Since 1969, Dwight Gooden has the lowest ERA in a season, with an ERA of 1.53 in 1985.

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best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player in single season since 1969

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
2	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.56	1994	ATL	25	16	6	.727	25	156	10	3	0	202.0	150	35	44	4	31	6	0	3	774	3	6.95	1.38	5.03	0.18	20.2	4.0	0.90	.253	1.96	37	2.39	55	6.68	43.7
3	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	1.58	2026	MIL	20	11	4	.733	20	185	1	1	0	120.0	62	21	29	10	28	9	0	0	456	5	13.87	2.10	6.61	0.75	40.6	6.1	0.75	.232	2.17	38	2.03	48	4.65	29.5
4	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	1.63	2020	CLE	12	8	1	.889	12	122	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	14.20	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	46	5.35	20.5
5	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.63	1995	ATL	28	19	2	.905	28	181	10	3	0	209.2	147	38	39	8	23	4	0	3	785	1	7.77	0.99	7.87	0.34	23.1	2.9	0.81	.244	1.67	39	2.25	52	6.31	46.9
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.66	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	32	200	1	0	0	222.2	148	41	43	14	40	5	0	1	843	7	8.08	1.62	5.00	0.57	23.7	4.7	0.84	.229	1.74	44	2.75	73	5.98	26.2
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1.69	1981	HOU	21	11	5	.688	21	140	5	3	0	149.0	99	28	34	2	68	1	0	1	605	16	8.46	4.11	2.06	0.12	23.1	11.2	1.12	.246	2.05	52	2.28	70	5.98	16.5
8	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.70	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
9	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	1.73	2020	CIN	11	5	4	.556	11	100	2	2	0	73.0	41	14	17	9	17	3	0	1	278	3	12.33	2.10	5.88	1.11	36.0	6.1	0.79	.215	2.10	36	2.87	61	5.05	14.1
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.74	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
11	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1.74	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
12	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1.75	2022	HOU	28	18	4	.818	28	185	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	46	2.48	64	5.97	27.7
13	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.76	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	289	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
14	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1.77	2015	CHC	33	22	6	.786	33	236	4	3	0	229.0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	45	2.34	60	5.90	39
15	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.77	2014	LAD	27	21	3	.875	27	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	51	1.81	50	6.31	40.5
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.82	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
17	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.83	2013	LAD	33	16	9	.640	33	232	3	2	0	236.0	164	48	55	11	52	3	0	2	908	12	8.85	1.98	4.46	0.42	25.6	5.7	0.92	.251	2.10	51	2.38	64	6.25	35.4
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.87	2005	HOU	32	13	8	.619	32	185	1	0	0	211.1	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	44	2.86	67	6.43	33.4
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1.89	1996	FLA	32	17	11	.607	32	159	5	3	0	233.0	187	49	60	8	33	16	0	2	906	6	6.14	1.27	4.82	0.31	17.5	3.6	0.94	.259	2.32	46	2.88	68	7.22	35.8
20	Blake Snell B. Snell	1.89	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	31	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	5.58	23.1
21	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.90	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	305	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
22	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.91	1972	BOS	43	15	6	.714	19	123	12	6	3	179.0	128	38	45	7	65	0	12	5	713	0	6.18	3.27	1.89	0.35	17.3	9.1	1.08	.234	2.26	59	2.62	77	6.44	14.9
23	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	1.91	1971	CWS	44	22	13	.629	42	210	22	7	1	334.0	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	53	2.63	71	7.33	38.9
24	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1.92	1972	CLE	41	24	16	.600	40	234	29	5	1	342.2	253	73	79	17	82	12	1	16	1,345	11	6.15	2.15	2.85	0.45	17.4	6.1	0.98	.236	2.07	60	2.49	74	6.64	31.9
25	John Tudor J. Tudor	1.93	1985	STL	36	21	8	.724	36	169	14	10	0	275.0	209	59	68	14	49	5	0	4	1,062	4	5.53	1.60	3.45	0.46	15.9	4.6	0.94	.236	2.23	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3

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Braves	62	43	.590
Phillies	57	49	.538	5.5
Nationals	54	52	.509	8.5
Marlins	52	54	.491	10.5
Mets	44	62	.415	18.5

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Tue 7/28	ATL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Wed 7/29	ATL	@	NYM	1:10 PM
Thu 7/30	MIA	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Fri 7/31	MIA	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Sat 8/1	MIA	@	NYM	4:10 PM

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Marlins	52	54	.491	10.5
Mets	44	62	.415	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	66	39	.629
Cubs	59	46	.562	7.0
Pirates	54	52	.509	12.5
Cardinals	53	52	.505	13.0
Reds	49	55	.471	16.5
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Since 1969, Dwight Gooden has the lowest ERA in a season, with an ERA of 1.53 in 1985.

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