best era with a minimum of 1000 innings pitched as a pitcher in the 1940s

Spud Chandler had the best ERA when pitching at least 1000 innings in the 1940s, with an ERA of 2.67.

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	2.67	1211.2	165	85	34	.714	151	543	89	22	6	1,039	359	425	49	387	16	9	4,939	18	4.03	2.87	1.40	0.36	11.0	7.8	1.18	.251	3.16	72	3.14	87	7.72	61
2	Max Lanier M. Lanier	2.68	1030.2	194	77	47	.621	128	588	63	16	11	922	307	373	23	365	10	39	4,258	9	5.13	3.19	1.61	0.20	13.8	8.6	1.25	.275	3.26	73	2.77	75	8.05	102.2
3	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.74	1388.0	216	105	59	.640	172	666	101	22	12	1,242	422	480	68	378	27	30	5,662	14	4.32	2.45	1.76	0.44	11.8	6.7	1.17	.260	3.11	72	3.06	80	8.05	115.8
4	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	2.84	2453.1	377	170	118	.590	305	1,579	181	31	15	2,127	774	927	84	1,068	10	56	10,360	52	5.79	3.92	1.48	0.31	15.2	10.3	1.30	.268	3.40	72	3.01	77	7.80	237.2
5	Bob Feller B. Feller	2.90	1897.0	266	137	82	.626	231	1,396	155	28	16	1,539	611	677	95	827	22	27	7,880	30	6.62	3.92	1.69	0.45	17.7	10.5	1.25	.261	3.21	76	3.11	83	7.30	133.9
6	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	2.93	1606.1	246	114	68	.626	210	772	120	31	9	1,441	523	598	77	462	25	26	6,627	24	4.33	2.59	1.67	0.43	11.6	7.0	1.18	.258	3.35	79	3.09	84	8.07	101
7	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	2.94	1693.2	258	111	85	.566	207	646	130	21	12	1,704	554	665	65	426	17	38	7,149	17	3.43	2.26	1.52	0.35	9.0	6.0	1.26	.273	3.53	84	3.07	87	9.05	88.7
8	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	2.94	1375.2	225	96	54	.640	156	693	99	19	17	1,270	450	504	77	372	11	51	5,663	5	4.53	2.43	1.86	0.50	12.2	6.6	1.19	.265	3.30	79	3.01	82	8.31	98.8
9	Bucky Walters B. Walters	2.97	1868.1	246	122	90	.575	238	677	153	28	3	1,724	616	726	92	631	24	6	7,778	28	3.26	3.04	1.07	0.44	8.7	8.1	1.26	.257	3.50	84	3.53	99	8.30	5.6
10	Howie Pollet H. Pollet	2.99	1157.0	204	83	49	.629	145	508	82	18	8	1,107	385	449	52	397	17	26	4,875	21	3.95	3.09	1.28	0.40	10.4	8.1	1.30	.270	3.49	78	3.27	86	8.61	69.6
11	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	3.01	2026.1	374	129	119	.520	239	930	132	27	22	1,944	678	821	74	746	21	93	8,587	36	4.13	3.31	1.25	0.33	10.8	8.7	1.33	.274	3.65	78	3.21	85	8.63	133.3
12	Hank Wyse H. Wyse	3.03	1063.0	198	69	54	.561	133	321	63	11	8	1,105	358	432	50	268	15	38	4,452	9	2.72	2.27	1.20	0.42	7.2	6.0	1.29	.278	3.66	85	3.29	93	9.36	25.5
13	Whit Wyatt W. Wyatt	3.04	1014.2	151	72	49	.595	144	498	71	15	1	903	343	406	47	280	16	5	4,191	3	4.42	2.48	1.78	0.42	11.9	6.7	1.17	.256	3.60	84	3.09	84	8.01	66.3
14	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	3.06	1551.0	231	103	72	.589	193	478	110	21	9	1,501	528	580	117	287	9	27	6,284	4	2.77	1.67	1.67	0.68	7.6	4.6	1.15	.257	3.37	83	3.46	94	8.71	37.9
15	Johnny Niggeling J. Niggeling	3.12	1208.1	172	61	68	.473	156	599	79	11	0	1,056	419	504	58	502	32	12	5,133	33	4.46	3.74	1.19	0.43	11.7	9.8	1.29	.253	3.75	84	3.50	96	7.87	21.4
16	Thornton Lee T. Lee	3.13	1235.2	176	65	74	.468	152	521	97	8	2	1,171	430	528	62	421	27	11	5,199	14	3.79	3.07	1.24	0.45	10.0	8.1	1.29	.266	3.85	85	3.50	94	8.53	31.2
17	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	3.14	2047.1	294	122	123	.498	273	779	139	23	2	2,105	715	884	84	445	31	10	8,535	53	3.42	1.96	1.75	0.37	9.1	5.2	1.25	.281	3.89	85	3.04	83	9.25	148.4
18	Al Benton A. Benton	3.16	1109.0	280	69	59	.539	111	451	42	10	50	1,048	389	475	63	454	9	109	4,743	20	3.66	3.68	0.99	0.51	9.5	9.6	1.35	.262	3.85	80	3.71	95	8.50	25.3
19	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	3.28	1335.0	177	82	70	.539	170	500	99	14	2	1,368	486	564	90	371	18	6	5,617	13	3.37	2.50	1.35	0.61	8.9	6.6	1.30	.276	3.80	90	3.52	96	9.22	19.1
20	Johnny Sain J. Sain	3.28	1185.2	194	79	65	.549	147	539	90	11	10	1,151	432	506	68	387	20	34	5,025	13	4.09	2.94	1.39	0.52	10.7	7.7	1.30	.270	3.84	88	3.38	90	8.74	47.4
21	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	3.29	1281.2	215	87	63	.580	159	760	65	14	10	1,126	469	530	81	491	14	37	5,391	28	5.34	3.45	1.55	0.57	14.1	9.1	1.26	.258	3.72	85	3.30	85	7.91	82
22	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	3.32	1589.1	232	93	92	.503	219	972	103	26	1	1,363	587	657	71	805	12	4	6,758	25	5.50	4.56	1.21	0.40	14.4	11.9	1.36	.264	3.72	92	3.41	94	7.72	36.5
23	Curt Davis C. Davis	3.32	1061.1	183	66	58	.532	129	303	62	13	14	1,091	392	454	63	217	22	40	4,435	8	2.57	1.84	1.40	0.53	6.8	4.9	1.23	.268	3.85	91	3.44	94	9.25	26.9
24	Max Butcher M. Butcher	3.33	1085.0	188	63	56	.529	142	275	69	11	5	1,145	402	480	50	305	11	27	4,653	11	2.28	2.53	0.90	0.41	5.9	6.6	1.34	.273	3.98	90	3.53	95	9.50	20.8
25	Preacher Roe P. Roe	3.35	1024.2	195	61	61	.500	137	518	48	10	9	1,006	381	431	81	270	9	34	4,243	9	4.55	2.37	1.92	0.71	12.2	6.4	1.25	.275	3.79	85	3.37	85	8.84	66.5

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