Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Jesse Orosco had the lowest ERA for the Mets, with an ERA of 2.60.

Interpreted as:

best mets with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game pitchers in 80s

	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	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	2.60	354	46	45	.505	2	484	0	0	107	560.2	447	162	187	36	218	10	240	36	2,311	13	7.77	3.50	2.22	0.58	20.9	9.4	1.19	.263	3.00	72	3.07	85	7.18	34.8
2	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
3	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	2.78	79	9	7	.563	0	129	0	0	8	139.0	123	43	47	12	59	1	49	19	599	2	8.35	3.82	2.19	0.78	21.5	9.8	1.31	.279	3.04	79	3.27	92	7.96	4.1
4	David Cone D. Cone	3.01	90	39	17	.696	74	471	16	6	1	550.1	448	184	205	41	198	13	3	14	2,266	26	7.70	3.24	2.38	0.67	20.8	8.7	1.17	.264	3.35	87	3.18	89	7.33	23.2
5	Bob Ojeda B. Ojeda	3.02	102	44	34	.564	97	397	17	9	0	646.0	567	217	252	42	173	8	1	11	2,639	7	5.53	2.41	2.29	0.59	15.0	6.6	1.15	.260	3.51	88	3.22	90	7.90	24.4
6	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	3.13	280	33	29	.532	2	228	0	0	84	468.1	424	163	184	22	154	11	189	27	1,958	21	4.38	2.96	1.48	0.42	11.6	7.9	1.23	.261	3.54	88	3.45	95	8.15	9.2
7	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.21	167	69	44	.611	162	963	15	5	1	1027.0	757	366	395	87	417	24	1	19	4,210	17	8.44	3.65	2.31	0.76	22.9	9.9	1.14	.246	3.46	91	3.28	91	6.63	36.9
8	Frank Viola F. Viola	3.38	12	5	5	.500	12	73	2	1	0	85.1	75	32	35	5	27	1	0	3	351	3	7.70	2.85	2.70	0.53	20.8	7.7	1.20	.286	3.69	100	2.79	79	7.91	7
9	Ron Darling R. Darling	3.38	207	87	55	.613	206	991	24	10	0	1391.2	1,242	523	593	126	542	25	1	18	5,826	49	6.41	3.51	1.83	0.81	17.0	9.3	1.28	.269	3.83	96	3.73	104	8.03	-23
10	Walt Terrell W. Terrell	3.53	57	19	23	.452	56	181	7	3	0	369.2	377	145	168	25	149	6	1	10	1,584	12	4.41	3.63	1.21	0.61	11.4	9.4	1.42	.288	4.09	100	3.91	110	9.18	-15.5
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.55	34	9	14	.391	34	135	5	2	0	231.0	201	91	104	18	86	4	0	5	962	10	5.26	3.35	1.57	0.70	14.0	8.9	1.24	.255	4.05	99	3.76	103	7.83	-3.5
12	Rick Aguilera R. Aguilera	3.58	114	37	27	.578	59	351	5	0	7	473.0	475	188	211	40	137	15	24	10	2,001	23	6.68	2.61	2.56	0.76	17.5	6.8	1.29	.298	4.01	100	3.34	91	9.04	17.1
13	Pat Zachry P. Zachry	3.69	88	19	33	.365	66	233	12	3	1	441.1	445	181	212	39	171	9	7	11	1,896	7	4.75	3.49	1.36	0.80	12.3	9.0	1.40	.281	4.32	105	4.00	114	9.07	-23.7
14	Pete Falcone P. Falcone	3.80	112	20	23	.465	55	266	7	1	4	423.2	406	179	203	43	165	3	16	17	1,799	21	5.65	3.51	1.61	0.91	14.8	9.2	1.35	.275	4.31	107	3.95	111	8.62	-19.6
15	Ed Lynch E. Lynch	3.82	167	38	40	.487	98	259	7	1	4	730.1	815	310	348	62	158	11	27	20	3,096	9	3.19	1.95	1.64	0.76	8.4	5.1	1.33	.289	4.29	108	3.80	107	10.04	-20.1
16	Ray Burris R. Burris	4.02	29	7	13	.350	29	83	1	0	0	170.1	181	76	86	20	54	4	0	5	726	5	4.39	2.85	1.54	1.06	11.4	7.4	1.38	.285	4.54	113	4.32	121	9.56	-14.3
17	Mark Bomback M. Bomback	4.09	36	10	8	.556	25	68	2	1	0	162.2	191	74	80	17	49	4	2	3	710	4	3.76	2.71	1.39	0.94	9.6	6.9	1.48	.304	4.43	115	4.24	119	10.57	-12.4
18	Craig Swan C. Swan	4.12	100	19	26	.422	63	208	6	1	2	423.1	422	194	215	52	117	0	12	10	1,766	2	4.42	2.49	1.78	1.11	11.8	6.6	1.27	.266	4.57	116	4.17	116	8.97	-28.6
19	Charlie Puleo C. Puleo	4.15	40	9	9	.500	25	106	1	1	1	184.1	187	85	100	13	98	2	10	9	812	4	5.18	4.78	1.08	0.63	13.1	12.1	1.55	.293	4.88	116	4.09	115	9.13	-11
20	Greg Harris G. Harris	4.46	16	3	5	.375	14	54	0	0	1	68.2	65	34	36	8	28	2	2	2	300	3	7.08	3.67	1.93	1.05	18.0	9.3	1.35	.274	4.72	130	3.85	113	8.52	-3.3
21	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	4.47	48	11	22	.333	42	110	5	0	0	260.0	282	129	145	19	131	3	5	11	1,147	9	3.81	4.53	0.84	0.66	9.6	11.4	1.59	.298	5.02	125	4.40	122	9.76	-23.4
22	Mike Scott M. Scott	4.52	66	13	24	.351	51	130	3	1	3	312.1	355	157	179	25	102	3	10	5	1,353	3	3.75	2.94	1.27	0.72	9.6	7.5	1.46	.302	5.16	129	3.88	111	10.23	-13.1
23	Randy Jones R. Jones	4.69	41	8	18	.308	32	58	2	1	0	167.0	195	87	116	19	89	5	4	4	777	3	3.13	4.80	0.65	1.02	7.5	11.5	1.70	.290	6.25	134	5.14	147	10.51	-30.2
24	John Pacella J. Pacella	5.14	32	3	4	.429	15	68	0	0	0	84.0	89	48	51	5	59	2	6	2	388	5	7.29	6.32	1.15	0.54	17.5	15.2	1.76	.331	5.46	144	4.08	114	9.54	-4.8