best era by pitchers in 2011 in the american league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Justin Verlander had the best ERA in the AL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 2011, with an ERA of 2.40.

	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	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2.40	251.0	162	1.55	2011	DET	34	24	5	.828	34	250	4	2	0	174	67	73	24	57	3	0	0	969	7	8.96	2.04	4.39	0.86	25.8	5.9	0.92	.236	2.62	58	2.99	74	6.24	29.4
2	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	2.41	235.2	162	1.45	2011	LAA	33	18	8	.692	33	198	4	2	0	182	63	65	20	56	3	0	0	926	8	7.56	2.14	3.54	0.76	21.4	6.0	1.01	.250	2.48	61	3.19	81	6.95	20.3
3	James Shields J. Shields	2.82	249.1	162	1.54	2011	TBR	33	16	12	.571	33	225	11	4	0	195	78	83	26	65	5	0	1	975	4	8.12	2.35	3.46	0.94	23.1	6.7	1.04	.258	3.00	73	3.41	86	7.04	15.3
4	Doug Fister D. Fister	2.83	216.1	162	1.34	2011	TOT	32	11	13	.458	31	146	3	0	0	193	68	76	11	37	12	0	2	875	3	6.07	1.54	3.95	0.46	16.7	4.2	1.06	.272	3.16	73	3.01	76	8.03	23
5	Josh Beckett J. Beckett	2.89	193.0	162	1.19	2011	BOS	30	13	7	.650	30	175	1	1	0	146	62	65	21	52	9	0	1	767	6	8.16	2.42	3.37	0.98	22.8	6.8	1.03	.245	3.03	68	3.57	90	6.81	8.4
6	Ricky Romero R. Romero	2.92	225.0	162	1.39	2011	TOR	32	15	11	.577	32	178	4	2	0	176	73	85	26	80	14	0	2	917	9	7.12	3.20	2.23	1.04	19.4	8.7	1.14	.242	3.40	70	4.19	102	7.04	-1.6
7	C.J. Wilson	2.94	223.1	162	1.38	2011	TEX	34	16	7	.696	34	206	3	1	0	191	73	89	16	74	10	0	0	915	6	8.30	2.98	2.78	0.64	22.5	8.1	1.19	.287	3.59	68	3.23	78	7.70	22.6
8	Jeremy Hellickson J. Hellickson	2.95	189.0	162	1.17	2011	TBR	29	13	10	.565	29	117	2	1	0	146	62	64	21	72	4	0	8	774	8	5.57	3.43	1.63	1.00	15.1	9.3	1.15	.223	3.05	76	4.43	112	6.95	-10.3
9	CC Sabathia	3.00	237.1	162	1.47	2011	NYY	33	19	8	.704	33	230	3	1	0	230	79	87	17	61	7	0	4	985	2	8.72	2.31	3.77	0.64	23.4	6.2	1.23	.318	3.30	71	2.87	68	8.72	34.1
10	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	3.12	202.0	162	1.25	2011	OAK	32	16	12	.571	32	197	0	0	0	175	70	81	17	91	8	0	1	864	6	8.78	4.05	2.16	0.76	22.8	10.5	1.32	.287	3.61	79	3.63	92	7.80	7.3
11	Dan Haren D. Haren	3.17	238.1	162	1.47	2011	LAA	35	16	10	.615	34	192	4	3	0	211	84	91	20	33	5	1	1	953	6	7.25	1.25	5.82	0.76	20.1	3.5	1.02	.272	3.44	81	2.98	75	7.97	26.4
12	Justin Masterson J. Masterson	3.21	216.0	162	1.33	2011	CLE	34	12	10	.545	33	158	1	0	0	211	77	89	11	65	11	0	4	908	5	6.58	2.71	2.43	0.46	17.4	7.2	1.28	.302	3.71	82	3.27	83	8.79	16.6
13	Brandon McCarthy B. McCarthy	3.32	170.2	162	1.05	2011	OAK	25	9	9	.500	25	123	5	1	0	168	63	73	11	25	0	0	1	690	3	6.49	1.32	4.92	0.58	17.8	3.6	1.13	.296	3.85	84	2.85	72	8.86	21.2
14	Ervin Santana E. Santana	3.38	228.2	162	1.41	2011	LAA	33	11	12	.478	33	178	4	1	0	207	86	95	26	72	8	0	4	949	10	7.01	2.83	2.47	1.02	18.8	7.6	1.22	.272	3.74	86	3.99	101	8.15	-1
15	Matt Harrison M. Harrison	3.39	185.2	162	1.15	2011	TEX	31	14	9	.609	30	126	0	0	0	180	70	79	13	57	1	0	1	772	6	6.11	2.76	2.21	0.63	16.3	7.4	1.28	.290	3.83	79	3.51	84	8.73	13.3
16	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	3.47	233.2	162	1.44	2011	SEA	33	14	14	.500	33	222	5	0	0	218	90	99	19	67	7	0	0	964	12	8.55	2.58	3.31	0.73	23.0	7.0	1.22	.307	3.81	90	3.13	80	8.40	20.9
17	Jon Lester J. Lester	3.47	191.2	162	1.18	2011	BOS	31	15	9	.625	31	182	0	0	0	166	74	77	20	75	11	0	0	799	4	8.55	3.52	2.43	0.94	22.8	9.4	1.26	.286	3.62	82	3.82	97	7.79	2.8
18	David Price D. Price	3.49	224.1	162	1.38	2011	TBR	34	12	13	.480	34	218	0	0	0	192	87	93	22	63	9	0	5	918	2	8.75	2.53	3.46	0.88	23.7	6.9	1.14	.281	3.73	90	3.31	84	7.70	16.3
19	Alexi Ogando A. Ogando	3.51	169.0	162	1.04	2011	TEX	31	13	8	.619	29	126	1	1	0	149	66	73	16	43	7	2	0	693	5	6.71	2.29	2.93	0.85	18.2	6.2	1.14	.265	3.89	81	3.65	88	7.93	9.6
20	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	3.59	205.1	162	1.27	2011	CWS	31	13	9	.591	31	109	0	0	0	221	82	93	21	45	2	0	3	858	1	4.78	1.97	2.42	0.92	12.7	5.2	1.30	.294	4.08	85	3.97	94	9.69	6.2
21	Ivan Nova I. Nova	3.70	165.1	162	1.02	2011	NYY	28	16	4	.800	27	98	0	0	0	163	68	74	13	57	6	1	3	704	11	5.33	3.10	1.72	0.71	13.9	8.1	1.33	.283	4.03	88	4.00	95	8.87	3.9
22	Michael Pineda M. Pineda	3.74	171.0	162	1.06	2011	SEA	28	9	10	.474	28	173	0	0	0	133	71	76	18	55	5	0	1	696	9	9.11	2.89	3.15	0.95	24.9	7.9	1.10	.258	4.00	98	3.42	87	7.00	9.6
23	Philip Humber P. Humber	3.75	163.0	162	1.01	2011	CWS	28	9	9	.500	26	116	0	0	0	151	68	71	14	41	6	0	2	676	9	6.40	2.26	2.83	0.77	17.2	6.1	1.18	.275	3.92	89	3.58	84	8.34	11.8
24	Derek Holland D. Holland	3.95	198.0	162	1.22	2011	TEX	32	16	5	.762	32	162	4	4	0	201	87	97	22	67	6	0	1	843	2	7.36	3.05	2.42	1.00	19.2	7.9	1.35	.305	4.41	91	3.93	95	9.14	5.1
25	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	4.00	164.1	162	1.01	2011	NYY	29	8	10	.444	26	135	1	1	0	172	73	85	21	40	3	0	3	694	0	7.39	2.19	3.38	1.15	19.5	5.8	1.29	.305	4.66	95	3.82	91	9.42	6.9