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1955 AL Earned Run Average Leaders

Earned runs allowed per nine innings

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Billy Pierce led the AL in earned run average with 1.97 in 1955, 0.66 ahead of Whitey Ford (2.63).

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Billy Pierce Led the AL in 1955 Billy Pierce Chicago White Sox
1.97 Earned Run Average 0.66 clear of Whitey Ford
Showing Earned Run Average and the stats that give it context Full stat line
# Player Team ERA W L IP WHIP
1 Billy Pierce Billy Pierce CHA 1.97 15 10 205.2 1.10
2 Whitey Ford Whitey Ford NYA 2.63 18 7 253.2 1.19
3 Early Wynn Early Wynn CLE 2.82 17 11 230.0 1.25
4 Herb Score Herb Score CLE 2.85 16 10 227.1 1.37
5 Frank Sullivan Frank Sullivan BOS 2.91 18 13 260.0 1.29
6 Billy Hoeft Billy Hoeft DET 2.99 16 7 220.0 1.19
7 Bob Turley Bob Turley NYA 3.06 17 13 246.2 1.40
8 Frank Lary Frank Lary DET 3.10 14 15 235.0 1.37
9 Tommy Byrne Tommy Byrne NYA 3.15 16 5 160.0 1.40
10 Dick Donovan Dick Donovan CHA 3.32 15 9 187.0 1.25
11 Jack Harshman Jack Harshman CHA 3.36 11 7 179.1 1.34
12 Jim Wilson Jim Wilson BAL 3.44 12 18 235.1 1.22
13 Johnny Schmitz Johnny Schmitz WS1 3.71 7 10 165.0 1.46
14 Mickey McDermott Mickey McDermott WS1 3.75 10 10 156.0 1.54
15 Bob Lemon Bob Lemon CLE 3.88 18 10 211.1 1.38
16 Virgil Trucks Virgil Trucks CHA 3.96 13 8 175.0 1.35
17 Ned Garver Ned Garver DET 3.98 12 16 230.2 1.38
18 Steve Gromek Steve Gromek DET 3.98 13 10 181.0 1.22
19 Mike Garcia Mike Garcia CLE 4.02 11 13 210.2 1.36
20 Willard Nixon Willard Nixon BOS 4.07 12 10 208.0 1.40
21 Erv Palica Erv Palica BAL 4.14 5 11 169.2 1.46
22 Dean Stone WS1 4.15 6 13 180.0 1.63
23 Tom Brewer Tom Brewer BOS 4.20 11 10 192.2 1.48
24 Alex Kellner KC1 4.20 11 8 162.2 1.38
25 Bob Porterfield Bob Porterfield WS1 4.45 10 17 178.0 1.41
26 Harry Byrd Harry Byrd CHA +1 4.61 7 8 156.1 1.32
27 Art Ditmar Art Ditmar KC1 5.03 12 12 175.1 1.52