Daily quiz

1941 AL Earned Run Average Leaders

Earned runs allowed per nine innings

Thornton Lee led the AL in earned run average with 2.37 in 1941, 0.60 ahead of Al Benton (2.97).

Showing pitchers with at least 156.0 innings — the standard 1.0 inning per team game. Show all players

Thornton Lee Led the AL in 1941 Thornton Lee Chicago White Sox
2.37 Earned Run Average 0.60 clear of Al Benton
Showing Earned Run Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team ERA W L IP WHIP
1 Thornton Lee Thornton Lee CHA 2.37 22 11 300.1 1.17
2 Al Benton Al Benton DET 2.97 15 6 157.2 1.24
3 Charlie Wagner Charlie Wagner BOS 3.07 12 8 187.1 1.39
4 Marius Russo Marius Russo NYA 3.09 14 10 209.2 1.34
5 Bob Feller Bob Feller CLE 3.15 25 13 343.0 1.39
6 Eddie Smith Eddie Smith CHA 3.18 13 17 263.1 1.36
7 Spud Chandler Spud Chandler NYA 3.19 10 4 163.2 1.26
8 Mickey Harris Mickey Harris BOS 3.25 8 14 194.0 1.42
9 Dutch Leonard Dutch Leonard WS1 3.45 18 13 256.0 1.27
10 Sid Hudson Sid Hudson WS1 3.46 13 14 249.2 1.36
11 Red Ruffing Red Ruffing NYA 3.54 15 6 185.2 1.24
12 Phil Marchildon Phil Marchildon PHA 3.57 10 15 204.1 1.50
13 Atley Donald Atley Donald NYA 3.57 9 5 159.0 1.32
14 Denny Galehouse Denny Galehouse SLA 3.64 9 10 190.1 1.32
15 Bob Muncrief Bob Muncrief SLA 3.65 13 9 214.1 1.28
16 Ted Lyons Ted Lyons CHA 3.70 12 10 187.1 1.26
17 Lefty Gomez Lefty Gomez NYA 3.74 15 5 156.1 1.62
18 Johnny Niggeling Johnny Niggeling SLA 3.80 7 9 168.1 1.37
19 Al Smith Al Smith CLE 3.83 12 13 206.2 1.35
20 Johnny Rigney Johnny Rigney CHA 3.84 13 13 237.0 1.33
21 Jim Bagby Jim Bagby CLE 4.04 9 15 200.2 1.45
22 Dick Newsome Dick Newsome BOS 4.13 19 10 213.2 1.47
23 Al Milnar Al Milnar CLE 4.36 12 19 229.1 1.53
24 Jack Knott Jack Knott PHA 4.40 13 11 194.1 1.51
25 Johnny Gorsica Johnny Gorsica DET 4.47 9 11 171.0 1.45
26 Bobo Newsom Bobo Newsom DET 4.60 12 20 250.1 1.53
27 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser DET 4.79 9 11 173.0 1.75
28 Ken Chase Ken Chase WS1 5.08 6 18 205.2 1.67
29 Bob Harris SLA 5.21 12 14 186.2 1.73
30 Steve Sundra Steve Sundra WS1 5.29 9 13 168.1 1.57
31 Les McCrabb PHA 5.49 9 13 157.1 1.51
32 Elden Auker Elden Auker SLA 5.50 14 15 216.0 1.63