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1885 NL Earned Run Average Leaders

Earned runs allowed per nine innings

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Tim Keefe led the NL in earned run average with 1.57 in 1885, 0.09 ahead of Mickey Welch (1.66). It was one of 3 times Tim Keefe led in earned run average.

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Tim Keefe Led the NL in 1885 Tim Keefe New York Giants
1.57 Earned Run Average 0.09 clear of Mickey Welch
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# Player Team ERA W L IP WHIP
1 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe NY1 1.57 32 13 400.0 1.01
2 Mickey Welch Mickey Welch NY1 1.66 44 11 492.0 1.02
3 John Clarkson John Clarkson CHN 1.85 53 16 623.0 0.95
4 Lady Baldwin Lady Baldwin DTN 1.86 11 9 179.1 0.92
5 Old Hoss Radbourn Old Hoss Radbourn PRO 2.20 28 21 445.2 1.14
6 Ed Daily Ed Daily PHI 2.21 26 23 440.0 1.05
7 Charlie Ferguson Charlie Ferguson PHI 2.22 26 20 405.0 1.05
8 Jim McCormick Jim McCormick CHN +1 2.43 21 7 252.0 1.12
9 Dupee Shaw PRO 2.57 23 26 399.2 1.11
10 Henry Boyle Henry Boyle SL5 2.75 16 24 366.2 1.22
11 Bill Vinton Bill Vinton PHI +1 2.80 7 9 132.0 1.32
12 Charlie Buffinton Charlie Buffinton BSN 2.88 22 27 434.1 1.24
13 Jim Whitney Jim Whitney BSN 2.98 18 32 441.1 1.22
14 Pretzels Getzien Pretzels Getzien DTN 3.03 12 25 330.0 1.37
15 George Weidman George Weidman DTN 3.14 14 24 330.0 1.23
16 John Kirby John Kirby SL5 3.55 5 8 129.1 1.25
17 Charlie Sweeney Charlie Sweeney SL5 3.93 11 21 275.0 1.19
18 Pud Galvin Pud Galvin BFN +1 3.99 16 26 372.1 1.33
19 Billy Serad Billy Serad BFN 4.10 7 21 241.1 1.57
20 Pete Wood Pete Wood BFN 4.44 8 15 198.2 1.52
21 Pete Conway Pete Conway BFN 4.67 10 17 210.0 1.43