best era by pitchers in 1979 in the national league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

J.R. Richard had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1979, with an ERA of 2.71.

	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	J.R. Richard	2.71	292.1	162	1.8	1979	HOU	38	18	13	.581	38	313	19	4	0	220	88	98	13	98	3	0	5	1,175	19	9.64	3.02	3.19	0.40	26.6	8.3	1.09	.277	3.02	78	2.19	62	6.77	45.6
2	Tom Hume T. Hume	2.76	163.0	161	1.01	1979	CIN	57	10	9	.526	12	80	2	0	17	162	50	54	12	33	0	33	9	669	2	4.42	1.82	2.42	0.66	12.0	4.9	1.20	.276	2.98	74	3.30	87	8.94	9.1
3	Dan Schatzeder D. Schatzeder	2.83	162.0	160	1.01	1979	MON	32	10	5	.667	21	106	3	0	1	136	51	57	17	59	1	4	2	677	6	5.89	3.28	1.80	0.94	15.7	8.7	1.20	.241	3.17	77	3.89	105	7.56	-3.7
4	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	2.97	212.0	162	1.31	1979	LAD	29	11	10	.524	29	129	12	1	0	191	70	85	11	63	2	0	4	874	6	5.48	2.67	2.05	0.47	14.8	7.2	1.20	.269	3.61	81	3.10	81	8.11	16.6
5	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	3.00	263.2	162	1.63	1979	HOU	38	21	11	.656	38	119	11	5	0	221	88	102	17	107	7	0	1	1,095	19	4.06	3.65	1.11	0.58	10.9	9.8	1.24	.241	3.48	87	3.95	112	7.54	-13.7
6	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.00	248.2	160	1.55	1979	MON	37	13	12	.520	37	143	13	5	0	232	83	97	14	78	4	0	9	1,032	10	5.18	2.82	1.83	0.51	13.9	7.6	1.25	.275	3.51	82	3.29	89	8.40	11.1
7	Ken Forsch K. Forsch	3.04	177.2	162	1.1	1979	HOU	26	11	6	.647	24	58	10	2	0	155	60	67	14	35	0	1	2	700	0	2.94	1.77	1.66	0.71	8.3	5.0	1.07	.238	3.39	88	3.68	104	7.85	-3.6
8	Bill Lee B. Lee	3.04	222.0	160	1.39	1979	MON	33	16	10	.615	33	59	6	3	0	230	75	91	20	46	1	0	1	925	0	2.39	1.86	1.28	0.81	6.4	5.0	1.24	.263	3.69	83	3.99	108	9.32	-7.8
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.06	232.2	161	1.45	1979	SDP	32	12	11	.522	32	140	10	0	0	225	79	90	12	67	4	0	10	963	6	5.42	2.59	2.09	0.46	14.5	7.0	1.26	.288	3.48	87	3.10	86	8.70	13.3
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.14	215.0	161	1.34	1979	CIN	32	16	6	.727	32	131	9	5	0	187	75	85	16	61	0	0	6	868	4	5.48	2.55	2.15	0.67	15.1	7.0	1.15	.259	3.56	84	3.32	87	7.83	11.6
11	Bruce Kison B. Kison	3.19	172.1	163	1.06	1979	PIT	33	13	7	.650	25	105	3	1	0	157	61	70	13	45	4	2	5	704	5	5.48	2.35	2.33	0.68	14.9	6.4	1.17	.268	3.66	84	3.33	87	8.20	9.7
12	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.22	207.0	163	1.27	1979	PIT	33	14	9	.609	30	101	8	0	0	201	74	83	25	41	3	2	6	850	2	4.39	1.78	2.46	1.09	11.9	4.8	1.17	.259	3.61	85	3.95	103	8.74	-2.2
13	Silvio Martinez S. Martinez	3.27	206.2	163	1.27	1979	STL	32	15	8	.652	29	102	7	2	0	204	75	92	14	67	0	2	2	867	3	4.44	2.92	1.52	0.61	11.8	7.7	1.31	.278	4.01	88	3.59	98	8.88	1.3
14	Craig Swan C. Swan	3.29	251.1	163	1.54	1979	NYM	35	14	13	.519	35	145	10	3	0	241	92	102	20	57	2	0	9	1,027	2	5.19	2.04	2.54	0.72	14.1	5.6	1.19	.275	3.65	90	3.30	88	8.63	12.9
15	Bob Shirley B. Shirley	3.38	205.0	161	1.27	1979	SDP	49	8	16	.333	25	117	4	1	0	196	77	89	15	59	6	13	8	843	0	5.14	2.59	1.98	0.66	13.9	7.0	1.24	.280	3.91	96	3.48	96	8.60	2.8
16	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.39	342.0	160	2.14	1979	ATL	44	21	20	.512	44	208	23	1	0	311	129	160	41	113	11	0	8	1,436	18	5.47	2.97	1.84	1.08	14.5	7.9	1.24	.254	4.21	84	4.15	101	8.18	0.1
17	Scott Sanderson S. Sanderson	3.43	168.0	160	1.05	1979	MON	34	9	8	.529	24	138	5	3	1	148	64	69	16	54	3	3	4	696	2	7.39	2.89	2.56	0.86	19.8	7.8	1.20	.272	3.70	94	3.33	90	7.93	6.7
18	Joaquin Andujar J. Andujar	3.43	194.0	162	1.2	1979	HOU	46	12	12	.500	23	77	8	0	4	168	74	86	7	88	2	9	6	825	5	3.57	4.08	0.88	0.32	9.3	10.7	1.32	.247	3.99	99	3.79	107	7.79	-6.3
19	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	3.46	242.0	162	1.49	1979	LAD	39	17	10	.630	30	117	5	1	0	217	93	104	16	97	2	2	6	1,016	8	4.35	3.61	1.21	0.60	11.5	9.5	1.30	.256	3.87	95	3.84	101	8.07	-0.8
20	Michael LaCoss M. LaCoss	3.50	205.2	161	1.28	1979	CIN	35	14	8	.636	32	73	6	1	0	202	80	92	13	79	2	0	8	868	3	3.19	3.46	0.92	0.57	8.4	9.1	1.37	.270	4.03	94	4.01	105	8.84	-4.6
21	Dennis Lamp D. Lamp	3.50	200.1	162	1.24	1979	CHC	38	11	10	.524	32	86	6	1	0	223	78	96	14	46	5	3	9	843	1	3.86	2.07	1.87	0.63	10.2	5.5	1.34	.302	4.31	85	3.53	89	10.02	9.5
22	Pete Vuckovich P. Vuckovich	3.59	233.0	163	1.43	1979	STL	34	15	10	.600	32	145	9	0	0	229	93	108	22	64	3	0	4	968	7	5.60	2.47	2.27	0.85	15.0	6.6	1.26	.282	4.17	96	3.57	98	8.85	2
23	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.60	237.1	163	1.46	1979	PIT	37	12	5	.706	37	172	4	0	0	238	95	102	21	92	6	0	8	1,018	9	6.52	3.49	1.87	0.80	16.9	9.0	1.39	.298	3.87	95	3.66	95	9.03	5
24	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.62	239.0	162	1.48	1979	CHC	36	18	12	.600	36	125	5	1	0	251	96	104	16	75	10	0	8	1,021	5	4.71	2.82	1.67	0.60	12.2	7.3	1.36	.296	3.92	88	3.61	91	9.45	9.4
25	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.62	251.0	163	1.54	1979	PHI	35	18	11	.621	35	213	13	4	0	202	101	112	25	89	5	0	11	1,029	10	7.64	3.19	2.39	0.90	20.7	8.6	1.16	.254	4.02	94	3.44	90	7.24	11.3