best era by pitchers in 1974 in the national league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Buzz Capra had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1974, with an ERA of 2.28.

	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	Buzz Capra B. Capra	2.28	217.0	163	1.33	1974	ATL	39	16	8	.667	27	137	11	5	1	163	55	67	13	84	3	6	6	886	7	5.68	3.48	1.63	0.54	15.5	9.5	1.14	.231	2.78	59	3.29	85	6.76	13.8
2	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2.38	302.1	163	1.85	1974	ATL	41	20	13	.606	39	195	18	6	1	249	80	91	19	88	6	1	3	1,219	6	5.80	2.62	2.22	0.57	16.0	7.2	1.11	.252	2.71	62	3.03	78	7.41	27.4
3	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.41	265.1	162	1.64	1974	NYM	34	13	15	.464	34	195	14	7	0	221	71	82	8	76	5	0	11	1,076	4	6.61	2.58	2.57	0.27	18.1	7.1	1.12	.269	2.78	69	2.41	68	7.50	33.8
4	Mike Marshall M. Marshall	2.42	208.1	162	1.29	1974	LAD	106	15	12	.556	0	143	0	0	21	191	56	66	9	56	1	83	1	857	5	6.18	2.42	2.55	0.39	16.7	6.5	1.19	.281	2.85	70	2.58	71	8.25	23.9
5	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.59	292.1	162	1.8	1974	LAD	39	20	6	.769	39	221	13	3	0	227	84	93	24	94	3	0	0	1,179	6	6.80	2.89	2.35	0.74	18.7	8.0	1.10	.243	2.86	75	3.12	86	6.99	16
6	Lynn McGlothen L. McGlothen	2.69	237.1	161	1.47	1974	STL	31	16	12	.571	31	142	8	3	0	212	71	80	12	89	2	0	14	988	6	5.38	3.38	1.60	0.46	14.4	9.0	1.27	.269	3.03	74	3.18	91	8.04	8.4
7	Jim Barr J. Barr	2.74	239.2	162	1.48	1974	SFG	44	13	9	.591	27	84	11	5	2	223	73	81	17	47	2	5	10	959	3	3.15	1.76	1.79	0.64	8.8	4.9	1.13	.255	3.04	73	3.40	96	8.37	3.4
8	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	2.78	262.2	162	1.62	1974	PIT	33	15	11	.577	33	139	15	1	0	228	81	93	11	83	4	0	6	1,068	9	4.76	2.84	1.67	0.38	13.0	7.8	1.18	.261	3.19	79	3.05	84	7.81	16.5
9	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	2.90	223.2	162	1.38	1974	HOU	33	11	10	.524	33	150	7	3	0	189	72	76	18	82	6	0	4	913	8	6.04	3.30	1.83	0.72	16.4	9.0	1.21	.260	3.06	83	3.45	100	7.61	-0.2
10	Mike Caldwell M. Caldwell	2.95	189.1	162	1.17	1974	SFG	31	14	5	.737	27	83	6	2	0	176	62	80	17	63	4	3	1	788	2	3.95	2.99	1.32	0.81	10.5	8.0	1.26	.256	3.80	78	3.92	111	8.37	-8.4
11	Don Gullett D. Gullett	3.04	243.0	163	1.49	1974	CIN	36	17	11	.607	35	183	10	3	0	201	82	93	22	88	2	1	8	1,010	8	6.78	3.26	2.08	0.81	18.1	8.7	1.19	.250	3.44	87	3.35	93	7.44	7.1
12	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.08	204.2	162	1.26	1974	HOU	33	11	13	.458	27	112	5	4	0	170	70	80	16	100	4	2	2	875	4	4.93	4.40	1.12	0.70	12.8	11.4	1.32	.240	3.52	89	4.01	116	7.48	-13.4
13	Fred Norman F. Norman	3.14	186.1	163	1.14	1974	CIN	35	13	12	.520	26	141	8	2	0	170	65	69	15	68	2	6	9	791	4	6.81	3.28	2.07	0.72	17.8	8.6	1.28	.274	3.33	89	3.23	89	8.21	7.9
14	Carl Morton C. Morton	3.15	274.2	163	1.69	1974	ATL	38	16	12	.571	38	113	7	1	0	293	96	110	10	89	2	0	12	1,176	3	3.70	2.92	1.27	0.33	9.6	7.6	1.39	.294	3.60	82	3.21	83	9.60	19.6
15	Dock Ellis D. Ellis	3.16	176.2	162	1.09	1974	PIT	26	12	9	.571	26	91	9	0	0	163	62	71	13	41	7	0	5	731	5	4.64	2.09	2.22	0.66	12.4	5.6	1.15	.259	3.62	90	3.31	92	8.30	5.9
16	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.20	236.0	162	1.46	1974	NYM	32	11	11	.500	32	201	12	5	0	199	84	89	19	75	3	0	10	956	4	7.67	2.86	2.68	0.72	21.0	7.8	1.16	.274	3.39	92	2.90	82	7.59	16.8
17	Jim Lonborg J. Lonborg	3.21	283.0	162	1.75	1974	PHI	39	17	13	.567	39	121	16	3	0	280	101	113	22	70	6	0	11	1,168	5	3.85	2.23	1.73	0.70	10.4	6.0	1.24	.272	3.59	86	3.53	96	8.90	5.1
18	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.22	291.0	162	1.8	1974	PHI	39	16	13	.552	39	240	17	1	0	249	104	118	21	136	5	0	8	1,227	11	7.42	4.21	1.76	0.65	19.6	11.1	1.32	.276	3.65	86	3.31	90	7.70	12.2
19	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.23	276.0	162	1.7	1974	LAD	40	19	9	.679	40	179	10	5	0	241	99	111	23	80	6	0	2	1,148	4	5.84	2.61	2.24	0.75	15.6	7.0	1.16	.253	3.62	94	3.29	91	7.86	9.9
20	Clay Kirby C. Kirby	3.28	230.2	163	1.42	1974	CIN	36	12	9	.571	35	160	7	1	0	210	84	97	15	91	2	0	3	981	15	6.24	3.55	1.76	0.59	16.3	9.3	1.30	.273	3.78	93	3.24	90	8.19	9.6
21	Ken Brett K. Brett	3.30	191.0	162	1.18	1974	PIT	27	13	9	.591	27	96	10	3	0	192	70	81	9	52	2	0	9	807	4	4.52	2.45	1.85	0.42	11.9	6.4	1.28	.282	3.82	94	3.02	84	9.05	12.5
22	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.36	265.0	162	1.64	1974	NYM	35	15	11	.577	35	188	13	0	0	258	99	113	16	85	7	0	7	1,118	8	6.38	2.89	2.21	0.54	16.8	7.6	1.29	.294	3.84	97	2.98	84	8.76	16.6
23	Ron Reed R. Reed	3.39	186.0	163	1.14	1974	ATL	28	10	11	.476	28	78	6	2	0	171	70	76	16	41	2	0	6	757	5	3.77	1.98	1.90	0.77	10.3	5.4	1.14	.250	3.68	88	3.54	92	8.27	6.9
24	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	3.40	204.0	162	1.26	1974	HOU	34	10	12	.455	30	72	8	2	1	216	77	83	6	65	3	2	2	870	2	3.18	2.87	1.11	0.26	8.3	7.5	1.38	.290	3.66	98	3.24	94	9.53	4.8
25	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	3.50	260.0	162	1.6	1974	PIT	35	16	11	.593	35	105	14	1	0	259	101	115	20	101	1	0	16	1,125	7	3.63	3.50	1.04	0.69	9.3	9.0	1.38	.266	3.98	100	3.94	109	8.97	-9.4