Dick Donovan had the lowest ERA in 1961, with an ERA of 2.40.

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best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a pitcher 1961

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Dick Donovan D. Donovan	2.40	1961	WSH	23	10	10	.500	22	62	11	2	0	168.2	138	45	60	10	35	3	0	3	671	0	3.31	1.87	1.77	0.53	9.2	5.2	1.03	.228	3.20	61	3.29	82	7.36	13.7
2	Bill Stafford B. Stafford	2.68	1961	NYY	36	14	9	.609	25	101	8	3	2	195.0	168	58	65	13	59	5	6	4	796	1	4.66	2.72	1.71	0.60	12.7	7.4	1.16	.251	3.00	71	3.39	88	7.75	9.8
3	Don Mossi D. Mossi	2.96	1961	DET	35	15	7	.682	34	137	12	1	1	240.1	237	79	97	29	47	0	1	3	981	1	5.13	1.76	2.91	1.09	14.0	4.8	1.18	.271	3.63	71	3.59	84	8.88	17.8
4	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.02	1961	MIL	38	21	13	.618	34	115	21	4	0	262.2	236	88	96	24	64	4	3	1	1,064	4	3.94	2.19	1.80	0.82	10.8	6.0	1.14	.247	3.29	79	3.66	98	8.09	1.6
5	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	3.04	1961	BAL	26	13	9	.591	23	89	11	4	1	177.2	134	60	67	16	78	7	3	5	736	7	4.51	3.95	1.14	0.81	12.1	10.6	1.19	.216	3.39	79	4.18	107	6.79	-6.5
6	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	3.05	1961	CWS	39	14	7	.667	25	188	12	1	2	194.2	164	66	73	17	89	4	8	1	832	5	8.69	4.11	2.11	0.79	22.6	10.7	1.30	.275	3.38	77	3.21	80	7.58	17.5
7	Jim O'Toole J. O'Toole	3.10	1961	CIN	39	19	9	.679	35	178	11	3	2	252.2	229	87	101	16	93	3	2	7	1,061	6	6.34	3.31	1.91	0.57	16.8	8.8	1.27	.276	3.60	75	3.13	78	8.16	24.8
8	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	3.13	1961	STL	30	9	10	.474	29	99	6	2	0	195.2	203	68	91	14	64	4	0	6	840	2	4.55	2.94	1.55	0.64	11.8	7.6	1.36	.287	4.19	73	3.53	84	9.34	14.6
9	Ralph Terry R. Terry	3.15	1961	NYY	31	16	3	.842	27	86	9	2	0	188.1	162	66	74	19	42	1	2	0	751	0	4.11	2.01	2.05	0.91	11.5	5.6	1.08	.237	3.54	83	3.66	95	7.74	3.5
10	Hal Brown H. Brown	3.19	1961	BAL	27	10	6	.625	23	61	6	3	1	166.2	153	59	62	14	33	1	3	0	668	3	3.29	1.78	1.85	0.76	9.1	4.9	1.12	.249	3.35	83	3.55	91	8.26	6.2
11	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.19	1961	DET	38	17	11	.607	37	194	12	4	1	268.0	232	95	113	25	71	9	1	3	1,110	2	6.51	2.38	2.73	0.84	17.5	6.4	1.13	.255	3.79	76	3.23	76	7.79	30
12	Jim Archer J. Archer	3.20	1961	KCA	39	9	15	.375	27	110	9	2	5	205.1	204	73	99	11	60	5	7	6	879	2	4.82	2.63	1.83	0.48	12.5	6.8	1.29	.278	4.34	76	3.15	74	8.94	24.8
13	Mike McCormick M. McCormick	3.20	1961	SFG	40	13	16	.448	35	163	13	3	0	250.0	235	89	99	33	75	2	3	3	1,033	4	5.87	2.70	2.17	1.19	15.8	7.3	1.24	.266	3.56	82	3.91	102	8.46	-3
14	Whitey Ford W. Ford	3.21	1961	NYY	39	25	4	.862	39	209	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8	6.65	2.93	2.27	0.73	18.0	7.9	1.18	.263	3.43	85	3.14	82	7.70	22.7
15	Don Schwall D. Schwall	3.22	1961	BOS	25	15	7	.682	25	91	10	2	0	178.2	167	64	76	8	110	6	0	1	786	6	4.58	5.54	0.83	0.40	11.6	14.0	1.55	.278	3.83	77	4.09	96	8.41	3.7
16	Frank Lary F. Lary	3.24	1961	DET	36	23	9	.719	36	146	22	4	0	275.1	252	99	117	24	66	6	0	2	1,127	6	4.77	2.16	2.21	0.78	13.0	5.9	1.15	.258	3.82	77	3.43	81	8.24	25
17	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3.24	1961	STL	35	13	12	.520	27	166	10	2	1	211.1	186	76	91	13	119	6	3	7	916	8	7.07	5.07	1.39	0.55	18.1	13.0	1.44	.283	3.88	75	3.58	85	7.92	14.8
18	Joe Gibbon J. Gibbon	3.32	1961	PIT	30	13	10	.565	29	145	7	3	0	195.1	185	72	85	16	57	4	1	4	816	3	6.68	2.63	2.54	0.74	17.8	7.0	1.24	.285	3.92	82	3.09	78	8.52	18.4
19	Steve Barber S. Barber	3.33	1961	BAL	37	18	12	.600	34	150	14	8	1	248.1	194	92	102	13	130	2	1	4	1,040	9	5.44	4.71	1.15	0.47	14.4	12.5	1.30	.243	3.70	87	3.64	94	7.03	6.4
20	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	3.39	1961	BOS	32	14	14	.500	32	161	12	1	0	236.1	233	89	106	24	100	0	0	1	1,030	4	6.13	3.81	1.61	0.91	15.6	9.7	1.41	.281	4.04	81	3.80	89	8.87	12.1
21	Bennie Daniels B. Daniels	3.44	1961	WSH	32	12	11	.522	28	110	12	1	0	212.0	184	81	90	14	80	3	1	8	876	5	4.67	3.40	1.38	0.59	12.6	9.1	1.25	.254	3.82	87	3.57	89	7.81	10.4
22	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	3.46	1961	MIN	35	15	16	.484	33	221	15	8	0	252.1	205	97	114	26	100	3	1	1	1,056	7	7.88	3.57	2.21	0.93	20.9	9.5	1.21	.254	4.07	84	3.39	81	7.31	22
23	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	3.52	1961	LAD	42	18	13	.581	35	269	15	2	1	255.2	212	100	117	27	96	3	2	6	1,068	12	9.47	3.38	2.80	0.95	25.2	9.0	1.20	.275	4.12	83	3.00	73	7.46	31.4
24	Joey Jay J. Jay	3.53	1961	CIN	34	21	10	.677	34	157	14	4	0	247.1	217	97	102	25	92	5	0	1	1,032	9	5.71	3.35	1.71	0.91	15.2	8.9	1.25	.255	3.71	86	3.79	94	7.90	6.3
25	Jack Kralick J. Kralick	3.61	1961	MIN	33	13	11	.542	33	137	11	2	0	242.0	257	97	101	21	64	3	0	1	1,023	4	5.10	2.38	2.14	0.78	13.4	6.3	1.33	.296	3.76	88	3.40	81	9.56	20.8

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