best earned run average starting pitchers 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Tim Jones, Larry Anderson and Jim McKee were tied for the best ERA by a starting pitcher, with an ERA of 0.00.

NAME ERA G W L W% GS SO CG SHO SV IP H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Tim Jones
T. Jones
0.00
1
1
0
1.000
1
2
0
0
0
7.0
4
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
25
0
2.57
1.29
2.00
0.00
8.0
4.0
0.71
.182
0.00
5.14
2 Larry Anderson
L. Anderson
0.00
1
1
0
1.000
1
3
1
1
0
9.0
5
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
33
0
3.00
2.00
1.50
0.00
9.1
6.1
0.78
.179
0.00
5.00
3 Jim McKee
J. McKee
0.00
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
2.0
1
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
9
0
9.00
4.50
2.00
0.00
22.2
11.1
1.00
.167
4.50
4.50
4 Ralph Botting
R. Botting
1.17
1
1
0
1.000
1
3
0
0
0
7.2
3
1
1
0
5
1
0
0
29
0
3.52
5.87
0.60
0.00
10.3
17.2
1.04
.150
1.17
3.52
5 Mike Barlow
M. Barlow
1.29
1
1
0
1.000
1
5
0
0
0
7.0
2
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
24
0
6.43
2.57
2.50
0.00
20.8
8.3
0.57
.118
1.29
2.57
6 Dick Baney
D. Baney
1.46
2
1
0
1.000
2
2
0
0
0
12.1
13
2
2
1
4
1
0
1
51
0
1.46
2.92
0.50
0.73
3.9
7.8
1.38
.279
1.46
9.49
7 Al Hrabosky
A. Hrabosky
1.59
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
5.2
4
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
24
1
0.00
3.18
0.00
0.00
0.0
8.3
1.06
.182
1.59
6.35
8 Donald DeMola
D. DeMola
1.69
1
0
0
1
3
0
0
0
5.1
4
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
19
0
5.06
1.69
3.00
0.00
15.8
5.3
0.94
.267
1.69
6.75
9 Enrique Romo
E. Romo
1.72
3
0
1
.000
3
13
0
0
0
15.2
12
3
3
1
7
0
0
0
62
0
7.47
4.02
1.86
0.57
21.0
11.3
1.21
.268
1.72
6.89
10 Dave Ford
D. Ford
1.77
3
2
0
1.000
3
4
0
0
0
20.1
17
4
4
1
4
0
0
0
77
0
1.77
1.77
1.00
0.44
5.2
5.2
1.03
.235
1.77
7.52
11 Bob O'Brien
B. O'Brien
1.77
4
1
1
.500
4
2
1
1
0
20.1
26
4
8
2
3
1
0
0
88
1
0.89
1.33
0.67
0.89
2.3
3.4
1.43
.300
3.54
11.51
12 Larry Gowell
L. Gowell
1.80
1
0
1
.000
1
6
0
0
0
5.0
3
1
1
0
2
0
0
0
18
0
10.80
3.60
3.00
0.00
33.3
11.1
1.00
.300
1.80
5.40
13 Bob Humphreys
B. Humphreys
1.80
1
1
0
1.000
1
4
0
0
0
5.0
8
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
23
0
7.20
1.80
4.00
0.00
17.4
4.3
1.80
.444
1.80
14.40
14 Darrell Osteen
D. Osteen
1.80
1
1
0
1.000
1
3
0
0
0
5.0
7
1
1
0
1
0
0
0
23
1
5.40
1.80
3.00
0.00
13.0
4.3
1.60
.368
1.80
12.60
15 Mel Behney
M. Behney
1.93
1
0
1
.000
1
1
0
0
0
4.2
6
1
5
0
2
0
0
1
23
0
1.93
3.86
0.50
0.00
4.3
8.7
1.71
.300
9.64
11.57
16 Phil Regan
P. Regan
2.25
1
1
0
1.000
1
1
0
0
0
8.0
9
2
2
0
1
0
0
1
33
0
1.13
1.13
1.00
0.00
3.0
3.0
1.25
.290
2.25
10.13
17 Sammy Stewart
S. Stewart
2.29
5
4
1
.800
5
24
1
0
0
35.1
22
9
10
2
17
0
0
0
140
1
6.11
4.33
1.41
0.51
17.1
12.1
1.10
.206
2.55
5.60
18 Rick Camp
R. Camp
2.33
5
2
1
.667
5
11
0
0
0
27.0
35
7
10
0
11
0
0
1
120
1
3.67
3.67
1.00
0.00
9.2
9.2
1.70
.357
3.33
11.67
19 Rob Gardner
R. Gardner
2.41
16
9
4
.692
16
60
1
0
0
101.0
85
27
37
10
30
0
0
2
417
5
5.35
2.67
2.00
0.89
14.4
7.2
1.14
.237
3.30
7.57
20 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
2.45
91
57
19
.750
91
605
40
16
0
705.2
554
192
214
45
205
1
0
3
2,798
21
7.72
2.61
2.95
0.57
21.6
7.3
1.08
.262
2.73
7.07
21 John Fulgham
J. Fulgham
2.56
19
10
6
.625
19
74
10
2
0
144.1
122
41
47
10
26
3
0
3
570
2
4.61
1.62
2.85
0.62
13.0
4.6
1.03
.245
2.93
7.61
22 Rusty Gerhardt
R. Gerhardt
2.57
1
1
0
1.000
1
3
0
0
0
7.0
8
2
2
0
1
0
0
0
27
1
3.86
1.29
3.00
0.00
11.1
3.7
1.29
.348
2.57
10.29
23 Jim Palmer
J. Palmer
2.58
352
186
103
.644
352
1,558
175
44
0
2741.1
2,273
786
882
183
861
26
0
31
11,094
57
5.12
2.83
1.81
0.60
14.0
7.8
1.14
.247
2.90
7.46
24 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
2.60
345
178
100
.640
345
2,302
147
40
0
2651.0
2,102
766
841
189
740
28
0
65
10,599
63
7.82
2.51
3.11
0.64
21.7
7.0
1.07
.261
2.86
7.14
25 Clay Carroll
C. Carroll
2.61
11
4
2
.667
11
25
0
0
0
62.0
54
18
19
5
17
0
0
2
244
1
3.63
2.47
1.47
0.73
10.2
7.0
1.15
.249
2.76
7.84
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TEAM W L PCT GB
Cubs Cubs
49
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36
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46
38
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/29
NYM NYM
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PIT PIT
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@
PIT PIT
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PIT PIT
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PIT PIT
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7/4
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NL East W L PCT GB
Phillies Phillies
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35
.578
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36
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Cubs Cubs
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34
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Brewers Brewers
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Padres Padres
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.549
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Yankees Yankees
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Rays Rays
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36
.566
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AL Central W L PCT GB
Tigers Tigers
52
32
.619
Guardians Guardians
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41
.494
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AL West W L PCT GB
Astros Astros
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34
.590
Mariners Mariners
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40
.512
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DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Fri
6/13
MIA MIA
@
WSH WSH
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Fri
6/13
CIN CIN
@
DET DET
11-1
Fri
6/13
PIT PIT
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CHC CHC
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Sun
6/29
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@
CLE CLE
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Sun
6/29
NYM NYM
@
PIT PIT
1:35 PM
Sun
6/29
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@
ATL ATL
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6/29
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BAL BAL
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Sun
6/29
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NYY NYY
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