best era by pitchers in 2008 in the national league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Johan Santana had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 2008, with an ERA of 2.53.

	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	Johan Santana J. Santana	2.53	234.1	162	1.45	2008	NYM	34	16	7	.696	34	206	3	2	0	206	66	74	23	63	4	0	5	964	9	7.91	2.42	3.27	0.88	21.4	6.5	1.15	.274	2.84	61	3.50	82	7.91	20.2
2	Tim Lincecum T. Lincecum	2.62	227.0	162	1.4	2008	SFG	34	18	5	.783	33	265	2	1	0	182	66	72	11	84	6	0	1	928	17	10.51	3.33	3.15	0.44	28.6	9.1	1.17	.304	2.85	61	2.61	62	7.22	41.5
3	Jake Peavy J. Peavy	2.85	173.2	162	1.07	2008	SDP	27	10	11	.476	27	166	1	0	0	146	55	57	17	59	5	0	1	709	6	8.60	3.06	2.81	0.88	23.4	8.3	1.18	.279	2.95	72	3.59	86	7.57	11.6
4	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	2.96	206.2	161	1.28	2008	CHC	33	17	6	.739	33	187	1	0	0	174	68	75	14	76	7	0	1	856	5	8.14	3.31	2.46	0.61	21.8	8.9	1.21	.280	3.27	66	3.40	77	7.58	22.7
5	Ben Sheets B. Sheets	3.09	198.1	162	1.22	2008	MIL	31	13	9	.591	31	158	5	3	0	181	68	74	17	47	1	0	2	812	8	7.17	2.13	3.36	0.77	19.5	5.8	1.15	.278	3.36	73	3.37	78	8.21	20.8
6	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.09	227.1	162	1.4	2008	PHI	33	14	10	.583	33	196	2	2	0	193	78	89	28	53	1	0	7	914	0	7.76	2.10	3.70	1.11	21.4	5.8	1.08	.259	3.52	71	3.71	85	7.64	16.2
7	Chad Billingsley C. Billingsley	3.14	200.2	162	1.24	2008	LAD	35	16	10	.615	32	201	1	1	0	188	70	76	14	80	8	1	6	859	10	9.01	3.59	2.51	0.63	23.4	9.3	1.34	.313	3.41	75	3.34	78	8.43	20.8
8	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	3.21	196.0	162	1.21	2008	CIN	33	17	6	.739	32	206	0	0	0	167	70	82	14	93	14	1	5	838	10	9.46	4.27	2.22	0.64	24.6	11.1	1.33	.299	3.77	73	3.59	81	7.67	18.3
9	Derek Lowe D. Lowe	3.24	211.0	162	1.3	2008	LAD	34	14	11	.560	34	147	1	0	0	194	76	84	14	45	1	0	7	851	2	6.27	1.92	3.27	0.60	17.3	5.3	1.13	.280	3.58	77	3.25	76	8.27	24.2
10	Brandon Webb B. Webb	3.30	226.2	162	1.4	2008	ARI	34	22	7	.759	34	183	3	1	0	206	83	95	13	65	12	0	5	944	8	7.27	2.58	2.82	0.52	19.4	6.9	1.20	.288	3.77	73	3.27	74	8.18	28
11	Dan Haren D. Haren	3.33	216.0	162	1.33	2008	ARI	33	16	8	.667	33	206	1	1	0	204	80	86	19	40	6	0	4	881	11	8.58	1.67	5.15	0.79	23.4	4.5	1.13	.303	3.58	74	3.00	68	8.50	33.2
12	Ricky Nolasco R. Nolasco	3.52	212.1	161	1.32	2008	FLA	34	15	8	.652	32	186	1	1	0	192	83	88	28	42	6	0	6	868	1	7.88	1.78	4.43	1.19	21.4	4.8	1.10	.271	3.73	81	3.76	88	8.14	12
13	Roy Oswalt R. Oswalt	3.54	208.2	161	1.3	2008	HOU	32	17	10	.630	32	165	3	2	0	199	82	89	23	47	10	0	2	862	1	7.12	2.03	3.51	0.99	19.1	5.5	1.18	.285	3.84	84	3.79	87	8.58	13
14	Jair Jurrjens J. Jurrjens	3.68	188.1	162	1.16	2008	ATL	31	13	10	.565	31	139	0	0	0	188	77	87	11	70	4	0	9	813	3	6.64	3.35	1.99	0.53	17.1	8.6	1.37	.301	4.16	88	3.59	84	8.98	14.4
15	Paul Maholm P. Maholm	3.71	206.1	162	1.27	2008	PIT	31	9	9	.500	31	139	1	0	0	201	85	89	21	63	9	0	2	853	2	6.06	2.75	2.21	0.92	16.3	7.4	1.28	.290	3.88	87	4.15	97	8.77	2.8
16	Todd Wellemeyer T. Wellemeyer	3.71	191.2	162	1.18	2008	STL	32	13	9	.591	32	134	0	0	0	178	79	84	25	62	7	0	1	807	7	6.29	2.91	2.16	1.17	16.6	7.7	1.25	.264	3.94	89	4.50	106	8.36	-6.1
17	Jamie Moyer J. Moyer	3.71	196.1	162	1.21	2008	PHI	33	16	7	.696	33	123	0	0	0	199	81	85	20	62	11	0	4	841	3	5.64	2.84	1.98	0.92	14.6	7.4	1.33	.286	3.90	86	4.31	99	9.12	1.1
18	Mike Pelfrey M. Pelfrey	3.72	200.2	162	1.24	2008	NYM	32	13	11	.542	32	110	2	0	0	209	83	86	12	64	13	0	1	851	2	4.93	2.87	1.72	0.54	12.9	7.5	1.36	.302	3.86	89	3.96	93	9.37	7
19	Hiroki Kuroda H. Kuroda	3.73	183.1	162	1.13	2008	LAD	31	9	10	.474	31	116	2	2	0	181	76	85	13	42	7	0	8	776	5	5.69	2.06	2.76	0.64	14.9	5.4	1.22	.281	4.17	89	3.58	84	8.89	14.1
20	Matt Cain M. Cain	3.76	217.2	162	1.34	2008	SFG	34	8	14	.364	34	186	1	1	0	206	91	95	19	91	7	0	9	933	7	7.69	3.76	2.04	0.79	19.9	9.8	1.36	.297	3.93	88	3.90	92	8.52	7.9
21	Kyle Lohse K. Lohse	3.78	200.0	162	1.23	2008	STL	33	15	6	.714	33	119	0	0	0	211	84	88	18	49	3	0	3	839	5	5.36	2.21	2.43	0.81	14.2	5.8	1.30	.297	3.96	91	3.88	92	9.50	7.6
22	John Lannan J. Lannan	3.91	182.0	161	1.13	2008	WSH	31	9	15	.375	31	117	0	0	0	172	79	89	23	72	7	0	1	779	6	5.79	3.56	1.63	1.14	15.0	9.2	1.34	.266	4.40	91	4.78	110	8.51	-8.5
23	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	3.91	188.2	161	1.17	2008	CHC	30	14	6	.700	30	130	1	1	0	172	82	85	18	72	6	0	1	796	4	6.20	3.43	1.81	0.86	16.3	9.0	1.29	.270	4.05	87	4.23	96	8.20	3.7
24	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.91	184.0	162	1.14	2008	ARI	30	11	10	.524	30	173	2	0	0	184	80	92	24	44	6	0	6	778	2	8.46	2.15	3.93	1.17	22.2	5.7	1.24	.301	4.50	87	3.75	85	9.00	13.1
25	Aaron Cook A. Cook	3.96	211.1	162	1.3	2008	COL	32	16	9	.640	32	96	2	1	0	236	93	102	13	48	4	0	2	886	6	4.09	2.04	2.00	0.55	10.8	5.4	1.34	.308	4.34	86	3.75	84	10.05	16.9