	0	198.1	181	68	17	47	158	1.15
11	Chad Billingsley	LAN	16	10	3.14	35	32	0	200.2	188	70	14	80	201	1.34
12	Jon Lester	BOS	16	6	3.21	33	33	0	210.1	202	75	14	66	152	1.27
13	Edinson Volquez	CIN	17	6	3.21	33	32	0	196.0	167	70	14	93	206	1.33
14	Derek Lowe	LAN	14	11	3.24	34	34	0	211.0	194	76	14	45	147	1.13
15	Brandon Webb	ARI	22	7	3.30	34	34	0	226.2	206	83	13	65	183	1.20
16	John Danks	CHA	12	9	3.32	33	33	0	195.0	182	72	15	57	159	1.23
17	Dan Haren	ARI	16	8	3.33	33	33	0	216.0	204	80	19	40	206	1.13
18	Mike Mussina	NYA	20	9	3.37	34	34	0	200.1	214	75	17	31	150	1.22
19	Joe Saunders	LAA	17	7	3.41	31	31	0	198.0	187	75	21	53	103	1.21
20	Felix Hernandez	SEA	9	11	3.45	31	31	0	200.2	198	77	17	80	175	1.39
21	Scott Baker	MIN	11	4	3.45	28	28	0	172.1	161	66	20	42	141	1.18
22	Zack Greinke	KCA	13	10	3.47	32	32	0	202.1	202	78	21	56	183	1.28
23	Ervin Santana	LAA	16	7	3.49	32	32	0	219.0	198	85	23	47	214	1.12
24	Ricky Nolasco	FLO	15	8	3.52	34	32	0	212.1	192	83	28	42	186	1.10
25	Roy Oswalt	HOU	17	10	3.54	32	32	0	208.2	199	82	23	47	165	1.18
26	James Shields	TBA	14	8	3.56	33	33	0	215.0	208	85	24	40	160	1.15
27	Jesse Litsch	TOR	13	9	3.58	29	28	0	176.0	178	70	20	39	99	1.23
28	Jeremy Guthrie	BAL	10	12	3.63	30	30	0	190.2	176	77	24	58	120	1.23
29	Jair Jurrjens	ATL	13	10	3.68	31	31	0	188.1	188	77	11	70	139	1.37
30	Matt Garza	TBA	11	9	3.70	30	30	0	184.2	170	76	19	59	128	1.24
31	Jamie Moyer	PHI	16	7	3.71	33	33	0	196.1	199	81	20	62	123	1.33
32	Todd Wellemeyer	SLN	13	9	3.71	32	32	0	191.2	178	79	25	62	134	1.25
33	Paul Maholm	PIT	9	9	3.71	31	31	0	206.1	201	85	21	63	139	1.28
34	Mike Pelfrey	NYN	13	11	3.72	32	32	0	200.2	209	83	12	64	110	1.36
35	Hiroki Kuroda	LAN	9	10	3.73	31	31	0	183.1	181	76	13	42	116	1.22
36	Armando Galarraga	DET	13	7	3.73	30	28	0	178.2	152	74	28	61	126	1.19
37	John Lackey	LAA	12	5	3.75	24	24	0	163.1	161	68	26	40	130	1.23
38	Matt Cain	SFN	8	14	3.76	34	34	0	217.2	206	91	19	91	186	1.36
39	Kyle Lohse	SLN	15	6	3.78	33	33	0	200.0	211	84	18	49	119	1.30
40	Mark Buehrle	CHA	15	12	3.79	34	34	0	218.2	240	92	22	52	140	1.34
41	Gavin Floyd	CHA	17	8	3.84	33	33	0	206.1	190	88	30	70	145	1.26
42	John Lannan	WAS	9	15	3.91	31	31	0	182.0	172	79	23	72	117	1.34
43	Randy Johnson	ARI	11	10	3.91	30	30	0	184.0	184	80	24	44	173	1.24
44	Carlos Zambrano	CHN	14	6	3.91	30	30	0	188.2	172	82	18	72	130	1.29
45	Aaron Cook	COL	16	9	3.96	32	32	0	211.1	236	93	13	48	96	1.34
46	Gil Meche	KCA	14	11	3.98	34	34	0	210.1	204	93	19	73	183	1.32
47	Ubaldo Jimenez	COL	12	12	3.99	34	34	0	198.2	182	88	11	103	172	1.44
48	Josh Beckett	BOS	12	10	4.03	27	27	0	174.1	173	78	18	34	172	1.19
49	Nick Blackburn	MIN	11	11	4.05	33	33	0	193.1	224	87	23	39	96	1.36
50	A. J. Burnett	TOR	18	10	4.07	35	34	0	221.1	211	100	19	86	231	1.34

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