best era by pitcher older than age 28 in 1972

Luis Tiant had the lowest ERA by a pitcher older than 28 in 1972, with an ERA of 1.91.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by pitcher older than age 28 in 1972

	NAME	ERA	Age	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	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.91	31	1972	BOS	43	15	6	.714	19	123	12	6	3	179.0	128	38	45	7	65	0	12	5	713	0	6.18	3.27	1.89	0.35	17.3	9.1	1.08	.234	2.26	59	2.62	77	6.44	14.9
2	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1.92	33	1972	CLE	41	24	16	.600	40	234	29	5	1	342.2	253	73	79	17	82	12	1	16	1,345	11	6.15	2.15	2.85	0.45	17.4	6.1	0.98	.236	2.07	60	2.49	74	6.64	31.9
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.46	36	1972	STL	34	19	11	.633	34	208	23	4	0	278.0	226	76	83	14	88	3	0	11	1,119	10	6.73	2.85	2.36	0.45	18.6	7.9	1.13	.263	2.69	71	2.53	75	7.32	25.3
4	Steve Blass S. Blass	2.49	30	1972	PIT	33	19	8	.704	32	117	11	2	0	249.2	227	69	80	18	84	4	0	8	1,024	6	4.22	3.03	1.39	0.65	11.4	8.2	1.25	.261	2.88	74	3.45	107	8.18	-6.9
5	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2.50	31	1972	DET	41	22	14	.611	41	250	23	4	0	327.1	282	91	100	29	74	11	0	5	1,321	6	6.87	2.03	3.38	0.80	18.9	5.6	1.09	.264	2.75	79	2.80	85	7.75	17.9
6	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	2.51	30	1972	CWS	49	24	17	.585	49	193	20	8	0	376.2	325	105	119	28	74	7	0	5	1,490	11	4.61	1.77	2.61	0.67	13.0	5.0	1.06	.250	2.84	80	2.98	91	7.77	13.1
7	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	2.57	35	1972	BAL	35	18	12	.600	35	132	17	4	0	248.1	197	71	78	21	71	0	0	4	989	3	4.78	2.57	1.86	0.76	13.3	7.2	1.08	.230	2.83	86	3.29	105	7.14	-4.7
8	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	2.64	32	1972	LAD	33	20	11	.645	33	100	14	4	0	252.0	232	74	82	16	69	4	0	4	1,033	5	3.57	2.46	1.45	0.57	9.7	6.7	1.19	.256	2.93	81	3.29	105	8.29	-5.9
9	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	2.65	30	1972	BAL	38	16	18	.471	36	161	13	3	0	268.1	220	79	89	13	69	4	1	7	1,065	6	5.40	2.31	2.33	0.44	15.1	6.5	1.08	.253	2.99	88	2.64	84	7.38	14.7
10	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	2.77	33	1972	CHC	29	17	7	.708	28	80	10	3	0	195.0	187	60	72	18	29	8	0	3	791	2	3.69	1.34	2.76	0.83	10.1	3.7	1.11	.258	3.32	74	3.34	92	8.63	6.3
11	Jim Lonborg J. Lonborg	2.83	30	1972	MIL	33	14	12	.538	30	143	11	2	1	223.0	197	70	75	17	76	11	1	11	929	5	5.77	3.07	1.88	0.69	15.4	8.2	1.22	.264	3.03	92	3.27	102	7.95	-1.9
12	Tommy John T. John	2.89	29	1972	LAD	29	11	5	.688	29	117	4	1	0	186.2	172	60	68	14	40	3	0	1	766	10	5.64	1.93	2.93	0.68	15.3	5.2	1.14	.267	3.28	89	2.81	90	8.29	6.4
13	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.95	29	1972	BAL	36	13	17	.433	36	120	12	6	0	241.0	220	79	85	15	68	2	0	15	979	1	4.48	2.54	1.76	0.56	12.3	6.9	1.20	.265	3.17	98	3.08	98	8.22	1.2
14	Al Downing A. Downing	2.98	31	1972	LAD	31	9	9	.500	30	117	7	4	0	202.2	196	67	81	13	67	7	1	2	868	2	5.20	2.98	1.75	0.58	13.5	7.7	1.30	.276	3.60	92	3.17	101	8.70	-1.7
15	Clyde Wright C. Wright	2.98	31	1972	CAL	35	18	11	.621	35	87	15	2	0	251.0	229	83	101	14	80	4	0	6	1,029	4	3.12	2.87	1.09	0.50	8.5	7.8	1.23	.255	3.62	103	3.43	114	8.21	-13.4
16	Bill Hands B. Hands	3.00	32	1972	CHC	32	11	8	.579	28	96	6	3	0	189.0	168	63	73	12	47	2	3	7	770	1	4.57	2.24	2.04	0.57	12.5	6.1	1.14	.254	3.48	80	2.98	82	8.00	13.1
17	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.06	33	1972	ATL	38	16	12	.571	36	164	17	1	0	282.1	254	96	112	22	53	5	1	3	1,150	10	5.23	1.69	3.09	0.70	14.3	4.6	1.09	.256	3.57	83	2.86	80	8.10	21.2
18	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	3.18	29	1972	CIN	36	12	12	.500	31	137	8	4	1	217.2	197	77	83	18	64	7	2	8	901	8	5.66	2.65	2.14	0.74	15.2	7.1	1.20	.265	3.43	96	3.19	100	8.15	-0.4
19	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.20	29	1972	CHC	36	20	12	.625	36	184	23	5	0	289.1	253	103	111	32	62	7	0	7	1,176	3	5.72	1.93	2.97	1.00	15.6	5.3	1.09	.248	3.45	85	3.27	90	7.87	11.4
20	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	3.22	30	1972	NYY	36	14	18	.438	36	110	9	7	0	260.0	250	93	99	13	85	4	0	13	1,088	6	3.81	2.94	1.29	0.45	10.1	7.8	1.29	.271	3.43	111	3.22	106	8.65	-6.4
21	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	3.24	30	1972	NYY	35	17	15	.531	35	100	12	3	0	250.1	270	90	98	17	44	5	0	5	1,042	7	3.60	1.58	2.27	0.61	9.6	4.2	1.25	.289	3.52	111	3.06	101	9.71	-1.5
22	Marty Pattin M. Pattin	3.24	29	1972	BOS	38	17	13	.567	35	168	13	4	0	253.0	232	91	102	19	65	9	2	3	1,046	4	5.98	2.31	2.58	0.68	16.1	6.2	1.17	.271	3.63	100	2.92	86	8.25	13.1
23	Woodie Fryman W. Fryman	3.24	32	1972	TOT	39	14	13	.519	31	141	9	3	1	233.1	224	84	95	21	70	9	4	12	986	7	5.44	2.70	2.01	0.81	14.3	7.1	1.26	.272	3.66	95	3.37	100	8.64	0
24	Jim Perry J. Perry	3.35	36	1972	MIN	35	13	16	.448	35	85	5	2	0	217.2	191	81	93	14	60	8	0	5	898	4	3.51	2.48	1.42	0.58	9.5	6.7	1.15	.242	3.85	107	3.39	104	7.90	-2.8
25	Fred Norman F. Norman	3.44	29	1972	SDP	42	9	11	.450	28	167	10	6	2	211.2	195	81	88	18	88	2	5	12	905	13	7.10	3.74	1.90	0.77	18.5	9.7	1.34	.281	3.74	105	3.20	101	8.29	-1.5

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