1898 NL Earned Run Average Leaders

Clark Griffith led the NL in earned run average with 1.88 in 1898, 0.22 ahead of Al Maul (2.10).

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Led the NL in 1898 Clark Griffith Chicago Orphans

1.88 Earned Run Average 0.22 clear of Al Maul

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#	Player	Team	ERA	W	L	IP	WHIP
1	Clark Griffith	CHN	1.88	24	10	325.2	1.13
2	Al Maul	BLN	2.10	20	7	239.2	1.07
3	Kid Nichols	BSN	2.13	31	12	388.0	1.03
4	James McJames	BLN	2.36	27	15	374.0	1.18
5	Jimmy Callahan	CHN	2.46	20	10	274.1	1.23
6	Cy Young	CL4	2.53	25	13	377.2	1.13
7	Vic Willis	BSN	2.84	25	13	311.0	1.32
8	Ted Lewis	BSN	2.90	26	8	313.1	1.20
9	JT Jesse Tannehill	PIT	2.95	25	13	326.2	1.23
10	Jack Powell	CL4	3.00	23	15	342.0	1.29
11	Al Orth	PHI	3.02	15	13	250.0	1.37
12	Amos Rusie	NY1	3.03	20	11	300.0	1.30
13	Frank Dwyer	CIN	3.04	16	10	240.0	1.25
14	WW Walt Woods	CHN	3.14	9	13	215.0	1.32
15	Bert Cunningham	LS3	3.16	28	15	362.0	1.25
16	Cy Seymour	NY1	3.18	25	19	356.2	1.47
17	Wiley Piatt	PHI	3.18	24	14	306.0	1.25
18	Jay Hughes	BLN	3.20	23	12	300.2	1.22
19	JG Jim Gardner	PIT	3.21	10	13	185.1	1.22
20	JF Jack Fifield	PHI	3.31	11	9	171.1	1.34
21	WT Walter Thornton	CHN	3.34	13	10	215.1	1.31
22	Pink Hawley	CIN	3.37	27	11	331.0	1.35
23	Brickyard Kennedy	BRO	3.37	16	22	339.1	1.42
24	Theodore Breitenstein	CIN	3.42	20	14	315.2	1.38
25	Billy Rhines	PIT	3.52	12	16	258.0	1.36
26	Red Donahue	PHI	3.55	16	17	284.1	1.43
27	JN Jerry Nops	BLN	3.56	16	9	235.0	1.36
28	Jack Dunn	BRO	3.60	16	21	322.2	1.35
29	Zeke Wilson	CL4	3.60	13	18	254.2	1.41
30	BD Bill Dammann	CIN	3.61	16	10	224.2	1.53
31	Joe Yeager	BRO	3.65	12	22	291.1	1.42
32	Frank Killen	PIT +1	3.68	16	20	306.0	1.37
33	Ed Doheny	NY1	3.68	7	19	213.0	1.59
34	Jouett Meekin	NY1	3.77	16	18	320.0	1.37
35	FK Fred Klobedanz	BSN	3.89	19	10	270.2	1.40
36	JT Jack Taylor	SLN	3.90	15	29	397.1	1.38
37	Jim Hughey	SLN	3.93	7	24	283.2	1.40
38	BH Bill Hill	CIN	3.98	13	14	262.0	1.45
39	Bill Dinneen	WAS	4.00	9	16	218.1	1.49
40	Bill Magee	LS3	4.05	16	15	295.1	1.43
41	PD Pete Dowling	LS3	4.16	13	20	285.2	1.41
42	Willie Sudhoff	SLN	4.34	11	27	315.0	1.45
43	Gus Weyhing	WAS	4.51	15	26	361.0	1.42
44	Win Mercer	WAS	4.81	12	18	233.2	1.63
45	RM Ralph Miller	BRO	5.34	4	14	151.2	1.63
46	Chick Fraser	LS3 +1	5.36	9	20	245.0	1.60