Between the 1850 and 1900 seasons, Al Spalding had the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.78.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player from 1850 to 1900

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Al Spalding A. Spalding	1.78	65	48	12	.800	61	41	53	8	1	539.2	559	107	238	6	26		4	2,272	1	0.68	0.43	1.58	0.10	1.8	1.1	1.08		3.97	74	2.38	99	9.32	9.6
2	Charlie Hodnett C. Hodnett	1.88	18	14	4	.778	18	47	15	1	0	153.0	149	32	66	1	23		0	647	10	2.76	1.35	2.04	0.06	7.3	3.6	1.12		3.88	63	3.19	117	8.76	-8.8
3	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.89	129	65	60	.520	129	263	127	9	0	1181.0	1,183	248	597	7	78		0	4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	67	2.35	84	9.02	88.9
4	Laurie Reis L. Reis	2.00	8	4	4	.500	8	19	8	1	0	72.0	84	16	42	1	10		0	310	3	2.38	1.25	1.90	0.13	6.1	3.2	1.31		5.25	81	2.76	104	10.50	-0.1
5	John Ward J. Ward	2.10	293	164	103	.614	262	920	245	24	3	2469.2	2,324	576	1,185	26	253		32	10,164	144	3.35	0.92	3.64	0.09	9.1	2.5	1.04		4.32	82	2.43	96	8.47	9.1
6	Ed Conley E. Conley	2.15	8	4	4	.500	8	33	8	1	0	71.0	63	17	47	4	22		0	304	7	4.18	2.79	1.50	0.51	10.9	7.2	1.20		5.96	75	4.01	123	7.99	-7
7	Jocko Flynn J. Flynn	2.24	32	23	6	.793	29	146	28	2	1	257.0	207	64	127	9	63		3	1,049	28	5.11	2.21	2.32	0.32	13.9	6.0	1.05		4.45	64	3.16	89	7.25	14.6
8	Tommy Bond T. Bond	2.25	322	193	115	.627	314	860	294	35	0	2779.2	2,857	695	1,339	32	178		11	11,386	120	2.78	0.58	4.83	0.10	7.6	1.6	1.09	.274	4.34	89	2.38	95	9.25	32.3
9	Will White W. White	2.28	403	229	166	.580	402	1,041	394	36	0	3542.2	3,440	896	1,844	65	496		1	14,951	221	2.64	1.26	2.10	0.17	7.0	3.3	1.11	.254	4.68	83	2.98	108	8.74	-109.3
10	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	2.36	277	177	89	.665	268	1,103	256	22	2	2392.1	2,147	626	1,235	68	496	2	9	10,001	113	4.15	1.87	2.22	0.26	11.0	5.0	1.10	.250	4.65	79	2.99	97	8.08	41
11	Will Sawyer W. Sawyer	2.36	17	4	10	.286	15	76	15	0	0	141.0	119	37	79	1	47		2	596	13	4.85	3.00	1.62	0.06	12.8	7.9	1.18		5.04	77	3.27	106	7.60	-3.9
12	Tom Healey T. Healey	2.39	14	6	7	.462	13	20	12	0	1	113.0	125	30	67	2	20		1	480	8	1.59	1.59	1.00	0.16	4.2	4.2	1.28		5.34	111	2.94	137	9.96	-13.4
13	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	2.43	492	265	214	.553	485	1,704	466	33	1	4275.2	4,092	1,155	2,095	82	749	12	7	17,702	160	3.59	1.58	2.28	0.17	9.6	4.2	1.13	.265	4.41	86	2.88	100	8.61	-32.7
14	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	2.43	176	89	80	.527	176	406	172	9	0	1567.1	1,627	424	922	12	124		0	6,659	84	2.33	0.71	3.27	0.07	6.1	1.9	1.12		5.29	97	2.52	100	9.34	-7.4
15	Bill Vinton B. Vinton	2.46	37	17	19	.472	37	160	34	2	0	314.0	302	86	231	7	73		0	1,395	27	4.59	2.09	2.19	0.20	11.5	5.2	1.19	.256	6.62	84	3.12	98	8.66	2.1
16	Foghorn Bradley F. Bradley	2.49	22	9	10	.474	21	16	16	1	1	173.1	201	48	116	1	16		1	779	7	0.83	0.83	1.00	0.05	2.1	2.1	1.25		6.02	109	2.40	105	10.44	-3
17	George Bradley G. Bradley	2.50	287	138	125	.525	265	611	245	28	2	2404.1	2,469	668	1,392	42	179		22	10,119	166	2.29	0.67	3.41	0.16	6.0	1.8	1.10		5.21	92	2.68	103	9.24	-36.8
18	Charlie Geggus C. Geggus	2.54	23	10	9	.526	21	156	19	0	0	177.1	143	50	100	2	38		2	733	23	7.92	1.93	4.11	0.10	21.3	5.2	1.02		5.08	85	2.30	89	7.26	4.8
19	Harry Salisbury H. Salisbury	2.55	48	24	24	.500	48	166	47	1	0	424.0	418	120	260	1	48		0	1,794	14	3.52	1.02	3.46	0.02	9.3	2.7	1.10		5.52	96	2.35	86	8.87	18.4
20	Bert Dorr B. Dorr	2.59	8	2	6	.250	8	34	8	0	0	66.0	53	19	39	0	1		0	259	1	4.64	0.14	34.00	0.00	13.1	0.4	0.82		5.32	95	1.78	62	7.23	8.2
21	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.60	41	15	16	.484	32	179	26	3	1	301.2	262	87	140	7	75	22	9	1,218	4	5.34	2.24	2.39	0.21	14.7	6.2	1.12	.273	4.18	70	2.96	79	7.82	25.4
22	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2.63	600	342	225	.603	594	2,564	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7	20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
23	Harry McCormick H. McCormick	2.66	103	41	58	.414	102	157	96	10	0	884.0	922	261	498	9	115		5	3,781	54	1.60	1.17	1.37	0.09	4.2	3.0	1.17		5.07	103	2.98	112	9.39	-37.5
24	Bill Sweeney B. Sweeney	2.67	82	49	31	.613	80	422	76	4	0	708.0	700	210	413	17	116		2	3,019	54	5.36	1.47	3.64	0.22	14.0	3.8	1.15		5.25	86	2.76	97	8.90	17.5
25	Charlie Ferguson C. Ferguson	2.67	183	99	64	.607	170	728	165	13	4	1514.2	1,402	450	793	42	290	11	12	6,310	64	4.33	1.72	2.51	0.25	11.5	4.6	1.12	.260	4.71	85	3.12	92	8.33	42.5

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