Earned run average
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In baseball statistics, earned run average is the average of earned runs allowed by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of
The lowest career ERA is 1.82, set by Chicago White Sox pitcher Ed Walsh.
Sandy Koufax
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Sanford Koufax, nicknamed "the Left Arm of God", is an American former professional baseball player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest pitchers of all time, he played 12 seasons in Major League B
Earned run average
…starting pitcher). Rank ERA Player Team(s) Year(s) 1 2.53 Clayton Kershaw Los Angeles (NL) 2008–2025 2 2.75 Whitey Ford New York (AL) 1950–1967 3 2.76 Sandy Koufax Brooklyn/Los Angeles (NL) 1955–1966 4 2.86 Jim Palmer Baltimore (AL) 1965–1984 5 2.86 Andy Messersmith California, Los Angeles (NL), Atlanta, New York…
Publicity still of Koufax, c. 1965
A ticket from the August 27, 1955, game between the Brooklyn Dodgers and the Cincinnati Redlegs, where Koufax earned his first career win
Koufax warming up at Wrigley Field, c. 1957
Koufax and teammate Don Drysdale changing parts on a military truck at the US Army Reserve Center in Van Nuys, California