League Leaders Who Led?

Most MLB Earned Run Average Titles

Every player who has led his league in earned run average, ranked by how many times. Seasons 1871–2025.

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Lefty Grove has led MLB in earned run average 9 times, more than anyone else. His titles run from 1926 to 1939.

ERAWSOSVWHIPIPK/9BB/9K/BBSHOCGGSGLBBW-L%
# Player Titles Span Best
1 Lefty Grove Lefty Grove 9 1926–1939 2.06
2 Roger Clemens Roger Clemens 7 1986–2005 1.87
3 Clayton Kershaw Clayton Kershaw 5 2011–2017 1.77
4 Pedro Martinez Pedro Martinez 5 1997–2003 1.74
5 Sandy Koufax Sandy Koufax 5 1962–1966 1.73
6 Walter Johnson Walter Johnson 5 1912–1924 1.14
7 Christy Mathewson Christy Mathewson 5 1905–1913 1.14
8 Randy Johnson Randy Johnson 4 1995–2002 2.32
9 Greg Maddux Greg Maddux 4 1993–1998 1.56
10 Pete Alexander Pete Alexander 4 1915–1920 1.22
11 Johan Santana Johan Santana 3 2004–2008 2.53
12 Tom Seaver Tom Seaver 3 1970–1973 1.76
13 Warren Spahn Warren Spahn 3 1947–1961 2.10
14 Carl Hubbell Carl Hubbell 3 1933–1936 1.66
15 Dazzy Vance Dazzy Vance 3 1924–1930 2.09
16 Tim Keefe Tim Keefe 3 1880–1888 0.86
17 Tarik Skubal Tarik Skubal 2 2024–2025 2.21
18 Blake Snell Blake Snell 2 2018–2023 1.89
19 Gerrit Cole Gerrit Cole 2 2019–2023 2.50
20 Justin Verlander Justin Verlander 2 2011–2022 1.75
21 David Price David Price 2 2012–2015 2.45
22 Zack Greinke Zack Greinke 2 2009–2015 1.66
23 Felix Hernandez Felix Hernandez 2 2010–2014 2.14
24 Jake Peavy Jake Peavy 2 2004–2007 2.27
25 Kevin Brown Kevin Brown 2 1996–2000 1.89
26 Nolan Ryan Nolan Ryan 2 1981–1987 1.69
27 Mike Boddicker 2 1983–1984 2.77
28 Ron Guidry Ron Guidry 2 1978–1979 1.74
29 Jim Palmer Jim Palmer 2 1973–1975 2.09
30 Luis Tiant Luis Tiant 2 1968–1972 1.60
31 Gary Peters Gary Peters 2 1963–1966 1.98
32 Hoyt Wilhelm Hoyt Wilhelm 2 1952–1959 2.19
33 Whitey Ford Whitey Ford 2 1956–1958 2.01
34 Mike Garcia Mike Garcia 2 1949–1954 2.36
35 Jim LaMarque 2 1947–1948 3.20
36 Hal Newhouser Hal Newhouser 2 1945–1946 1.81
37 Eugene Bremer 2 1937–1945 1.47
38 Hilton Smith 2 1938–1941 1.66
39 Bucky Walters Bucky Walters 2 1939–1940 2.29
40 Ray Brown 2 1938–1940 1.95
41 Lefty Gomez Lefty Gomez 2 1934–1937 2.33
42 Joe Strong 2 1929–1932 2.07
43 Bill Walker Bill Walker 2 1929–1931 2.26
44 Ray Kremer Ray Kremer 2 1926–1927 2.47
45 Willie Foster 2 1926–1927 1.80
46 Bullet Rogan 2 1921–1925 1.74
47 Dolf Luque Dolf Luque 2 1923–1925 1.93
48 Stan Coveleski Stan Coveleski 2 1923–1925 2.76
49 Dave Brown 2 1920–1924 1.72
50 Red Faber Red Faber 2 1921–1922 2.48
51 Bill Doak Bill Doak 2 1914–1921 1.72
52 Ed Walsh Ed Walsh 2 1907–1910 1.27
53 Addie Joss Addie Joss 2 1904–1908 1.16
54 Rube Waddell Rube Waddell 2 1900–1905 1.48
55 Cy Young Cy Young 2 1892–1901 1.62
56 Amos Rusie Amos Rusie 2 1894–1897 2.54
57 Billy Rhines 2 1890–1896 1.95
58 Silver King Silver King 2 1888–1890 1.63
59 Dan Casey Dan Casey 2 1884–1887 1.00
60 Tommy Bond Tommy Bond 2 1877–1879 1.96
61 Cherokee Fisher Cherokee Fisher 2 1872–1873 1.80
62 Paul Skenes 1 2025–2025 1.97
63 Chris Sale Chris Sale 1 2024–2024 2.38
64 Julio Urias Julio Urias 1 2022–2022 2.16
65 Corbin Burnes Corbin Burnes 1 2021–2021 2.43
66 Robbie Ray Robbie Ray 1 2021–2021 2.84
67 Shane Bieber Shane Bieber 1 2020–2020 1.63
68 Trevor Bauer Trevor Bauer 1 2020–2020 1.73
69 Hyun Jin Ryu Hyun Jin Ryu 1 2019–2019 2.32
70 Jacob deGrom Jacob deGrom 1 2018–2018 1.70
71 Corey Kluber Corey Kluber 1 2017–2017 2.25
72 Aaron Sanchez Aaron Sanchez 1 2016–2016 3.00
73 Kyle Hendricks Kyle Hendricks 1 2016–2016 2.13
74 Anibal Sanchez Anibal Sanchez 1 2013–2013 2.57
75 Josh Johnson Josh Johnson 1 2010–2010 2.30
76 Chris Carpenter Chris Carpenter 1 2009–2009 2.24
77 Cliff Lee Cliff Lee 1 2008–2008 2.54
78 John Lackey John Lackey 1 2007–2007 3.01
79 Roy Oswalt Roy Oswalt 1 2006–2006 2.98
80 Kevin Millwood Kevin Millwood 1 2005–2005 2.86
81 Jason Schmidt Jason Schmidt 1 2003–2003 2.34
82 Freddy Garcia Freddy Garcia 1 2001–2001 3.05
83 Juan Guzman Juan Guzman 1 1996–1996 2.93
84 Steve Ontiveros 1 1994–1994 2.65
85 Kevin Appier 1 1993–1993 2.56
86 Bill Swift 1 1992–1992 2.08
87 Dennis Martinez Dennis Martinez 1 1991–1991 2.39
88 Danny Darwin 1 1990–1990 2.21
89 Bret Saberhagen 1 1989–1989 2.16
90 Scott Garrelts Scott Garrelts 1 1989–1989 2.28
91 Allan Anderson 1 1988–1988 2.45
92 Joe Magrane Joe Magrane 1 1988–1988 2.18
93 Teddy Higuera Teddy Higuera 1 1988–1988 2.45
94 Jimmy Key Jimmy Key 1 1987–1987 2.76
95 Mike Scott Mike Scott 1 1986–1986 2.22
96 Dave Stieb Dave Stieb 1 1985–1985 2.48
97 Dwight Gooden Dwight Gooden 1 1985–1985 1.53
98 Alejandro Peña Alejandro Peña 1 1984–1984 2.48
99 Atlee Hammaker Atlee Hammaker 1 1983–1983 2.25
100 Rick Sutcliffe 1 1982–1982 2.96