Between the 1968 and 1977 seasons, Bruce Sutter had the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.94.

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best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player from 1968 to 1977

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	1.94	114	13	6	.684	0	202	0	0	41	190.2	132	41	48	9	49	1	76	15	743	9	9.53	2.31	4.12	0.42	27.2	6.6	0.95	.255	2.27	49	1.97	50	6.23	40.4
2	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	2.45	594	69	52	.570	0	654	0	0	196	922.0	811	251	304	50	320	7	464	47	3,806	51	6.38	3.12	2.04	0.49	17.2	8.4	1.23	.274	2.97	68	2.91	79	7.92	79.9
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.46	352	187	100	.652	347	2,360	162	44	1	2729.0	2,126	745	809	187	721	43	4	62	10,841	70	7.78	2.38	3.27	0.62	21.8	6.7	1.04	.258	2.67	70	2.54	74	7.01	276.9
4	Mark Fidrych M. Fidrych	2.47	42	25	13	.658	40	139	31	5	0	331.1	299	91	105	14	65	4	2	5	1,322	7	3.78	1.77	2.14	0.38	10.5	4.9	1.10	.259	2.85	65	2.99	80	8.12	28.5
5	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	2.50	213	23	19	.548	0	227	0	0	40	327.2	302	91	109	14	147	5	122	42	1,408	5	6.23	4.04	1.54	0.38	16.1	10.4	1.37	.284	2.99	67	3.21	91	8.30	13.2
6	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.53	320	171	89	.658	315	1,477	160	44	2	2474.1	2,016	696	771	164	785	26	3	31	9,991	56	5.37	2.86	1.88	0.60	14.8	7.9	1.13	.246	2.80	72	3.22	89	7.33	109.1
7	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	2.54	300	31	23	.574	0	261	0	0	58	443.0	355	125	155	25	221	19	181	38	1,889	11	5.30	4.49	1.18	0.51	13.8	11.7	1.30	.242	3.15	73	3.65	106	7.21	-7.8
8	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.63	43	19	16	.543	43	179	13	9	0	301.2	272	88	102	20	69	14	0	10	1,221	5	5.34	2.06	2.59	0.60	14.7	5.7	1.13	.268	3.04	90	2.91	105	8.11	-7.9
9	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.65	411	69	62	.527	37	844	11	4	97	966.2	791	285	327	83	419	12	271	59	4,042	31	7.86	3.90	2.01	0.77	20.9	10.4	1.25	.264	3.04	72	3.27	87	7.36	52.9
10	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	2.69	142	66	49	.574	137	937	73	19	0	1082.0	906	323	355	93	292	36	3	17	4,379	27	7.79	2.43	3.21	0.77	21.4	6.7	1.11	.269	2.95	76	2.92	81	7.54	86.5
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.72	248	126	86	.594	240	1,535	145	31	2	1980.1	1,667	598	671	110	632	43	4	70	8,119	47	6.98	2.87	2.43	0.50	18.9	7.8	1.16	.268	3.05	75	2.69	79	7.58	158.1
12	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	2.74	83	44	18	.710	82	366	21	6	1	571.1	465	174	198	59	146	6	1	16	2,295	2	5.77	2.30	2.51	0.93	15.9	6.4	1.07	.236	3.12	75	3.52	95	7.32	11.4
13	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	2.77	584	80	53	.602	16	546	0	0	130	1057.0	1,006	325	376	49	365	29	329	95	4,433	24	4.65	3.11	1.50	0.42	12.3	8.2	1.30	.278	3.20	78	3.22	93	8.57	30.2
14	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	2.77	464	66	51	.564	11	698	2	1	119	894.1	739	275	312	58	366	14	318	82	3,713	39	7.02	3.68	1.91	0.58	18.8	9.9	1.24	.264	3.14	77	3.11	87	7.44	42.7
15	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	2.77	34	13	17	.433	34	127	12	2	0	243.2	229	75	86	9	60	4	0	15	997	2	4.69	2.22	2.12	0.33	12.7	6.0	1.19	.276	3.18	93	2.61	92	8.46	5.8
16	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.77	327	128	92	.582	279	1,583	97	27	14	2145.2	1,640	661	757	158	782	39	29	42	8,748	67	6.64	3.28	2.02	0.66	18.1	8.9	1.13	.240	3.18	81	3.17	89	6.88	88.2
17	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.79	282	122	113	.519	279	1,728	130	35	0	2143.2	1,880	664	753	148	553	58	2	30	8,693	46	7.25	2.32	3.12	0.62	19.9	6.4	1.13	.279	3.16	76	2.70	73	7.89	236.1
18	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.83	379	186	145	.562	376	2,019	227	40	2	3027.2	2,623	953	1,110	219	775	60	3	83	12,245	76	6.00	2.30	2.61	0.65	16.5	6.3	1.12	.262	3.30	78	2.97	84	7.80	195.5
19	Enrique Romo E. Romo	2.83	58	8	10	.444	3	105	0	0	16	114.1	93	36	40	8	39	5	39	7	461	1	8.27	3.07	2.69	0.63	22.8	8.5	1.15	.280	3.15	68	2.96	69	7.32	16.5
20	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	2.86	215	28	21	.571	17	183	3	0	44	446.2	419	142	163	38	121	13	128	28	1,845	8	3.69	2.44	1.51	0.77	9.9	6.6	1.21	.256	3.28	85	3.69	111	8.44	-18.5
21	Bob Locker B. Locker	2.88	392	36	24	.600	0	358	0	0	61	568.0	530	182	227	27	181	19	192	52	2,386	29	5.67	2.87	1.98	0.43	15.0	7.6	1.25	.279	3.60	84	2.91	81	8.40	42
22	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.92	580	75	70	.517	37	897	4	2	171	1148.1	983	372	422	87	329	35	407	59	4,659	23	7.03	2.58	2.73	0.68	19.3	7.1	1.14	.271	3.31	85	2.94	82	7.70	82.5
23	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.95	273	124	86	.590	262	1,315	105	28	2	1945.2	1,650	638	731	139	617	18	2	28	7,935	57	6.08	2.85	2.13	0.64	16.6	7.8	1.17	.258	3.38	85	3.12	86	7.63	106.6
24	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.96	237	108	92	.540	236	756	110	27	0	1768.1	1,634	581	666	112	516	32	1	51	7,289	38	3.85	2.63	1.47	0.57	10.4	7.1	1.22	.259	3.39	90	3.39	99	8.32	1.6
25	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.96	361	167	117	.588	351	1,846	117	42	2	2594.0	2,193	854	944	195	695	44	8	52	10,559	66	6.40	2.41	2.66	0.68	17.5	6.6	1.11	.257	3.28	87	2.95	86	7.61	128.2

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