2021 MLB Earned Run Average Leaders

Corbin Burnes led all of MLB in earned run average in 2021 with 2.43, 0.03 ahead of Max Scherzer (2.46).

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Led all of MLB in 2021 Corbin Burnes Milwaukee Brewers

2.43 Earned Run Average 0.03 clear of Max Scherzer

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#	Player	Team	ERA	W	L	IP	WHIP
1	Corbin Burnes	MIL	2.43	11	5	167.0	0.94
2	Max Scherzer	WAS +1	2.46	15	4	179.1	0.86
3	Walker Buehler	LAN	2.47	16	4	207.2	0.97
4	Brandon Woodruff	MIL	2.56	9	10	179.1	0.97
5	Zack Wheeler	PHI	2.78	14	10	213.1	1.01
6	Kevin Gausman	SFN	2.81	14	6	192.0	1.04
7	Robbie Ray	TOR	2.84	13	7	193.1	1.05
8	Julio Urias	LAN	2.96	20	3	185.2	1.02
9	Marcus Stroman	NYN	3.02	10	13	179.0	1.15
10	Max Fried	ATL	3.04	14	7	165.2	1.09
11	Adam Wainwright	SLN	3.05	17	7	206.1	1.06
12	Lance McCullers	HOU	3.16	13	5	162.1	1.22
13	Anthony DeSclafani	SFN	3.17	13	7	167.2	1.09
14	Joe Musgrove	SDN	3.18	11	9	181.1	1.08
15	Sandy Alcantara	MIA	3.19	9	15	205.2	1.08
16	Gerrit Cole	NYA	3.23	16	8	181.1	1.06
17	Charlie Morton	ATL	3.34	14	6	185.2	1.05
18	Frankie Montas	OAK	3.37	13	9	187.0	1.18
19	Wade Miley	CIN	3.37	12	7	163.0	1.33
20	Jose Berrios	MIN +1	3.52	12	9	192.0	1.06
21	Lucas Giolito	CHA	3.53	11	9	178.2	1.10
22	Chris Flexen	SEA	3.61	14	6	179.2	1.25
23	Kyle Gibson	TEX +1	3.71	10	9	182.0	1.22
24	TM Tyler Mahle	CIN	3.75	13	6	180.0	1.23
25	Nathan Eovaldi	BOS	3.75	11	9	182.1	1.19
26	Dylan Cease	CHA	3.91	13	7	165.2	1.25
27	Sean Manaea	OAK	3.91	11	10	179.1	1.23
28	Luis Castillo	CIN	3.98	8	16	187.2	1.36
29	Zack Greinke	HOU	4.16	11	6	171.0	1.17
30	Yu Darvish	SDN	4.22	8	11	166.1	1.09
31	Cole Irvin	OAK	4.24	10	15	178.1	1.33
32	Hyun Jin Ryu	TOR	4.37	14	10	169.0	1.23
33	German Marquez	COL	4.40	12	11	180.0	1.27
34	TA Tyler Anderson	PIT +1	4.53	7	11	167.0	1.25
35	Aaron Nola	PHI	4.63	9	9	180.2	1.13
36	Kyle Hendricks	CHN	4.77	14	7	181.0	1.35
37	Jordan Lyles	TEX	5.15	10	13	180.0	1.39
38	Dallas Keuchel	CHA	5.28	9	9	162.0	1.53
39	Patrick Corbin	WAS	5.82	9	16	171.2	1.47