Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, J.R. Richard had the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.90.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player in the 1980s

	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	J.R. Richard	1.90	17	10	4	.714	17	119	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	31	2	40	0	0	1	438	2	9.42	3.17	2.98	0.16	27.2	9.1	0.92	.227	2.45	56	1.93	56	5.15	19.9
2	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	2.44	200	25	16	.610	0	180	0	0	38	380.0	350	103	122	18	99	8	106	26	1,557	5	4.26	2.34	1.82	0.43	11.6	6.4	1.18	.265	2.89	60	3.22	81	8.29	33.1
3	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.48	330	37	19	.661	2	323	0	0	76	479.1	405	132	147	32	154	14	177	53	1,971	17	6.06	2.89	2.10	0.60	16.4	7.8	1.17	.258	2.76	69	3.33	91	7.60	19.7
4	John Franco J. Franco	2.49	393	42	30	.583	0	367	0	0	148	528.0	460	146	174	27	210	5	286	41	2,196	15	6.26	3.58	1.75	0.46	16.7	9.6	1.27	.273	2.97	66	3.26	86	7.84	31.7
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.64	177	100	39	.719	175	1,168	52	19	1	1291.0	1,053	379	423	65	379	18	1	17	5,215	26	8.14	2.64	3.08	0.45	22.4	7.3	1.11	.276	2.95	75	2.52	70	7.34	155.6
6	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.67	637	53	43	.552	0	364	0	0	239	996.2	1,009	296	328	53	152	7	530	63	4,047	3	3.29	1.37	2.39	0.48	9.0	3.8	1.16	.275	2.96	67	3.17	81	9.11	83.5
7	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.69	231	98	64	.605	191	1,011	58	23	5	1457.0	1,240	435	508	75	434	31	18	53	5,957	51	6.25	2.68	2.33	0.46	17.0	7.3	1.15	.264	3.14	76	3.00	84	7.66	94.8
8	Todd Burns T. Burns	2.71	67	14	7	.667	16	106	2	0	9	199.0	159	60	65	11	62	2	25	6	799	7	4.79	2.80	1.71	0.50	13.3	7.8	1.11	.239	2.94	73	3.38	91	7.19	7.1
9	Tim Belcher T. Belcher	2.82	81	31	20	.608	62	375	14	9	5	443.2	355	139	157	30	138	9	12	12	1,791	11	7.61	2.80	2.72	0.61	20.9	7.7	1.11	.262	3.18	83	2.95	84	7.20	27.7
10	Mike Henneman M. Henneman	2.85	180	31	13	.705	0	202	0	0	37	278.0	242	88	105	19	105	10	114	30	1,164	15	6.54	3.40	1.92	0.62	17.4	9.0	1.25	.269	3.40	71	3.47	84	7.83	20.4
11	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	2.89	85	32	25	.561	83	328	17	8	0	570.1	509	183	213	20	183	18	1	17	2,370	31	5.18	2.89	1.79	0.32	13.8	7.7	1.21	.269	3.36	79	3.15	86	8.03	31.8
12	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	2.91	324	36	32	.529	2	260	0	0	103	525.0	469	170	199	24	176	12	230	32	2,189	21	4.46	3.02	1.48	0.41	11.9	8.0	1.23	.259	3.41	82	3.43	94	8.04	11.3
13	Alejandro Pena A. Pena	2.92	281	38	38	.500	72	571	12	7	32	769.1	693	250	301	44	244	11	104	43	3,200	13	6.68	2.85	2.34	0.51	17.8	7.6	1.22	.279	3.52	83	3.01	84	8.11	46.7
14	Lee Smith L. Smith	2.96	586	50	57	.467	6	836	0	0	234	835.2	716	275	304	51	334	7	449	73	3,481	37	9.00	3.60	2.50	0.55	24.0	9.6	1.26	.295	3.27	75	2.75	72	7.71	100.2
15	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.97	687	59	68	.465	0	466	0	0	101	896.1	846	296	339	42	301	10	424	120	3,771	9	4.68	3.02	1.55	0.42	12.4	8.0	1.28	.272	3.40	80	3.35	91	8.49	34.2
16	Al Holland A. Holland	3.00	379	34	30	.531	11	505	0	0	78	636.2	541	212	239	55	227	5	216	54	2,670	12	7.14	3.21	2.22	0.78	18.9	8.5	1.21	.259	3.38	83	3.34	93	7.65	17.5
17	Greg Minton G. Minton	3.00	626	52	55	.486	1	418	0	0	146	963.1	925	321	369	38	414	10	386	118	4,106	41	3.91	3.87	1.01	0.36	10.2	10.1	1.39	.275	3.45	83	3.70	101	8.64	-1.2
18	Craig Lefferts C. Lefferts	3.00	472	32	39	.451	5	422	0	0	54	683.2	600	228	257	62	205	8	183	40	2,786	21	5.56	2.70	2.06	0.82	15.1	7.4	1.18	.258	3.38	83	3.64	97	7.90	7.7
19	Scott Garrelts S. Garrelts	3.01	313	56	41	.577	55	615	5	2	48	757.2	600	253	290	53	334	10	160	45	3,149	41	7.31	3.97	1.84	0.63	19.5	10.6	1.23	.256	3.44	86	3.41	93	7.13	21.7
20	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	3.01	409	29	44	.397	18	410	0	0	63	669.0	618	224	274	41	227	7	206	65	2,795	24	5.52	3.05	1.81	0.55	14.7	8.1	1.26	.273	3.69	84	3.35	91	8.31	25.5
21	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	3.06	629	56	60	.483	0	712	0	0	264	871.2	745	296	314	80	292	18	507	54	3,621	16	7.35	3.01	2.44	0.83	19.7	8.1	1.19	.264	3.24	81	3.36	90	7.69	35.3
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.06	175	95	45	.679	174	1,215	58	21	0	1284.2	1,088	437	476	95	371	32	0	16	5,243	31	8.51	2.60	3.27	0.67	23.2	7.1	1.14	.281	3.33	73	2.79	69	7.62	178.3
23	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	3.08	466	73	59	.553	73	884	13	2	188	1066.1	941	365	417	55	437	14	332	35	4,509	31	7.46	3.69	2.02	0.46	19.6	9.7	1.29	.284	3.52	78	3.01	76	7.94	114.9
24	David Cone D. Cone	3.11	101	39	17	.696	74	492	16	6	1	573.0	477	198	219	43	211	14	8	15	2,374	29	7.73	3.31	2.33	0.68	20.7	8.9	1.20	.269	3.44	89	3.21	89	7.49	23.6
25	Jaime Navarro J. Navarro	3.12	19	7	8	.467	17	56	1	0	0	109.2	119	38	47	6	32	1	1	3	470	3	4.60	2.63	1.75	0.49	11.9	6.8	1.38	.301	3.86	80	3.35	89	9.77	5

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	56	55	.505
Rangers	55	55	.500	0.5
Mariners	53	58	.477	3.0
Athletics	45	65	.409	10.5
Angels	42	68	.382	13.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/1	TEX	@	HOU	7:10 PM
Sun 8/2	TEX	@	HOU	2:10 PM
Mon 8/3	TOR	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Tue 8/4	TOR	@	HOU	8:10 PM
Wed 8/5	TOR	@	HOU	2:10 PM

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56 - 55

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Alvarez

33

Schwarber

31

Rice

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Stewart

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Abrams

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Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Arraez

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Alvarez

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Arraez

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Alvarez

Run Leaders

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Wood

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Reynolds

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Turner

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Alvarez

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Soto

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Wood

SLG Leaders

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Alvarez

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Rice

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Abrams

SB Leaders

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Chisholm

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Win Leaders

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Strikeout Leaders

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Cease

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WHIP Leaders

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Ohtani

1,648.8

Wood

1,531.8

Alvarez

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1,328.6

Ohtani

1,225

Wood

1,148

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66-45

62-47

61-48

61-49

60-50

Worst Record ATS

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	65	45	.591
Phillies	57	53	.518	8.0
Marlins	56	55	.505	9.5
Nationals	55	56	.495	10.5
Mets	47	64	.423	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	68	41	.624
Cubs	62	48	.564	6.5
Pirates	55	56	.495	14.0
Cardinals	54	56	.491	14.5
Reds	52	57	.477	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	69	41	.627
Diamondbacks	58	52	.527	11.0
Padres	56	54	.509	13.0
Giants	47	63	.427	22.0
Rockies	43	67	.391	26.0

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Rays	64	45	.587
Yankees	62	48	.564	2.5
Red Sox	58	51	.532	6.0
Orioles	54	56	.491	10.5
Blue Jays	51	59	.464	13.5
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White Sox	58	51	.532
Twins	56	55	.505	3.0
Guardians	56	55	.505	3.0
Tigers	52	58	.473	6.5
Royals	46	65	.414	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	56	55	.505
Rangers	55	55	.500	0.5
Mariners	53	58	.477	3.0
Athletics	45	65	.409	10.5
Angels	42	68	.382	13.5

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Fri 7/17	TBR	@	BOS	0-10
Fri 7/17	LAD	@	NYY	2-1
Fri 7/17	TEX	@	ATL	1-15
Fri 7/17	CWS	@	TOR	12-4
Fri 7/17	MIN	@	CHC	5-2

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 8/1	STL	@	TOR	3:07 PM
Sat 8/1	CWS	@	TBR	4:10 PM
Sat 8/1	MIA	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sat 8/1	MIN	@	SEA	4:10 PM
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Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, J.R. Richard had the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.90.

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