highest era by a pitcher with at least 162 innings pitched in a season since 1970

Since 1970, Jose Lima has the worst ERA with 162.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an ERA of 6.99 in 2005.

	NAME	ERA	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Jose Lima J. Lima	6.99	168.2	2005	KCR	32	5	16	.238	32	80	1	0	0	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
2	LaTroy Hawkins L. Hawkins	6.66	174.1	1999	MIN	33	10	14	.417	33	103	1	0	0	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
3	Jose Lima J. Lima	6.65	196.1	2000	HOU	33	7	16	.304	33	124	0	0	0	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
4	Darryl Kile D. Kile	6.61	190.2	1999	COL	32	8	13	.381	32	116	1	0	0	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
5	Eric Milton E. Milton	6.47	186.1	2005	CIN	34	8	15	.348	34	123	0	0	0	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
6	Jaime Navarro J. Navarro	6.36	172.2	1998	CWS	37	8	16	.333	27	71	1	0	1	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
7	Joel Pineiro J. Pineiro	6.36	165.2	2006	SEA	40	8	13	.381	25	87	1	0	1	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
8	Nate Robertson N. Robertson	6.35	168.2	2008	DET	32	7	11	.389	28	108	0	0	0	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
9	Jordan Lyles J. Lyles	6.28	177.2	2023	KCR	31	6	17	.261	31	120	3	0	0	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	5.61	131	8.92	-26.3
10	Chris Carpenter C. Carpenter	6.26	175.1	2000	TOR	34	10	12	.455	27	113	2	0	0	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
11	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	6.23	209.1	1998	COL	35	13	14	.481	34	170	0	0	0	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
12	Mike Oquist M. Oquist	6.22	175.0	1998	OAK	31	7	11	.389	29	112	0	0	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
13	Scott Aldred S. Aldred	6.21	165.1	1996	TOT	36	6	9	.400	25	111	0	0	0	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
14	Brian Bohanon B. Bohanon	6.20	197.1	1999	COL	33	12	12	.500	33	120	3	1	0	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
15	Dave Mlicki D. Mlicki	6.17	167.2	2001	TOT	34	11	11	.500	29	97	0	0	0	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
16	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	6.15	178.2	2002	COL	30	7	15	.318	30	74	0	0	0	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
17	Omar Daal O. Daal	6.14	167.0	2000	TOT	32	4	19	.174	28	96	0	0	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
18	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	6.13	173.1	2018	CWS	32	10	13	.435	32	125	0	0	0	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
19	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	6.06	172.1	1998	MON	33	5	15	.250	32	139	0	0	0	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
20	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	6.05	180.0	2008	TOT	31	13	11	.542	31	67	2	0	0	257	121	129	25	43	2	0	4	811	3	3.35	2.15	1.56	1.25	8.3	5.3	1.67	.344	6.45	139	4.93	116	12.85	-13.7
21	Brandon Backe B. Backe	6.05	166.2	2008	HOU	31	9	14	.391	31	127	0	0	0	202	112	114	36	77	4	0	2	756	2	6.86	4.16	1.65	1.94	16.8	10.2	1.67	.324	6.16	144	5.87	135	10.91	-27.6
22	Jason Marquis J. Marquis	6.02	194.1	2006	STL	33	14	16	.467	33	96	0	0	0	221	130	136	35	75	16	0	2	870	2	4.45	3.47	1.28	1.62	11.0	8.6	1.52	.287	6.30	138	5.90	133	10.23	-32.4
23	Carlos Silva C. Silva	5.94	180.1	2006	MIN	36	11	15	.423	31	70	0	0	0	246	119	130	38	32	7	2	4	811	1	3.49	1.60	2.19	1.90	8.6	3.9	1.54	.313	6.49	133	5.75	131	12.28	-28.6
24	Rodrigo Lopez R. Lopez	5.90	189.0	2006	BAL	36	9	18	.333	29	136	0	0	0	234	124	129	32	59	4	2	2	847	6	6.48	2.81	2.31	1.52	16.1	7.0	1.55	.328	6.14	128	4.90	105	11.14	-4.9
25	Mark Hendrickson M. Hendrickson	5.90	178.1	2005	TBD	31	11	8	.579	31	89	1	0	0	227	117	126	24	49	2	0	1	796	4	4.49	2.47	1.82	1.21	11.2	6.2	1.55	.321	6.36	138	4.62	107	11.46	-5.9

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