best era by pitchers in 1978 in the national league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Craig Swan had the best ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1978, with an ERA of 2.43.

	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	Craig Swan C. Swan	2.43	207.1	162	1.28	1978	NYM	29	9	6	.600	28	125	5	1	0	164	56	62	12	58	2	0	8	819	1	5.43	2.52	2.16	0.52	15.3	7.1	1.07	.244	2.69	71	2.99	85	7.12	11.7
2	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	2.47	219.0	162	1.35	1978	MON	30	13	10	.565	29	126	11	1	1	186	60	64	12	64	2	1	2	871	1	5.18	2.63	1.97	0.49	14.5	7.3	1.14	.261	2.63	70	3.04	88	7.64	10.2
3	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	2.54	198.1	162	1.22	1978	STL	45	12	12	.500	23	149	6	2	1	187	56	65	9	59	2	15	5	819	7	6.76	2.68	2.53	0.41	18.2	7.2	1.24	.297	2.95	70	2.58	75	8.49	18.8
4	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	2.63	260.0	162	1.6	1978	SFG	36	17	11	.607	35	147	16	6	0	218	76	85	10	85	4	1	11	1,062	6	5.09	2.94	1.73	0.35	13.8	8.0	1.17	.255	2.94	75	2.97	88	7.55	12.1
5	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	2.71	236.0	162	1.46	1978	LAD	32	19	10	.655	32	104	10	3	0	196	71	74	17	61	0	0	4	942	3	3.97	2.33	1.70	0.65	11.0	6.5	1.09	.236	2.82	77	3.40	95	7.47	4.3
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.73	260.2	162	1.61	1978	SDP	37	21	6	.778	37	154	5	2	0	241	79	96	9	66	2	0	8	1,055	4	5.32	2.28	2.33	0.31	14.6	6.3	1.18	.282	3.31	82	2.62	77	8.32	23.5
7	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.79	258.0	162	1.59	1978	SFG	35	18	10	.643	35	171	9	4	0	233	80	87	12	70	0	0	4	1,042	5	5.97	2.44	2.44	0.42	16.4	6.7	1.17	.280	3.03	80	2.67	79	8.13	21.1
8	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.84	247.1	162	1.53	1978	PHI	34	16	13	.552	34	161	12	3	0	228	78	91	30	63	3	0	7	1,006	3	5.86	2.29	2.56	1.09	16.0	6.3	1.18	.264	3.31	78	3.65	101	8.30	-1
9	Ed Halicki E. Halicki	2.85	199.0	162	1.23	1978	SFG	29	9	10	.474	28	105	9	4	1	166	63	74	11	45	7	1	9	819	1	4.75	2.04	2.33	0.50	12.8	5.5	1.06	.238	3.35	81	3.02	89	7.51	8.1
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.88	259.2	161	1.61	1978	CIN	36	16	14	.533	36	226	8	1	0	218	83	97	26	89	0	0	11	1,075	6	7.83	3.08	2.54	0.90	21.0	8.3	1.18	.262	3.36	80	3.16	89	7.56	11.7
11	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2.88	334.1	162	2.06	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	42	248	22	4	1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	73	2.74	72	7.94	38.1
12	Randy Jones R. Jones	2.88	253.0	162	1.56	1978	SDP	37	13	14	.481	36	71	7	2	0	263	81	104	6	64	0	0	20	1,058	4	2.53	2.28	1.11	0.21	6.7	6.0	1.29	.280	3.70	87	3.08	90	9.36	9.6
13	John Denny J. Denny	2.96	234.0	162	1.44	1978	STL	33	14	11	.560	33	103	11	2	0	200	77	81	13	74	6	0	4	936	8	3.96	2.85	1.39	0.50	11.0	7.9	1.17	.253	3.12	82	3.44	100	7.69	-0.8
14	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.03	243.2	161	1.51	1978	PIT	34	14	10	.583	34	182	11	4	0	217	82	94	17	66	6	0	5	1,011	6	6.72	2.44	2.76	0.63	18.0	6.5	1.16	.270	3.47	83	2.87	80	8.02	19.6
15	Ross Grimsley R. Grimsley	3.05	263.0	162	1.62	1978	MON	36	20	11	.645	36	84	19	3	0	237	89	103	17	67	2	0	6	1,068	4	2.87	2.29	1.25	0.58	7.9	6.3	1.16	.245	3.52	87	3.56	103	8.11	-3.3
16	J.R. Richard	3.11	275.1	162	1.7	1978	HOU	36	18	11	.621	36	303	16	3	0	192	95	104	12	141	2	0	4	1,139	16	9.90	4.61	2.15	0.39	26.6	12.4	1.21	.264	3.40	94	2.50	74	6.28	26.9
17	Larry Christenson L. Christenson	3.24	228.0	162	1.41	1978	PHI	33	13	14	.481	33	131	9	3	0	209	82	90	16	47	1	0	7	925	6	5.17	1.86	2.79	0.63	14.2	5.1	1.12	.264	3.55	89	2.97	82	8.25	16
18	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.24	189.0	161	1.17	1978	PIT	30	12	11	.522	29	94	3	1	1	191	68	73	15	49	5	1	6	796	3	4.48	2.33	1.92	0.71	11.8	6.2	1.27	.278	3.48	89	3.47	96	9.10	3
19	Doug Rau D. Rau	3.26	199.0	162	1.23	1978	LAD	30	15	9	.625	30	95	7	2	0	219	72	82	17	68	2	0	5	859	0	4.30	3.08	1.40	0.77	11.1	7.9	1.44	.298	3.71	93	3.79	106	9.90	-4.7
20	Tommy John T. John	3.30	213.0	162	1.31	1978	LAD	33	17	10	.630	30	124	7	0	1	230	78	95	11	53	5	3	7	912	6	5.24	2.24	2.34	0.46	13.6	5.8	1.33	.305	4.01	94	2.90	81	9.72	15.8
21	Dennis Lamp D. Lamp	3.30	223.2	162	1.38	1978	CHC	37	7	15	.318	36	73	6	3	0	221	82	96	16	56	4	0	8	928	2	2.94	2.25	1.30	0.64	7.9	6.0	1.24	.263	3.86	84	3.66	98	8.89	2.7
22	Dick Ruthven D. Ruthven	3.38	231.2	162	1.43	1978	TOT	33	15	11	.577	33	120	11	3	0	214	87	95	21	56	1	0	3	937	6	4.66	2.18	2.14	0.82	12.8	6.0	1.17	.261	3.69	90	3.45	94	8.31	6.1
23	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.41	242.2	162	1.5	1978	CHC	35	14	15	.483	35	115	9	1	0	235	92	98	16	54	5	0	8	1,007	13	4.27	2.00	2.13	0.59	11.4	5.4	1.19	.268	3.63	87	3.21	86	8.72	14.2
24	Don Robinson D. Robinson	3.47	228.1	161	1.42	1978	PIT	35	14	6	.700	32	135	9	1	1	203	88	98	20	57	3	1	4	937	9	5.32	2.25	2.37	0.79	14.4	6.1	1.14	.253	3.86	95	3.32	92	8.00	7.3
25	Jim Barr J. Barr	3.53	163.0	162	1.01	1978	SFG	32	8	11	.421	25	44	5	2	1	180	64	69	7	35	0	2	6	690	0	2.43	1.93	1.26	0.39	6.4	5.1	1.32	.286	3.81	101	3.24	95	9.94	2.6