highest era by a pitcher in a season since 1980

Since 1980, Jim Deshaies has the highest ERA in a season, with an ERA of 7.39 in 1994.

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highest era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a pitcher in a season since 1980

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	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	Jim Deshaies J. Deshaies	7.39	1994	MIN	25	6	12	.333	25	78	0	0	0	130.1	170	107	109	30	54	2	0	0	596	1	5.39	3.73	1.44	2.07	13.1	9.1	1.72	.324	7.53	151	6.21	131	11.74	-21.3
2	Jose Lima J. Lima	6.99	2005	KCR	32	5	16	.238	32	80	1	0	0	168.2	219	131	140	31	61	9	0	1	780	5	4.27	3.25	1.31	1.65	10.3	7.8	1.66	.314	7.47	156	5.70	132	11.69	-25.8
3	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	6.71	2020	DET	12	3	7	.300	12	60	1	0	0	60.1	67	45	46	15	22	5	0	0	271	5	8.95	3.28	2.73	2.24	22.1	8.1	1.48	.308	6.86	153	5.77	131	9.99	-9.3
4	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	6.66	1999	MIN	33	10	14	.417	33	103	1	0	0	174.1	238	129	136	29	60	1	0	2	803	9	5.32	3.10	1.72	1.50	12.8	7.5	1.71	.343	7.02	133	5.15	109	12.29	-8.1
5	Jose Lima J. Lima	6.65	2000	HOU	33	7	16	.304	33	124	0	0	0	196.1	251	145	152	48	68	2	0	3	895	3	5.68	3.12	1.82	2.20	13.9	7.6	1.62	.311	6.97	138	6.11	129	11.51	-29.2
6	Greg Harris G. Harris	6.65	1994	COL	29	3	12	.200	19	82	1	0	1	130.0	154	96	99	22	52	5	2	4	588	5	5.68	3.60	1.58	1.52	13.9	8.8	1.58	.309	6.85	138	5.38	121	10.66	-12.7
7	Darryl Kile D. Kile	6.61	1999	COL	32	8	13	.381	32	116	1	0	0	190.2	225	140	150	33	109	6	0	5	888	13	5.48	5.15	1.06	1.56	13.1	12.3	1.75	.308	7.08	119	5.97	117	10.62	-16.2
8	Terry Mulholland T. Mulholland	6.49	1994	NYY	24	6	7	.462	19	72	2	0	0	120.2	150	87	94	24	37	3	4	1	542	5	5.37	2.76	1.95	1.79	13.3	6.8	1.55	.310	7.01	138	5.51	116	11.19	-10.4
9	Eric Milton E. Milton	6.47	2005	CIN	34	8	15	.348	34	123	0	0	0	186.1	237	134	141	40	52	7	0	2	855	8	5.94	2.51	2.37	1.93	14.4	6.1	1.55	.311	6.81	152	5.43	124	11.45	-21
10	Dave Fleming D. Fleming	6.46	1994	SEA	23	7	11	.389	23	65	0	0	0	117.0	152	84	93	17	65	1	0	4	561	4	5.00	5.00	1.00	1.31	11.6	11.6	1.85	.327	7.15	135	5.59	118	11.69	-11.2
11	Jaime Navarro J. Navarro	6.36	1998	CWS	37	8	16	.333	27	71	1	0	1	172.2	223	122	135	30	77	7	4	1	802	18	3.70	4.01	0.92	1.56	8.9	9.6	1.74	.313	7.04	140	6.03	132	11.62	-28
12	Joel Pineiro J. Pineiro	6.36	2006	SEA	40	8	13	.381	25	87	1	0	1	165.2	209	117	123	23	64	10	6	13	753	4	4.73	3.48	1.36	1.25	11.6	8.5	1.65	.327	6.68	145	5.23	118	11.35	-15.4
13	Nate Robertson N. Robertson	6.35	2008	DET	32	7	11	.389	28	108	0	0	0	168.2	218	119	124	26	62	2	1	7	761	5	5.76	3.31	1.74	1.39	14.2	8.1	1.66	.341	6.62	145	4.99	114	11.63	-11.5
14	Jordan Lyles J. Lyles	6.28	2023	KCR	31	6	17	.261	31	120	3	0	0	177.2	176	124	130	39	45	6	0	0	748	10	6.08	2.28	2.67	1.98	16.0	6.0	1.24	.255	6.59	140	5.62	131	8.92	-26.3
15	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	6.26	2000	TOR	34	10	12	.455	27	113	2	0	0	175.1	204	122	130	30	83	5	1	1	795	3	5.80	4.26	1.36	1.54	14.2	10.4	1.64	.309	6.67	125	5.57	115	10.47	-14.5
16	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	6.23	1998	COL	35	13	14	.481	34	170	0	0	0	209.1	245	145	160	39	74	17	0	0	938	2	7.31	3.18	2.30	1.68	18.1	7.9	1.52	.323	6.88	119	5.23	110	10.53	-8.7
17	Mike Oquist M. Oquist	6.22	1998	OAK	31	7	11	.389	29	112	0	0	0	175.0	210	121	125	27	57	5	2	1	777	4	5.76	2.93	1.96	1.39	14.4	7.3	1.53	.318	6.43	135	4.92	109	10.80	-7.9
18	Scott Aldred S. Aldred	6.21	1996	TOT	36	6	9	.400	25	111	0	0	0	165.1	194	114	125	29	68	6	0	4	748	10	6.04	3.70	1.63	1.58	14.8	9.1	1.58	.309	6.80	123	5.44	110	10.56	-8.8
19	Brian Bohanon B. Bohanon	6.20	1999	COL	33	12	12	.500	33	120	3	1	0	197.1	236	136	146	30	92	14	0	1	903	6	5.47	4.20	1.30	1.37	13.3	10.2	1.66	.318	6.66	111	5.49	108	10.76	-7.4
20	Dave Mlicki D. Mlicki	6.17	2001	TOT	34	11	11	.500	29	97	0	0	0	167.2	203	115	122	37	74	15	1	3	772	8	5.21	3.97	1.31	1.99	12.6	9.6	1.65	.302	6.55	140	6.35	145	10.90	-37.4
21	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	6.15	2002	COL	30	7	15	.318	30	74	0	0	0	178.2	228	122	135	24	91	7	0	4	838	9	3.73	4.58	0.81	1.21	8.8	10.9	1.79	.318	6.80	127	5.52	122	11.49	-17.6
22	Omar Daal O. Daal	6.14	2000	TOT	32	4	19	.174	28	96	0	0	0	167.0	208	114	128	26	72	9	1	11	775	0	5.17	3.88	1.33	1.40	12.4	9.3	1.68	.318	6.90	131	5.45	116	11.21	-14
23	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	6.13	2018	CWS	32	10	13	.435	32	125	0	0	0	173.1	166	118	123	27	90	15	0	2	775	13	6.49	4.67	1.39	1.40	16.1	11.6	1.48	.268	6.39	145	5.56	130	8.62	-24.4
24	Todd Van Poppel T. Van Poppel	6.09	1994	OAK	23	7	10	.412	23	83	0	0	0	116.2	108	79	80	20	89	3	0	2	532	3	6.40	6.87	0.93	1.54	15.6	16.7	1.69	.261	6.17	132	6.29	134	8.33	-21.1
25	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	6.06	1998	MON	33	5	15	.250	32	139	0	0	0	172.1	196	116	121	31	68	11	1	2	764	2	7.26	3.55	2.04	1.62	18.2	8.9	1.53	.320	6.32	143	5.23	122	10.24	-17.8

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