best era with a minimum of 1000 innings pitched as a pitcher in the 1950s

Between the 1950 and 1959 seasons, Whitey Ford had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 1000 innings, with an ERA of 2.66.

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.66	1561.2	245	121	50	.708	208	915	94	24	8	1,301	461	531	100	664	17	23	21	6,455	32	5.27	3.83	1.38	0.58	14.2	10.3	1.26	.252	3.06	71	3.43	92	7.50	51.8
2	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.79	1023.2	432	62	50	.554	37	645	17	4	58	859	317	385	74	413	34	204	23	4,256	33	5.67	3.63	1.56	0.65	15.2	9.7	1.24	.254	3.38	72	3.45	88	7.55	50.2
3	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2.92	2822.2	389	202	131	.607	350	1,464	215	33	17	2,540	915	1,022	222	790	20	33	36	11,554	43	4.67	2.52	1.85	0.71	12.7	6.8	1.18	.256	3.26	79	3.31	90	8.10	120.5
4	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.06	2383.0	353	155	121	.562	306	1,487	162	33	18	2,107	809	898	189	840	23	33	27	9,940	32	5.62	3.17	1.77	0.71	15.0	8.5	1.24	.259	3.39	78	3.34	86	7.96	145.8
5	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	3.07	1008.1	187	79	39	.669	117	632	64	20	34	853	344	391	56	462	28	58		4,238	23	5.64	4.12	1.37	0.50	14.9	10.9	1.30	.260	3.49	80	3.41	90	7.61	42.3
6	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	3.12	1104.1	163	84	42	.667	148	359	65	13	1	1,096	383	444	89	279	25	8	5	4,580	3	2.93	2.27	1.29	0.73	7.8	6.1	1.25	.263	3.62	81	3.71	98	8.93	9.1
7	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	3.14	1170.2	213	84	52	.618	158	592	63	13	5	1,054	409	480	84	577	11	22	19	5,020	21	4.55	4.44	1.03	0.65	11.8	11.5	1.39	.258	3.69	86	3.88	106	8.10	-38.2
8	Johnny Antonelli J. Antonelli	3.18	1721.1	290	116	92	.558	241	1,026	98	23	9	1,579	609	711	163	574	33	28	35	7,235	22	5.36	3.00	1.79	0.85	14.2	7.9	1.25	.260	3.72	81	3.55	91	8.26	68.6
9	Sal Maglie S. Maglie	3.19	1638.2	290	114	58	.663	222	830	86	22	14	1,519	581	662	167	540	42	34	8	6,841	18	4.56	2.97	1.54	0.92	12.1	7.9	1.26	.257	3.64	80	3.83	95	8.34	37.1
10	Early Wynn E. Wynn	3.28	2562.0	374	188	119	.612	339	1,544	162	33	12	2,217	934	1,046	218	1,028	40	33	25	10,756	29	5.42	3.61	1.50	0.77	14.4	9.6	1.27	.252	3.67	86	3.61	95	7.79	54.9
11	Frank Sullivan F. Sullivan	3.29	1351.2	212	84	64	.568	179	723	68	14	5	1,291	494	565	112	423	39	13	17	5,662	13	4.81	2.82	1.71	0.75	12.8	7.5	1.27	.270	3.76	79	3.46	83	8.60	100.7
12	Frank Lary F. Lary	3.32	1253.2	191	79	69	.534	170	643	78	13	6	1,249	462	528	96	394	53	15	24	5,311	21	4.62	2.83	1.63	0.69	12.1	7.4	1.31	.280	3.79	84	3.48	88	8.97	67.8
13	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	3.32	3011.2	405	199	149	.572	370	1,516	237	30	19	2,874	1,110	1,229	327	525	29	29	31	12,263	22	4.53	1.57	2.89	0.98	12.4	4.3	1.13	.258	3.67	85	3.42	87	8.59	171.5
14	Mike Garcia M. Garcia	3.32	1960.1	355	128	91	.584	261	1,000	103	22	20	1,945	724	814	113	636	30	55	20	8,331	26	4.59	2.92	1.57	0.52	12.0	7.6	1.32	.280	3.74	86	3.21	84	8.93	132.8
15	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	3.34	2015.1	311	150	94	.615	260	888	139	18	15	1,890	749	872	141	820	44	35	13	8,589	48	3.97	3.66	1.08	0.63	10.3	9.5	1.34	.261	3.89	86	3.77	98	8.44	9.6
16	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	3.39	1863.2	333	126	82	.606	230	661	104	21	18	1,886	701	792	160	442	29	62	34	7,741	15	3.19	2.13	1.50	0.77	8.5	5.7	1.25	.268	3.82	93	3.62	99	9.11	-3.8
17	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	3.44	1625.1	251	103	87	.542	223	870	99	18	3	1,545	621	728	117	543	23	18	24	6,852	15	4.82	3.01	1.60	0.65	12.7	7.9	1.28	.269	4.03	88	3.37	85	8.56	102.5
18	Bob Turley B. Turley	3.47	1269.2	207	83	63	.568	174	983	70	21	7	973	489	525	96	804	40	22	10	5,495	27	6.97	5.70	1.22	0.68	17.9	14.6	1.40	.246	3.72	94	3.87	105	6.90	-30.3
19	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	3.47	1400.2	302	90	72	.556	169	774	59	19	20	1,290	540	594	107	597	33	77	19	5,987	35	4.97	3.84	1.30	0.69	12.9	10.0	1.35	.264	3.82	88	3.69	94	8.29	38.2
20	Jack Harshman J. Harshman	3.48	1115.0	202	67	61	.523	147	716	61	12	7	975	431	476	89	509	22	31	15	4,774	33	5.78	4.11	1.41	0.72	15.0	10.7	1.33	.258	3.84	91	3.61	95	7.87	23.5
21	Dick Donovan D. Donovan	3.48	1132.1	183	67	53	.558	153	515	62	15	1	1,084	438	484	100	325	33	15	27	4,749	10	4.09	2.58	1.58	0.79	10.8	6.8	1.24	.261	3.85	90	3.63	94	8.62	25.7
22	Sam Jones S. Jones	3.52	1178.1	198	72	75	.490	164	994	60	14	6	972	461	514	107	629	46	20	23	5,076	26	7.59	4.80	1.58	0.82	19.6	12.4	1.36	.262	3.93	90	3.66	93	7.42	37.2
23	Bobby Shantz B. Shantz	3.54	1433.1	283	88	71	.553	155	726	71	13	17	1,380	563	628	113	458	29	66	28	5,974	16	4.56	2.88	1.59	0.71	12.2	7.7	1.28	.273	3.94	87	3.50	88	8.67	78.5
24	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	3.54	1773.2	270	126	73	.633	246	917	116	19	5	1,719	698	791	217	395	24	16	21	7,309	18	4.65	2.00	2.32	1.10	12.5	5.4	1.19	.261	4.01	87	3.73	90	8.72	79.5
25	Bob Rush B. Rush	3.57	2047.0	327	110	123	.472	278	1,072	105	15	3	1,937	812	935	153	663	33	16	27	8,645	41	4.71	2.91	1.62	0.67	12.4	7.7	1.27	.265	4.11	90	3.40	85	8.52	136.2