best era by pitchers in 1972 in the national league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Steve Carlton had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1972, with an ERA of 1.97.

	NAME	ERA	IP	TM GMS	IP/TM GMS	SEASON	TM	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1.97	346.1	156	2.22	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	310	30	8	0	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
2	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	1.99	176.0	154	1.14	1972	CIN	25	15	5	.750	25	90	6	2	0	147	39	48	13	30	1	0	5	689	5	4.60	1.53	3.00	0.66	13.1	4.4	1.01	.241	2.45	60	2.86	90	7.52	6.4
3	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.08	272.2	155	1.76	1972	LAD	33	19	9	.679	33	207	18	9	0	186	63	78	13	63	4	0	1	1,061	9	6.83	2.08	3.29	0.43	19.5	5.9	0.91	.224	2.57	64	2.23	71	6.14	27.9
4	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.32	244.0	156	1.56	1972	NYM	34	15	10	.600	32	169	8	4	0	215	63	79	14	71	2	1	14	1,003	7	6.23	2.62	2.38	0.52	16.8	7.1	1.17	.269	2.91	69	2.65	81	7.93	16.5
5	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.46	278.0	156	1.78	1972	STL	34	19	11	.633	34	208	23	4	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
6	Steve Blass S. Blass	2.49	249.2	155	1.61	1972	PIT	33	19	8	.704	32	117	11	2	0	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
7	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	2.64	252.0	155	1.63	1972	LAD	33	20	11	.645	33	100	14	4	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
8	Don Wilson D. Wilson	2.68	228.1	153	1.49	1972	HOU	33	15	10	.600	33	172	13	3	0	196	68	79	16	66	2	0	2	927	11	6.78	2.60	2.61	0.63	18.6	7.1	1.15	.268	3.11	80	2.69	83	7.73	13.6
9	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	2.70	163.1	155	1.05	1972	PIT	25	15	7	.682	25	96	4	1	0	156	49	60	6	33	3	0	4	663	2	5.29	1.82	2.91	0.33	14.5	5.0	1.16	.286	3.31	81	2.36	73	8.60	16
10	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	2.77	195.0	156	1.25	1972	CHC	29	17	7	.708	28	80	10	3	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 McAndrew J. McAndrew	2.80	160.2	156	1.03	1972	NYM	28	11	8	.579	23	81	4	0	1	133	50	54	12	38	5	3	5	643	6	4.54	2.13	2.13	0.67	12.6	5.9	1.06	.239	3.02	83	3.16	97	7.45	1.6
12	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	2.80	218.1	156	1.4	1972	CHC	33	11	14	.440	31	132	9	3	0	201	68	78	13	81	1	1	7	916	8	5.44	3.34	1.63	0.54	14.4	8.8	1.29	.273	3.22	74	3.08	85	8.29	12.8
13	Jim Barr J. Barr	2.87	179.0	155	1.15	1972	SFG	44	8	10	.444	18	86	8	2	2	166	57	66	16	41	3	13	8	732	1	4.32	2.06	2.10	0.80	11.7	5.6	1.16	.256	3.32	81	3.33	98	8.35	1.3
14	Tommy John T. John	2.89	186.2	155	1.2	1972	LAD	29	11	5	.688	29	117	4	1	0	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
15	Ron Bryant R. Bryant	2.90	214.0	155	1.38	1972	SFG	35	14	7	.667	28	107	11	4	0	176	69	81	20	77	2	1	5	879	8	4.50	3.24	1.39	0.84	12.2	8.8	1.18	.232	3.41	82	3.72	110	7.40	-7.4
16	Bob Moose B. Moose	2.91	226.0	155	1.46	1972	PIT	31	13	10	.565	30	144	6	3	1	213	73	84	11	47	4	1	9	927	6	5.73	1.87	3.06	0.44	15.5	5.1	1.15	.280	3.35	87	2.43	75	8.48	20.2
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.92	262.0	156	1.68	1972	NYM	35	21	12	.636	35	249	13	3	0	215	85	92	23	77	5	0	2	1,060	8	8.55	2.65	3.23	0.79	23.5	7.3	1.11	.272	3.16	86	2.57	79	7.39	20
18	Al Downing A. Downing	2.98	202.2	155	1.31	1972	LAD	31	9	9	.500	30	117	7	4	0	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
19	Bill Stoneman B. Stoneman	2.98	250.2	156	1.61	1972	MON	36	12	14	.462	35	171	13	4	0	213	83	93	15	102	3	0	12	1,049	5	6.14	3.66	1.68	0.54	16.3	9.7	1.26	.261	3.34	85	3.06	90	7.65	9.1
20	Bill Hands B. Hands	3.00	189.0	156	1.21	1972	CHC	32	11	8	.579	28	96	6	3	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
21	Ross Grimsley R. Grimsley	3.05	197.2	154	1.28	1972	CIN	30	14	8	.636	28	79	4	1	1	194	67	73	18	50	0	2	8	813	3	3.60	2.28	1.58	0.82	9.7	6.2	1.23	.264	3.32	92	3.54	111	8.83	-8.3
22	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.06	282.1	155	1.82	1972	ATL	38	16	12	.571	36	164	17	1	0	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
23	Nelson Briles N. Briles	3.08	195.2	155	1.26	1972	PIT	28	14	11	.560	27	120	9	2	0	185	67	83	14	43	1	1	8	802	2	5.52	1.98	2.79	0.64	15.0	5.4	1.17	.274	3.82	92	2.77	86	8.51	9.8
24	Rick Wise R. Wise	3.11	269.0	156	1.72	1972	STL	35	16	16	.500	35	142	20	2	0	250	93	98	16	71	1	0	13	1,089	4	4.75	2.38	2.00	0.54	13.0	6.5	1.19	.272	3.28	89	2.91	87	8.36	13.2
25	Clay Kirby C. Kirby	3.13	238.2	153	1.56	1972	SDP	34	12	14	.462	34	175	9	2	0	197	83	87	21	116	2	0	11	1,004	8	6.60	4.37	1.51	0.79	17.4	11.6	1.31	.255	3.28	95	3.55	113	7.43	-11.7