has there ever been a player to have era under 2.00 in there first two years in mlb

Tommy Bond had an ERA of 1.92 in his first 2 seasons.

	NAME	ERA	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	Tommy Bond T. Bond	1.92	103	71	30	.703	103	258	103	12	0	929.0	885	198	412	7	49		0	3,788	26	2.50	0.47	5.27	0.07	6.8	1.3	1.01		3.99	73	2.27	86	8.57	41.1
2	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.89	129	65	60	.520	129	263	127	9	0	1181.0	1,183	248	597	7	78		0	4,896	34	2.00	0.59	3.37	0.05	5.4	1.6	1.07		4.55	67	2.35	84	9.02	88.9
3	Charlie Gould C. Gould	0.00	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4.1	10	0	9	0	0		1	25	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	2.31		18.69	0	2.23	102	20.77	-0.1
4	Flip Lafferty F. Lafferty	0.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	5	0	3	0	0		0	33	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	0.56		3.00	0	2.23	91	5.00	0.4
5	John Peters J. Peters	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	1.0	1	0	1	0	1		1	5	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	2.00		9.00	0	5.23	218	9.00	-0.3
6	Al Spalding A. Spalding	1.78	65	48	12	.800	61	41	53	8	1	539.2	559	107	238	6	26		4	2,272	1	0.68	0.43	1.58	0.10	1.8	1.1	1.08		3.97	74	2.38	99	9.32	9.6
7	Deacon White D. White	0.00	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	1	2.0	1	0	0	0	0		1	7	0	13.50	0.00		0.00	42.9	0.0	0.50		0.00	0	-0.77	-32	4.50	0.7
8	George Wright G. Wright	0.00	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0		1	4	1	9.00	0.00		0.00	25.0	0.0	1.00		0.00	0	0.23	10	9.00	0.2
9	Will White W. White	1.85	55	32	22	.593	55	176	55	6	0	495.0	504	102	264	1	47		0	2,052	42	3.20	0.85	3.74	0.02	8.6	2.3	1.11		4.80	83	2.15	97	9.16	-4
10	John Ward J. Ward	1.92	107	69	32	.683	97	355	95	8	1	921.0	879	196	421	8	70		10	3,790	55	3.47	0.68	5.07	0.08	9.4	1.8	1.03		4.11	81	2.24	95	8.59	3.6
11	Fred Goldsmith F. Goldsmith	1.71	34	23	7	.767	31	121	29	4	1	273.1	250	52	118	2	19		2	1,095	13	3.98	0.63	6.37	0.07	11.1	1.7	0.98		3.89	70	2.00	82	8.23	15
12	Tom Burns T. Burns	0.00	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	4	0	2		0	10	0	6.75	13.50	0.50	0.00	10.0	20.0	3.00		27.00	0	5.53	226	13.50	-0.4
13	Denny Driscoll D. Driscoll	1.67	29	14	12	.538	27	76	27	0	0	242.2	210	45	106	1	21		2	986	15	2.82	0.78	3.62	0.04	7.7	2.1	0.95		3.93	65	2.41	88	7.79	9.3
14	Charlie Comiskey C. Comiskey	0.00	2	0	1	.000	1	2	1	0	0	8.0	12	0	8	0	3		0	40	1	2.25	3.38	0.67	0.00	5.0	7.5	1.88		9.00	0	3.39	118	13.50	-0.4
15	Eddie Hogan E. Hogan	1.13	1	0	1	.000	1	4	1	0	0	8.0	10	1	7	0	0		0	35	0	4.50	0.00		0.00	11.4	0.0	1.25		7.88	41	1.76	61	11.25	1
16	Bill Schenck B. Schenck	0.90	2	1	0	1.000	1	4	1	0	0	10.0	6	1	2	0	1		1	38	0	3.60	0.90	4.00	0.00	10.5	2.6	0.70		1.80	34	2.26	82	5.40	0.5
17	George Snyder G. Snyder	0.00	1	1	0	1.000	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	4	0	3	0	2		0	34	1	0.00	2.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	5.9	0.67		3.00	0	3.43	115	4.00	-0.3
18	Cub Stricker C. Stricker	1.29	2	1	0	1.000	0	2	0	0	0	7.0	3	1	1	0	1		2	26	0	2.57	1.29	2.00	0.00	7.7	3.8	0.57		1.29	45	2.62	88	3.86	0.4
19	Myron Allen M. Allen	1.13	1	0	1	.000	1	0	1	0	0	8.0	8	1	5	0	3		0	32	1	0.00	3.38	0.00	0.00	0.0	9.4	1.38		5.63	36	4.38	141	9.00	-1.2
20	Pop Corkhill P. Corkhill	1.80	1	1	0	1.000	0	4	0	0	0	5.0	1	1	1	0	2		1	18	0	7.20	3.60	2.00	0.00	22.2	11.1	0.60	.083	1.80	55	2.87	89	1.80	0.2
21	Charlie Hodnett C. Hodnett	1.88	18	14	4	.778	18	47	15	1	0	153.0	149	32	66	1	23		0	647	10	2.76	1.35	2.04	0.06	7.3	3.6	1.12		3.88	63	3.19	117	8.76	-8.8
22	Lem Hunter L. Hunter	1.42	1	0	0		0	4	0	0	0	6.1	10	1	7	0	2		1	29	0	5.68	2.84	2.00	0.00	13.8	6.9	1.89		9.95	46	2.94	95	14.21	0.1
23	Lady Baldwin L. Baldwin	1.93	23	12	10	.545	22	156	21	1	1	196.1	144	42	89	2	29		1	785	8	7.15	1.33	5.38	0.09	19.9	3.7	0.88		4.08	63	1.90	61	6.60	28
24	Jack Corcoran J. Corcoran	0.00	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	20.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0	6.27	196	0.00	-0.3
25	Jim Fogarty J. Fogarty	0.00	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	2	0	0		1	6	1	9.00	0.00		0.00	16.7	0.0	2.00		18.00	0	1.27	38	18.00	0.2

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Lopez

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Hit Leaders

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Lopez

122

Arraez

115

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Run Leaders

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Wood

71

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69

Neto

OBP Leaders

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Alvarez

.409

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SLG Leaders

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.594

Rice

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SB Leaders

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Witt

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MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

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Gray

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Burns

Strikeout Leaders

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Misiorowski

155

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WHIP Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	58	41	.586
Phillies	55	45	.550	3.5
Marlins	52	48	.520	6.5
Nationals	50	50	.500	8.5
Mets	42	58	.420	16.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	62	37	.626
Cubs	56	43	.566	6.0
Cardinals	51	47	.520	10.5
Pirates	52	49	.515	11.0
Reds	45	53	.459	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	63	37	.630
Diamondbacks	51	48	.515	11.5
Padres	49	51	.490	14.0
Giants	42	57	.424	20.5
Rockies	40	61	.396	23.5

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Rays	57	42	.576
Yankees	56	44	.560	1.5
Red Sox	51	48	.515	6.0
Orioles	49	52	.485	9.0
Blue Jays	46	54	.460	11.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	52	46	.531
Guardians	53	48	.525	0.5
Twins	49	52	.485	4.5
Tigers	46	53	.465	6.5
Royals	40	60	.400	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Rangers	50	49	.505
Mariners	50	50	.500	0.5
Astros	47	54	.465	4.0
Athletics	42	57	.424	8.0
Angels	39	61	.390	11.5