best era by pitchers in 1976 in the national league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

John Denny had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1976, with an ERA of 2.52.

	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	John Denny J. Denny	2.52	207.0	162	1.28	1976	STL	30	11	9	.550	30	74	8	3	0	189	58	71	11	74	8	0	3	861	5	3.22	3.22	1.00	0.48	8.6	8.6	1.27	.256	3.09	72	3.79	112	8.22	-10.1
2	Doug Rau D. Rau	2.57	231.0	162	1.43	1976	LAD	34	16	12	.571	32	98	8	3	0	221	66	71	18	69	7	0	1	950	2	3.82	2.69	1.42	0.70	10.3	7.3	1.26	.268	2.77	76	3.78	108	8.61	-7.5
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.59	271.0	162	1.67	1976	NYM	35	14	11	.560	34	235	13	5	0	211	78	83	14	77	4	0	9	1,079	12	7.80	2.56	3.05	0.46	21.8	7.1	1.06	.263	2.76	77	2.46	72	7.01	29
4	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2.69	247.1	162	1.53	1976	NYM	34	21	10	.677	32	200	17	3	0	205	74	81	19	66	1	0	7	994	3	7.28	2.40	3.03	0.69	20.1	6.6	1.10	.263	2.95	80	2.82	83	7.46	16.4
5	Pat Zachry P. Zachry	2.74	204.0	162	1.26	1976	CIN	38	14	7	.667	28	143	6	1	0	170	62	70	8	83	2	2	4	842	5	6.31	3.66	1.72	0.35	17.0	9.9	1.24	.267	3.09	77	2.99	86	7.50	11.3
6	Randy Jones R. Jones	2.74	315.1	162	1.95	1976	SDP	40	22	14	.611	40	93	25	5	0	274	96	109	15	50	4	0	9	1,251	0	2.65	1.43	1.86	0.43	7.4	4.0	1.03	.238	3.11	83	3.17	94	7.82	7.1
7	J.R. Richard	2.75	291.0	162	1.8	1976	HOU	39	20	15	.571	39	214	14	3	0	221	89	105	14	151	4	0	4	1,218	13	6.62	4.67	1.42	0.43	17.6	12.4	1.28	.248	3.25	84	3.38	101	6.84	-1.8
8	John Montefusco J. Montefusco	2.84	253.1	162	1.56	1976	SFG	37	16	14	.533	36	172	11	6	0	224	80	90	11	74	4	0	8	1,045	3	6.11	2.63	2.32	0.39	16.5	7.1	1.18	.272	3.20	80	2.76	81	7.96	18.6
9	Jim Barr J. Barr	2.89	252.1	162	1.56	1976	SFG	37	15	12	.556	37	75	8	3	0	260	81	104	9	60	2	0	7	1,056	3	2.68	2.14	1.25	0.32	7.1	5.7	1.27	.276	3.71	81	3.23	95	9.27	4.9
10	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.95	262.0	162	1.62	1976	NYM	35	17	10	.630	35	153	16	6	0	236	86	94	18	57	3	0	5	1,054	13	5.26	1.96	2.68	0.62	14.5	5.4	1.12	.265	3.23	88	3.04	89	8.11	10.9
11	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	2.98	181.0	162	1.12	1976	LAD	27	12	3	.800	26	77	10	3	0	165	60	66	17	53	1	0	2	744	3	3.83	2.64	1.45	0.85	10.3	7.1	1.20	.248	3.28	89	3.89	112	8.20	-8.2
12	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	3.04	207.1	162	1.28	1976	ATL	29	11	11	.500	28	135	12	3	1	166	70	83	14	74	2	1	1	847	10	5.86	3.21	1.82	0.61	15.9	8.7	1.16	.244	3.60	81	3.30	89	7.21	9.9
13	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.06	267.2	162	1.65	1976	LAD	35	21	10	.677	34	161	15	4	0	231	91	98	22	82	3	1	6	1,093	4	5.41	2.76	1.96	0.74	14.7	7.5	1.17	.253	3.30	91	3.45	99	7.77	1.2
14	Bruce Kison B. Kison	3.08	193.0	162	1.19	1976	PIT	31	14	9	.609	29	98	6	1	1	180	66	83	10	52	3	1	4	800	4	4.57	2.42	1.88	0.47	12.3	6.5	1.20	.267	3.87	88	3.14	90	8.39	7.4
15	Jim Lonborg J. Lonborg	3.08	222.0	162	1.37	1976	PHI	33	18	10	.643	32	118	8	1	1	210	76	85	18	50	5	1	4	916	2	4.78	2.03	2.36	0.73	12.9	5.5	1.17	.265	3.45	86	3.36	95	8.51	4.9
16	Tommy John T. John	3.09	207.0	162	1.28	1976	LAD	31	10	10	.500	31	91	6	2	0	207	71	76	7	61	0	0	4	868	7	3.96	2.65	1.49	0.30	10.5	7.0	1.29	.282	3.30	92	3.07	88	9.00	9.5
17	Fred Norman F. Norman	3.09	180.1	162	1.11	1976	CIN	33	12	7	.632	24	126	8	3	0	153	62	71	10	70	3	2	5	745	6	6.29	3.49	1.80	0.50	16.9	9.4	1.24	.267	3.54	87	3.17	91	7.64	6.4
18	Ray Burris R. Burris	3.11	249.0	162	1.54	1976	CHC	37	15	13	.536	36	112	10	4	0	251	86	102	22	70	5	0	5	1,053	7	4.05	2.53	1.60	0.80	10.6	6.6	1.29	.271	3.69	82	3.78	102	9.07	-1.5
19	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.13	252.2	162	1.56	1976	PHI	35	20	7	.741	35	195	13	2	0	224	88	94	19	72	1	0	4	1,031	8	6.95	2.56	2.71	0.68	18.9	7.0	1.17	.276	3.35	88	2.93	82	7.98	17.5
20	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.15	220.0	162	1.36	1976	PIT	32	16	7	.696	31	138	11	4	1	173	77	87	22	60	2	1	5	881	0	5.65	2.45	2.30	0.90	15.7	6.8	1.06	.229	3.56	90	3.52	101	7.08	-0.8
21	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.21	230.0	162	1.42	1976	MON	33	7	17	.292	32	150	8	4	1	212	82	93	10	69	4	1	7	944	10	5.87	2.70	2.17	0.39	15.9	7.3	1.22	.284	3.64	88	2.84	81	8.30	17.3
22	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.22	192.2	162	1.19	1976	NYM	31	8	13	.381	30	120	5	2	0	184	69	83	14	52	0	1	1	797	11	5.61	2.43	2.31	0.65	15.1	6.5	1.22	.278	3.88	96	3.14	92	8.60	5.9
23	Pete Falcone P. Falcone	3.23	212.0	162	1.31	1976	STL	32	12	16	.429	32	138	9	2	0	173	76	87	12	93	2	0	1	893	9	5.86	3.95	1.48	0.51	15.5	10.4	1.25	.248	3.69	92	3.41	101	7.34	-0.9
24	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.26	226.2	162	1.4	1976	LAD	33	11	15	.423	33	116	8	4	0	203	82	93	16	60	1	0	6	925	2	4.61	2.38	1.93	0.64	12.5	6.5	1.16	.255	3.69	97	3.33	96	8.06	4
25	Brent Strom B. Strom	3.29	210.2	162	1.3	1976	SDP	36	12	16	.429	33	103	8	1	0	188	77	100	15	73	2	1	8	878	13	4.40	3.12	1.41	0.64	11.7	8.3	1.24	.253	4.27	100	3.64	108	8.03	-6.7