best pitchers in mlb in 2001

Randy Johnson had the lowest ERA in 2001, with an ERA of 2.49.

Interpreted as:
best with a minimum of 1 IP per team game pitchers in MLB in 2001
NAMEERASEASONTMGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
2.49
2001
ARI ARI
35
21
6
.778
34
372
3
2
0
249.2
181
69
74
19
71
18
1
2
994
8
13.41
2.56
5.24
0.68
37.4
7.1
1.01
.315
2.67
55
2.12
48
6.52
63.9
2Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
2.98
2001
ARI ARI
35
22
6
.786
35
293
6
1
0
256.2
237
85
86
37
39
1
0
0
1,021
4
10.27
1.37
7.51
1.30
28.7
3.8
1.08
.307
3.02
66
3.10
70
8.31
38
3John Burkett
J. Burkett
3.04
2001
ATL ATL
34
12
12
.500
34
187
1
1
0
219.1
187
74
83
17
70
6
0
13
902
5
7.67
2.87
2.67
0.70
20.7
7.8
1.17
.273
3.41
71
3.38
78
7.67
23.8
4Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
3.05
2001
ATL ATL
34
17
11
.607
34
173
3
3
0
233.0
220
79
86
20
27
7
0
10
927
2
6.68
1.04
6.41
0.77
18.7
2.9
1.06
.286
3.32
71
3.11
71
8.50
32.4
5Freddy Garcia
F. Garcia
3.05
2001
SEA SEA
34
18
6
.750
34
163
4
3
0
238.2
199
81
88
16
69
5
0
6
971
3
6.15
2.60
2.36
0.60
16.8
7.1
1.12
.255
3.32
71
3.48
80
7.50
23
6Darryl Kile
D. Kile
3.09
2001
STL STL
34
16
11
.593
34
179
2
1
0
227.1
228
78
83
22
65
11
0
3
956
6
7.09
2.57
2.75
0.87
18.7
6.8
1.29
.303
3.29
72
3.73
85
9.03
16.9
7Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
3.15
2001
NYY NYY
34
17
11
.607
34
214
4
3
0
228.2
202
80
87
20
42
4
0
2
909
6
8.42
1.65
5.10
0.79
23.5
4.6
1.07
.289
3.42
72
2.91
66
7.95
38.5
8Joe Mays
J. Mays
3.16
2001
MIN MIN
34
17
13
.567
34
123
4
2
0
233.2
205
82
87
25
64
5
0
2
957
11
4.74
2.47
1.92
0.96
12.9
6.7
1.15
.243
3.35
69
4.27
98
7.90
1.6
9Matt Morris
M. Morris
3.16
2001
STL STL
34
22
8
.733
34
185
2
1
0
216.1
218
76
86
13
54
13
0
3
909
5
7.70
2.25
3.43
0.54
20.4
5.9
1.26
.318
3.58
74
3.04
69
9.07
32.6
10Russ Ortiz
R. Ortiz
3.29
2001
SFG SFG
33
17
9
.654
33
169
1
1
0
218.2
187
80
90
13
91
0
0
3
911
8
6.96
3.75
1.86
0.54
18.6
10.0
1.27
.273
3.70
79
3.52
84
7.70
16.4
11Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
3.29
2001
CWS CWS
32
16
8
.667
32
126
4
2
0
221.1
188
81
89
24
48
8
0
2
885
1
5.12
1.95
2.63
0.98
14.2
5.4
1.07
.242
3.62
73
4.07
89
7.64
11.9
12Al Leiter
A. Leiter
3.31
2001
NYM NYM
29
11
11
.500
29
142
0
0
0
187.1
178
69
81
18
46
4
0
3
772
5
6.82
2.21
3.09
0.86
18.4
6.0
1.20
.285
3.89
79
3.58
84
8.55
14.5
13Kerry Wood
K. Wood
3.36
2001
CHC CHC
28
12
6
.667
28
217
1
1
0
174.1
127
65
70
16
92
10
0
3
740
9
11.20
4.75
2.36
0.83
29.3
12.4
1.26
.274
3.61
79
3.50
80
6.56
17.4
14Tim Hudson
T. Hudson
3.37
2001
OAK OAK
35
18
9
.667
35
181
3
0
0
235.0
216
88
100
20
71
6
0
5
980
9
6.93
2.72
2.55
0.77
18.5
7.2
1.22
.279
3.83
77
3.59
81
8.27
21.8
15Wade Miller
W. Miller
3.40
2001
HOU HOU
32
16
8
.667
32
183
1
0
0
212.0
183
80
91
31
76
4
0
3
873
8
7.77
3.23
2.41
1.32
21.0
8.7
1.22
.263
3.86
75
4.35
98
7.77
2.3
16Javier Vazquez
J. Vazquez
3.42
2001
MON MON
32
16
11
.593
32
208
5
3
0
223.2
197
85
92
24
44
3
0
4
898
3
8.37
1.77
4.73
0.97
23.2
4.9
1.08
.279
3.70
75
3.21
72
7.93
31.3
17Jamie Moyer
J. Moyer
3.43
2001
SEA SEA
33
20
6
.769
33
119
1
0
0
209.2
187
80
84
24
44
10
0
4
851
1
5.11
1.89
2.70
1.03
14.0
5.2
1.10
.249
3.61
80
4.17
96
8.03
3.8
18Mark Mulder
M. Mulder
3.45
2001
OAK OAK
34
21
8
.724
34
153
6
4
0
229.1
214
88
92
16
51
5
0
4
927
4
6.00
2.00
3.00
0.63
16.5
5.5
1.16
.282
3.61
79
3.35
76
8.40
27.5
19Barry Zito
B. Zito
3.49
2001
OAK OAK
35
17
8
.680
35
205
3
2
0
214.1
184
83
92
18
80
13
0
0
902
6
8.61
3.36
2.56
0.76
22.7
8.9
1.23
.283
3.86
79
3.52
80
7.73
21.5
20Chan Ho Park
C. Ho Park
3.50
2001
LAD LAD
36
15
11
.577
35
218
2
1
0
234.0
183
91
98
23
91
20
0
1
981
3
8.38
3.50
2.40
0.88
22.2
9.3
1.17
.254
3.77
85
3.88
89
7.04
12.3
21Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
3.51
2001
NYY NYY
33
20
3
.870
33
213
0
0
0
220.1
205
86
94
19
72
5
0
1
918
14
8.70
2.94
2.96
0.78
23.2
7.8
1.26
.305
3.84
80
3.28
74
8.37
28.1
22Tom Glavine
T. Glavine
3.57
2001
ATL ATL
35
16
7
.696
35
116
1
1
0
219.1
213
87
92
24
97
2
0
10
929
2
4.76
3.98
1.20
0.98
12.5
10.4
1.41
.274
3.78
84
4.76
109
8.74
-10.1
23Kevin Appier
K. Appier
3.57
2001
NYM NYM
33
11
10
.524
33
172
1
1
0
206.2
181
82
89
22
64
15
0
4
856
12
7.49
2.79
2.69
0.96
20.1
7.5
1.19
.273
3.88
85
3.91
92
7.88
8.2
24Cory Lidle
C. Lidle
3.59
2001
OAK OAK
29
13
6
.684
29
118
1
0
0
188.0
170
75
84
23
47
10
0
7
762
5
5.65
2.25
2.51
1.10
15.5
6.2
1.15
.261
4.02
82
4.29
97
8.14
2.9
25Aaron Sele
A. Sele
3.60
2001
SEA SEA
34
15
5
.750
33
114
2
1
0
215.0
216
86
93
25
51
7
0
2
899
1
4.77
2.13
2.24
1.05
12.7
5.7
1.24
.272
3.89
84
4.30
99
9.04
0.6
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