Harry Brecheen had the best ERA in 1948, with an ERA of 2.24.

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era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game leaders 1948

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.24	1948	SLN	33	20	7	.741	30	149	21	7	1	233.1	193	58	62	6	49	2	1	931	2	5.75	1.89	3.04	0.23	16.0	5.3	1.04	.258	2.39	55	2.37	57	7.44	45.6
2	Gene Bearden G. Bearden	2.43	1948	CLE	37	20	7	.741	29	80	15	6	1	229.2	187	62	72	9	106	3	4	935	5	3.13	4.15	0.75	0.35	8.6	11.3	1.28	.242	2.82	60	3.90	99	7.33	0.4
3	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	2.51	1948	PHN	34	12	17	.414	30	92	16	1	0	225.2	226	63	85	9	54	4	2	920	4	3.67	2.15	1.70	0.36	10.0	5.9	1.24	.285	3.39	65	3.13	80	9.01	20.1
4	Johnny Sain J. Sain	2.60	1948	BSN	42	24	15	.615	39	137	28	4	1	314.2	297	91	105	19	83	5	3	1,313	2	3.92	2.37	1.65	0.54	10.4	6.3	1.21	.260	3.00	69	3.41	89	8.49	15
5	Preacher Roe P. Roe	2.63	1948	BKN	34	12	8	.600	22	86	8	2	2	177.2	156	52	60	14	33	2	7	713	5	4.36	1.67	2.61	0.71	12.1	4.6	1.06	.246	3.04	65	3.31	79	7.90	16.8
6	Johnny Schmitz J. Schmitz	2.64	1948	CHC	34	18	13	.581	30	100	18	2	1	242.0	186	71	92	11	97	2	4	986	6	3.72	3.61	1.03	0.41	10.1	9.8	1.17	.226	3.42	68	3.65	92	6.92	8.4
7	Ray Scarborough R. Scarborough	2.82	1948	WSH	31	15	8	.652	26	76	9	0	1	185.1	166	58	71	10	72	3	3	790	2	3.69	3.50	1.06	0.49	9.6	9.1	1.28	.248	3.45	67	3.76	91	8.06	7.3
8	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	2.82	1948	CLE	43	20	14	.588	37	147	20	10	2	293.2	231	92	104	12	129	3	2	1,214	3	4.51	3.95	1.14	0.37	12.1	10.6	1.23	.237	3.19	70	3.54	90	7.08	13
9	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.01	1948	DET	39	21	12	.636	35	143	19	2	1	272.1	249	91	109	10	99	1	4	1,146	5	4.73	3.27	1.44	0.33	12.5	8.6	1.28	.268	3.60	69	3.19	75	8.23	31.6
10	Rex Barney R. Barney	3.10	1948	BKN	44	15	13	.536	34	138	12	4	0	246.2	193	85	101	17	122	6	6	1,028	4	5.04	4.45	1.13	0.62	13.4	11.9	1.28	.236	3.69	76	3.99	96	7.04	5.1
11	Mel Parnell M. Parnell	3.14	1948	BSA	35	15	8	.652	27	77	16	1	0	212.0	205	74	87	7	90	4	5	916	3	3.27	3.82	0.86	0.30	8.4	9.8	1.39	.268	3.69	68	3.69	82	8.70	18.3
12	Sheldon Jones S. Jones	3.35	1948	NYG	55	16	8	.667	21	82	8	1	5	201.1	204	75	89	15	90	6	17	879	10	3.67	4.02	0.91	0.67	9.3	10.2	1.46	.276	3.98	84	4.25	104	9.12	-3.3
13	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	3.36	1948	PIT	56	8	7	.533	8	86	3	0	10	158.0	140	59	75	11	83	3	31	681	4	4.90	4.73	1.04	0.63	12.6	12.2	1.41	.259	4.27	82	4.11	98	7.97	2.1
14	Ned Garver N. Garver	3.41	1948	SLA	38	7	11	.389	24	75	7	0	5	198.0	200	75	92	14	95	1	7	848	5	3.41	4.32	0.79	0.64	8.8	11.2	1.49	.281	4.18	76	4.28	97	9.09	3.2
15	Spec Shea S. Shea	3.41	1948	NYY	28	9	10	.474	22	71	8	3	1	155.2	117	59	66	10	87	2	4	663	1	4.10	5.03	0.82	0.58	10.7	13.1	1.31	.217	3.82	81	4.30	105	6.76	-3.5
16	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	3.41	1948	CIN	33	17	14	.548	33	120	14	3	0	232.0	204	88	97	15	124	1	0	993	2	4.66	4.81	0.97	0.58	12.1	12.5	1.41	.258	3.76	86	4.08	101	7.91	-0.9
17	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	3.43	1948	DET	32	10	14	.417	23	91	11	2	2	183.2	193	70	87	6	73	2	6	803	3	4.46	3.58	1.25	0.29	11.3	9.1	1.45	.296	4.26	79	3.32	78	9.46	18.7
18	Sam Zoldak S. Zoldak	3.44	1948	TOT	34	11	10	.524	21	30	4	1	0	159.2	168	61	67	10	43	1	5	666	1	1.69	2.42	0.70	0.56	4.5	6.5	1.32	.271	3.78	81	3.93	96	9.47	2.9
19	Elmer Riddle E. Riddle	3.49	1948	PIT	28	12	10	.545	27	63	12	3	1	191.0	184	74	83	17	81	3	1	828	9	2.97	3.82	0.78	0.80	7.6	9.8	1.39	.252	3.91	85	4.48	106	8.67	-5
20	Ralph Branca R. Branca	3.51	1948	BKN	36	14	9	.609	28	122	11	1	1	215.2	189	84	93	24	80	4	4	905	9	5.09	3.34	1.53	1.00	13.5	8.8	1.25	.244	3.88	86	4.14	99	7.89	1
21	Joe Dobson J. Dobson	3.56	1948	BSA	38	16	10	.615	32	116	16	5	2	245.1	237	97	115	14	92	1	5	1,044	6	4.26	3.38	1.26	0.51	11.1	8.8	1.34	.272	4.22	78	3.59	80	8.69	23.7
22	Bob Feller B. Feller	3.56	1948	CLE	44	19	15	.559	38	164	18	2	3	280.1	255	111	123	20	116	2	3	1,186	2	5.27	3.72	1.41	0.64	13.8	9.8	1.32	.266	3.95	88	3.68	93	8.19	7.7
23	Bob Chesnes B. Chesnes	3.57	1948	PIT	25	14	6	.700	23	69	15	0	0	194.1	180	77	92	13	90	4	0	829	6	3.20	4.17	0.77	0.60	8.3	10.9	1.39	.256	4.26	87	4.27	101	8.34	-0.8
24	Joe Hatten J. Hatten	3.58	1948	BKN	42	13	10	.565	30	73	11	1	0	208.2	228	83	93	9	94	3	8	916	4	3.15	4.05	0.78	0.39	8.0	10.3	1.54	.297	4.01	88	3.92	94	9.83	6.1
25	Larry Jansen L. Jansen	3.61	1948	NYG	42	18	12	.600	36	126	15	4	2	277.0	283	111	125	25	54	3	4	1,137	0	4.09	1.75	2.33	0.81	11.1	4.7	1.22	.278	4.06	90	3.54	87	9.19	16.9

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