1917 NL Earned Run Average Leaders

Fred Anderson led the NL in earned run average with 1.44 in 1917, 0.39 ahead of Pete Alexander (1.83).

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Led the NL in 1917 Fred Anderson New York Giants

1.44 Earned Run Average 0.39 clear of Pete Alexander

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#	Player	Team	ERA	W	L	IP	WHIP
1	Fred Anderson	NY1	1.44	8	8	162.0	0.96
2	Pete Alexander	PHI	1.83	30	13	388.0	1.01
3	Pol Perritt	NY1	1.88	17	7	215.0	1.07
4	Ferdie Schupp	NY1	1.95	21	7	272.0	1.00
5	Hippo Vaughn	CHN	2.01	23	13	295.2	1.17
6	Pete Schneider	CIN	2.10	20	19	333.2	1.28
7	Art Nehf	BSN	2.16	17	8	233.1	1.01
8	Slim Sallee	NY1	2.17	18	7	215.2	1.08
9	Fred Toney	CIN	2.20	24	16	339.2	1.11
10	Jeff Pfeffer	BRO	2.23	11	15	266.0	1.09
11	Eppa Rixey	PHI	2.27	16	21	281.1	1.12
12	Larry Cheney	BRO	2.35	8	12	210.1	1.23
13	Wilbur Cooper	PIT	2.36	17	11	297.2	1.11
14	Leon Cadore	BRO	2.45	13	13	264.0	1.11
15	Lefty Tyler	BSN	2.52	14	12	239.0	1.21
16	Phil Douglas	CHN	2.55	14	20	293.1	1.09
17	Rube Marquard	BRO	2.55	19	12	232.2	1.12
18	Al Demaree	CHN +1	2.58	9	14	219.2	1.13
19	Claude Hendrix	CHN	2.60	10	12	215.0	1.27
20	Jesse Barnes	BSN	2.68	13	21	295.0	1.05
21	Red Ames	SLN	2.71	15	10	209.0	1.18
22	Mike Regan	CIN	2.71	11	10	216.0	1.25
23	Rube Benton	NY1	2.72	15	9	215.0	1.07
24	Joe Oeschger	PHI	2.75	15	14	262.0	1.19
25	Erskine Mayer	PHI	2.76	11	6	160.0	1.21
26	Elmer Jacobs	PIT	2.81	6	19	227.1	1.28
27	BS Bob Steele	PIT +1	2.84	6	14	221.2	1.19
28	Hal Carlson	PIT	2.90	7	11	161.1	1.17
29	Lee Meadows	SLN	3.08	15	9	265.2	1.29
30	Jeff Tesreau	NY1	3.09	13	8	183.2	1.23
31	Bill Doak	SLN	3.10	16	20	281.1	1.22
32	FM Frank Miller	PIT	3.13	10	19	224.0	1.23
33	Clarence Mitchell	CIN	3.22	9	15	159.1	1.26
34	Sherry Smith	BRO	3.32	12	12	211.1	1.24
35	Dick Rudolph	BSN	3.41	13	13	242.2	1.26
36	MW Milt Watson	SLN	3.51	10	13	161.1	1.24
37	Burleigh Grimes	PIT	3.53	3	16	194.0	1.32