best era as a pitcher with a minimum of 40 innings pitched in august 1979

J.R. Richard had the best ERA when pitching at least 40 innings in August 1979, with an ERA of 0.67.

NAME ERA IP MONTH G W L W% GS SO CG SHO SV 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 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
0.67
54.0
August 1979
6
5
1
.833
6
62
6
1
0
30
4
5
0
18
1
0
1
208
1
10.33
3.00
3.44
0.00
29.8
8.7
0.89
.236
0.83
5.00
2 Eddie Solomon
E. Solomon
1.48
42.2
August 1979
6
2
2
.500
6
17
2
0
0
35
7
10
3
10
1
0
1
170
1
3.59
2.11
1.70
0.63
10.0
5.9
1.05
.230
2.11
7.38
3 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
1.58
40.0
August 1979
5
3
0
1.000
5
20
2
1
0
28
7
8
3
12
0
0
1
149
0
4.50
2.70
1.67
0.68
13.4
8.1
1.00
.219
1.80
6.30
4 Rick Reuschel
R. Reuschel
1.63
55.1
August 1979
7
7
0
1.000
7
42
2
0
0
48
10
11
4
16
1
0
1
225
0
6.83
2.60
2.63
0.65
18.7
7.1
1.16
.272
1.79
7.81
5 Bill Lee
B. Lee
1.76
41.0
August 1979
6
3
3
.500
6
10
1
0
0
34
8
13
3
7
1
0
0
159
0
2.20
1.54
1.43
0.66
6.3
4.4
1.00
.225
2.85
7.46
6 Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
1.76
56.1
August 1979
7
6
1
.857
7
36
3
1
0
58
11
12
1
14
0
0
0
229
0
5.75
2.24
2.57
0.16
15.7
6.1
1.28
.320
1.92
9.27
7 John Candelaria
J. Candelaria
1.99
45.1
August 1979
6
3
1
.750
6
17
2
0
0
36
10
11
3
11
0
0
2
178
1
3.38
2.18
1.55
0.60
9.6
6.2
1.04
.224
2.18
7.15
8 Len Barker
L. Barker
2.15
46.0
August 1979
6
4
0
1.000
6
39
2
0
0
45
11
11
0
15
0
0
1
186
4
7.63
2.93
2.60
0.00
21.0
8.1
1.30
.341
2.15
8.80
9 Pete Falcone
P. Falcone
2.23
40.1
August 1979
6
3
3
.500
6
27
0
0
0
39
10
10
4
17
1
0
1
172
1
6.02
3.79
1.59
0.89
15.7
9.9
1.39
.285
2.23
8.70
10 John Fulgham
J. Fulgham
2.28
47.1
August 1979
6
4
1
.800
6
20
4
1
0
40
12
15
1
7
0
0
1
184
1
3.80
1.33
2.86
0.19
10.9
3.8
0.99
.250
2.85
7.61
11 Joe Niekro
J. Niekro
2.30
43.0
August 1979
6
3
2
.600
6
23
1
0
0
33
11
12
2
21
1
0
0
179
6
4.81
4.40
1.10
0.42
12.8
11.7
1.26
.235
2.51
6.91
12 Burt Hooton
B. Hooton
2.40
45.0
August 1979
6
2
3
.400
6
28
3
1
0
35
12
14
3
8
1
0
1
171
1
5.60
1.60
3.50
0.60
16.4
4.7
0.96
.244
2.80
7.00
13 Mike Flanagan
M. Flanagan
2.47
54.2
August 1979
6
5
1
.833
6
50
5
1
0
45
15
17
4
8
1
0
0
213
4
8.23
1.32
6.25
0.66
23.5
3.8
0.97
.273
2.80
7.41
14 Dave Frost
D. Frost
2.55
53.0
August 1979
7
4
2
.667
7
19
3
0
0
47
15
19
3
18
1
0
1
218
3
3.23
3.06
1.06
0.51
8.7
8.3
1.23
.249
3.23
7.98
15 Rich Wortham
R. Wortham
2.59
41.2
August 1979
5
2
1
.667
5
19
1
0
0
25
12
12
4
12
1
0
0
159
1
4.10
2.59
1.58
0.86
11.9
7.5
0.89
.171
2.59
5.40
16 Rick Langford
R. Langford
2.72
53.0
August 1979
6
5
1
.833
6
31
6
0
0
42
16
17
4
6
1
0
0
205
4
5.26
1.02
5.17
0.68
15.1
2.9
0.91
.233
2.89
7.13
17 Bob Forsch
B. Forsch
2.74
46.0
August 1979
6
3
1
.750
6
21
0
0
0
36
14
14
2
8
1
0
0
176
1
4.11
1.57
2.63
0.39
11.9
4.5
0.96
.236
2.74
7.04
18 Bill Bonham
B. Bonham
2.88
40.2
August 1979
6
2
1
.667
6
19
1
0
0
31
13
14
2
9
1
0
1
159
0
4.20
1.99
2.11
0.44
11.9
5.7
0.98
.227
3.10
6.86
19 Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
2.89
56.0
August 1979
7
4
3
.571
7
34
5
0
0
53
18
20
4
12
2
0
1
230
0
5.46
1.93
2.83
0.64
14.8
5.2
1.16
.275
3.21
8.52
20 Lynn McGlothen
L. McGlothen
2.92
49.1
August 1979
8
2
2
.500
7
35
0
0
0
55
16
16
6
11
0
1
3
205
0
6.39
2.01
3.18
1.09
17.1
5.4
1.34
.320
2.92
10.03
21 Larry Gura
L. Gura
2.98
45.1
August 1979
6
3
2
.600
6
15
3
0
0
46
15
19
2
12
0
0
1
191
0
2.98
2.38
1.25
0.40
7.9
6.3
1.28
.272
3.77
9.13
22 Rick Sutcliffe
R. Sutcliffe
3.19
42.1
August 1979
6
4
1
.800
6
20
0
0
0
37
15
15
4
16
1
0
1
176
1
4.25
3.40
1.25
0.85
11.4
9.1
1.25
.244
3.19
7.87
23 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
3.32
57.0
August 1979
7
3
4
.429
7
43
4
0
0
50
21
22
5
18
1
0
0
232
6
6.79
2.84
2.39
0.79
18.5
7.8
1.19
.273
3.47
7.89
24 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
3.32
40.2
August 1979
5
5
0
1.000
5
30
2
0
0
39
15
19
4
10
0
0
0
167
2
6.64
2.21
3.00
0.89
18.0
6.0
1.20
.285
4.20
8.63
25 Craig Swan
C. Swan
3.35
40.1
August 1979
6
3
2
.600
6
9
1
0
0
42
15
17
3
6
1
0
0
164
1
2.01
1.34
1.50
0.67
5.5
3.7
1.19
.269
3.79
9.37
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23
.617
Rays Rays
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22
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5/19
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PIT PIT
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5/19
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5/19
SEA SEA
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CWS CWS
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DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
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6/5
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STL STL
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