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Detroit Tigers Earned Run Average Leaders

Career totals with the Tigers and the best single seasons in club history. Includes the 2026 season through September 16: these records are rebuilt every night, so a mark set yesterday is here this morning.

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Harry Coveleski holds the Tigers career record with 2.34 earned run average. The single-season record is 1.64, by Ed Summers in 1908.

ERA W SO SV WHIP IP K/9 BB/9 K/BB SHO CG GS G L BB W-L%

Rate records use the league's own minimums: a season needs the standard 1.0 inning per team game with the club, a career 1,000+ innings pitched with the club.

All-time Tigers leaders

Career totals with the club
# Player With the club ERA G
1 Harry Coveleski Harry Coveleski 1914–1918 2.34 157
2 Ed Killian Ed Killian 1904–1910 2.38 205
3 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 1903–1918 2.49 261
4 Ed Siever Ed Siever 1901–1908 2.61 143
5 George Mullin George Mullin 1902–1913 2.76 435
6 John Hiller John Hiller 1965–1980 2.83 545
7 Ed Willett Ed Willett 1906–1913 2.89 230
8 Jean Dubuc Jean Dubuc 1912–1916 3.06 184
9 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1939–1953 3.07 460
10 Bernie Boland Bernie Boland 1915–1920 3.09 202
11 Denny McLain Denny McLain 1963–1970 3.13 227
12 Dizzy Trout Dizzy Trout 1939–1952 3.20 493
13 Hank Aguirre Hank Aguirre 1958–1967 3.29 334
14 Hooks Dauss 1912–1926 3.30 538
15 Dave Rozema Dave Rozema 1977–1984 3.38 208
16 Jim Bunning Jim Bunning 1955–1963 3.45 304
16 Mickey Lolich Mickey Lolich 1963–1975 3.45 508
18 Al Benton 1938–1948 3.46 296
18 Frank Lary Frank Lary 1954–1964 3.46 304
20 Virgil Trucks Virgil Trucks 1941–1956 3.50 316
21 Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 2005–2026 3.51 381
22 Max Scherzer Max Scherzer 2010–2014 3.52 161
23 Tommy Bridges Tommy Bridges 1930–1946 3.57 424
24 Howard Ehmke Howard Ehmke 1916–1922 3.61 186
25 Fred Hutchinson Fred Hutchinson 1939–1953 3.73 242

Single-season Tigers records

Best seasons in club history
# Player Season ERA G
1 Ed Summers Ed Summers 1908 1.64 40
2 Ed Killian Ed Killian 1909 1.71 25
3 Ed Killian Ed Killian 1907 1.78 42
4 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1945 1.81 40
5 Ed Siever Ed Siever 1902 1.91 25
6 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1946 1.94 37
7 Denny McLain Denny McLain 1968 1.96 41
8 Harry Coveleski Harry Coveleski 1916 1.97 44
9 Al Benton 1945 2.02 31
10 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 1908 2.08 29
11 Bill James Bill James 1917 2.09 34
12 Dizzy Trout Dizzy Trout 1944 2.12 49
13 Ed Siever Ed Siever 1907 2.16 39
14 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 1907 2.19 32
14 Willie Mitchell Willie Mitchell 1917 2.19 30
16 Hank Aguirre Hank Aguirre 1962 2.21 42
16 Tarik Skubal Tarik Skubal 2025 2.21 31
18 George Mullin George Mullin 1909 2.22 40
18 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 1944 2.22 47
20 Ed Summers Ed Summers 1909 2.24 35
21 George Mullin George Mullin 1903 2.25 41
22 Ed Killian Ed Killian 1905 2.27 39
23 Ed Willett Ed Willett 1908 2.28 30
24 Bill Donovan Bill Donovan 1903 2.29 35
25 Mark Fidrych Mark Fidrych 1976 2.34 31