J.R. Richard had the best ERA in 1979, with an ERA of 2.71.

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best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a pitcher 1979

	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	J.R. Richard	2.71	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	313	19	4	0	292.1	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
2	Tom Hume T. Hume	2.76	1979	CIN	57	10	9	.526	12	80	2	0	17	163.0	162	50	54	12	33	0	33	9	669	2	4.42	1.82	2.42	0.66	12.0	4.9	1.20	.276	2.98	74	3.30	87	8.94	9.1
3	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	2.78	1979	NYY	33	18	8	.692	30	201	15	2	2	236.1	203	73	83	20	71	0	3	0	946	9	7.65	2.70	2.83	0.76	21.2	7.5	1.16	.280	3.16	68	3.02	73	7.73	29.6
4	Dan Schatzeder D. Schatzeder	2.83	1979	MON	32	10	5	.667	21	106	3	0	1	162.0	136	51	57	17	59	1	4	2	677	6	5.89	3.28	1.80	0.94	15.7	8.7	1.20	.241	3.17	77	3.89	105	7.56	-3.7
5	Tommy John T. John	2.96	1979	NYY	37	21	9	.700	36	111	17	3	0	276.1	268	91	109	9	65	4	1	1	1,116	11	3.62	2.12	1.71	0.29	9.9	5.8	1.21	.279	3.55	72	3.09	75	8.73	32.5
6	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	2.97	1979	LAD	29	11	10	.524	29	129	12	1	0	212.0	191	70	85	11	63	2	0	4	874	6	5.48	2.67	2.05	0.47	14.8	7.2	1.20	.269	3.61	81	3.10	81	8.11	16.6
7	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	2.99	1979	BOS	33	17	10	.630	33	150	17	2	0	246.2	234	82	89	29	59	6	0	4	1,018	1	5.47	2.15	2.54	1.06	14.7	5.8	1.19	.265	3.25	66	3.82	89	8.54	13.4
8	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	3.00	1979	HOU	38	21	11	.656	38	119	11	5	0	263.2	221	88	102	17	107	7	0	1	1,095	19	4.06	3.65	1.11	0.58	10.9	9.8	1.24	.241	3.48	87	3.95	112	7.54	-13.7
9	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.00	1979	MON	37	13	12	.520	37	143	13	5	0	248.2	232	83	97	14	78	4	0	9	1,032	10	5.18	2.82	1.83	0.51	13.9	7.6	1.25	.275	3.51	82	3.29	89	8.40	11.1
10	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	3.04	1979	HOU	26	11	6	.647	24	58	10	2	0	177.2	155	60	67	14	35	0	1	2	700	0	2.94	1.77	1.66	0.71	8.3	5.0	1.07	.238	3.39	88	3.68	104	7.85	-3.6
11	Bill Lee B. Lee	3.04	1979	MON	33	16	10	.615	33	59	6	3	0	222.0	230	75	91	20	46	1	0	1	925	0	2.39	1.86	1.28	0.81	6.4	5.0	1.24	.263	3.69	83	3.99	108	9.32	-7.8
12	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.06	1979	SDP	32	12	11	.522	32	140	10	0	0	232.2	225	79	90	12	67	4	0	10	963	6	5.42	2.59	2.09	0.46	14.5	7.0	1.26	.288	3.48	87	3.10	86	8.70	13.3
13	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	3.08	1979	BAL	39	23	9	.719	38	190	16	5	0	265.2	245	91	107	23	70	3	0	1	1,085	6	6.44	2.37	2.71	0.78	17.5	6.5	1.19	.278	3.62	77	3.24	79	8.30	25.6
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.14	1979	CIN	32	16	6	.727	32	131	9	5	0	215.0	187	75	85	16	61	0	0	6	868	4	5.48	2.55	2.15	0.67	15.1	7.0	1.15	.259	3.56	84	3.32	87	7.83	11.6
15	Bruce Kison B. Kison	3.19	1979	PIT	33	13	7	.650	25	105	3	1	0	172.1	157	61	70	13	45	4	2	5	704	5	5.48	2.35	2.33	0.68	14.9	6.4	1.17	.268	3.66	84	3.33	87	8.20	9.7
16	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.22	1979	PIT	33	14	9	.609	30	101	8	0	0	207.0	201	74	83	25	41	3	2	6	850	2	4.39	1.78	2.46	1.09	11.9	4.8	1.17	.259	3.61	85	3.95	103	8.74	-2.2
17	Silvio Martinez S. Martinez	3.27	1979	STL	32	15	8	.652	29	102	7	2	0	206.2	204	75	92	14	67	0	2	2	867	3	4.44	2.92	1.52	0.61	11.8	7.7	1.31	.278	4.01	88	3.59	98	8.88	1.3
18	Jack Morris J. Morris	3.28	1979	DET	27	17	7	.708	27	113	9	1	0	197.2	179	72	76	19	59	4	0	4	806	9	5.15	2.69	1.92	0.87	14.0	7.3	1.20	.262	3.46	75	3.78	87	8.15	12.4
19	Mike Caldwell M. Caldwell	3.29	1979	MIL	30	16	6	.727	30	89	16	4	0	235.0	252	86	96	18	39	4	0	2	967	5	3.41	1.49	2.28	0.69	9.2	4.0	1.24	.286	3.68	80	3.51	86	9.65	14.4
20	Craig Swan C. Swan	3.29	1979	NYM	35	14	13	.519	35	145	10	3	0	251.1	241	92	102	20	57	2	0	9	1,027	2	5.19	2.04	2.54	0.72	14.1	5.6	1.19	.275	3.65	90	3.30	88	8.63	12.9
21	Scott McGregor S. McGregor	3.35	1979	BAL	27	13	6	.684	23	81	7	2	0	174.2	165	65	70	19	23	2	3	0	706	1	4.17	1.19	3.52	0.98	11.5	3.3	1.08	.251	3.61	84	3.64	89	8.50	9
22	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.38	1979	MIN	37	20	13	.606	36	157	10	2	0	263.2	268	99	108	19	83	3	0	4	1,101	2	5.36	2.83	1.89	0.65	14.3	7.5	1.33	.297	3.69	78	3.44	82	9.15	21.7
23	Bob Shirley B. Shirley	3.38	1979	SDP	49	8	16	.333	25	117	4	1	0	205.0	196	77	89	15	59	6	13	8	843	0	5.14	2.59	1.98	0.66	13.9	7.0	1.24	.280	3.91	96	3.48	96	8.60	2.8
24	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.39	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	44	208	23	1	0	342.0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
25	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	3.43	1979	MON	34	9	8	.529	24	138	5	3	1	168.0	148	64	69	16	54	3	3	4	696	2	7.39	2.89	2.56	0.86	19.8	7.8	1.20	.272	3.70	94	3.33	90	7.93	6.7

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