highest era in a season by a pitcher who led the league in games started

Pud Galvin had an ERA of 2.72 in 1883.

	NAME	ERA	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	2.72	75	1883	BUF	76	46	29	.613	279	72	5	0	656.1	676	198	367	9	50		1	2,741	28	3.83	0.69	5.58	0.12	10.2	1.8	1.11		5.03	85	2.81	88	9.27	32
2	Will White W. White	1.99	75	1879	CIN	76	43	31	.581	232	75	4	0	680.0	676	150	404	10	68		1	2,906	49	3.07	0.90	3.41	0.13	8.0	2.3	1.09		5.35	84	2.55	107	8.95	-25.2
3	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	1.85	74	1880	CLE	74	45	28	.616	260	72	7	0	657.2	585	135	274	2	75		0	2,669	21	3.56	1.03	3.47	0.03	9.7	2.8	1.00		3.75	81	2.12	93	8.01	4.6
4	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	1.80	73	1884	LOU	75	52	20	.722	385	72	6	0	670.2	526	134	230	4	56	16	2	2,649	27	5.17	0.75	6.88	0.05	14.5	2.1	0.87	.239	3.09	57	2.53	80	7.06	43
5	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	1.38	73	1884	PRO	75	59	12	.831	441	73	11	2	678.2	528	104	216	18	98		2	2,672	34	5.85	1.30	4.50	0.24	16.5	3.7	0.92		2.86	48	2.75	84	7.00	31.9
6	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	2.73	72	1889	BSN	73	49	19	.721	284	68	8	1	620.0	589	188	280	16	203	17	1	2,641	16	4.12	2.95	1.40	0.23	10.8	7.7	1.28	.270	4.06	65	3.49	82	8.55	56.6
7	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	1.99	72	1884	BUF	72	46	22	.676	369	71	12	0	636.1	566	141	254	23	63		0	2,554	16	5.22	0.89	5.86	0.33	14.4	2.5	0.99		3.59	64	2.88	82	8.01	50.9
8	William Hutchinson W. Hutchinson	2.76	70	1892	CHI	75	36	36	.500	314	67	5	1	622.0	571	191	316	11	190	13	5	2,639	20	4.54	2.75	1.65	0.16	11.9	7.2	1.22	.265	4.57	82	2.63	79	8.26	51.2
9	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1.85	70	1885	CWS	70	53	16	.768	308	68	10	0	623.0	497	128	255	21	97		0	2,487	14	4.45	1.40	3.18	0.30	12.4	3.9	0.95		3.68	61	2.80	86	7.18	38.8
10	Matt Kilroy M. Kilroy	3.07	69	1887	BAL	69	46	19	.708	217	66	6	0	589.1	585	201	326	9	157	20	1	2,492	46	3.31	2.40	1.38	0.14	8.7	6.3	1.26	.276	4.98	73	3.64	90	8.93	23.3
11	Matt Kilroy M. Kilroy	3.37	68	1886	BAL	68	29	34	.460	513	66	5	0	583.0	476	218	350	10	182	19	0	2,469	61	7.92	2.81	2.82	0.15	20.8	7.4	1.13	.267	5.40	100	2.60	77	7.35	47
12	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2.41	68	1883	NYM	68	41	27	.603	359	68	5	0	619.0	488	166	244	6	108		0	2,517	27	5.22	1.57	3.32	0.09	14.3	4.3	0.96		3.55	72	2.74	82	7.10	45.1
13	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	2.05	68	1883	PRO	76	48	25	.658	315	66	4	1	632.1	563	144	275	7	56		8	2,540	36	4.48	0.80	5.63	0.10	12.4	2.2	0.98		3.91	68	2.67	88	8.01	17.8
14	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.56	68	1876	LOU	68	30	35	.462	122	66	5	0	622.0	566	108	309	3	37		0	2,568	14	1.77	0.54	3.30	0.04	4.8	1.4	0.97		4.47	62	2.08	82	8.19	50.7
15	Toad Ramsey T. Ramsey	2.45	67	1886	LOU	67	38	27	.585	499	66	3	0	588.2	447	160	297	3	207	12	0	2,477	35	7.63	3.16	2.41	0.05	20.1	8.4	1.11	.253	4.54	71	2.59	76	6.83	54.7
16	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	2.37	67	1882	CLE	68	36	30	.545	200	65	4	0	595.2	550	157	274	14	103		1	2,412	22	3.02	1.56	1.94	0.21	8.3	4.3	1.10		4.14	84	2.92	106	8.31	-15.4
17	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	2.15	67	1884	BSN	67	48	16	.750	417	63	8	0	587.0	506	140	225	15	76		0	2,383	24	6.39	1.17	5.49	0.23	17.5	3.2	0.99		3.45	74	2.57	77	7.76	46.8
18	John Ward J. Ward	1.74	67	1880	PRO	70	39	24	.619	230	59	8	1	595.0	501	115	230	5	45		4	2,351	19	3.48	0.68	5.11	0.08	9.8	1.9	0.92		3.48	76	2.10	91	7.58	9.3
19	William Hutchinson W. Hutchinson	2.70	66	1890	CHN	71	41	25	.621	289	65	5	2	603.0	505	181	315	20	199	13	5	2,506	27	4.31	2.97	1.45	0.30	11.5	7.9	1.17	.244	4.70	71	3.44	84	7.54	50.1
20	Dupee Shaw D. Shaw	2.30	66	1884	TOT	67	30	33	.476	451	60	5	0	543.1	446	139	281	9	109		1	2,244	24	7.47	1.81	4.14	0.15	20.1	4.9	1.02		4.65	77	2.43	81	7.39	29
21	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	2.28	66	1879	BUF	66	37	27	.578	136	65	6	0	593.0	585	150	299	3	31		0	2,436	23	2.06	0.47	4.39	0.05	5.6	1.3	1.04		4.54	89	2.50	98	8.88	6.4
22	Lee Richmond L. Richmond	2.15	66	1880	WOR	74	32	32	.500	243	57	5	3	590.2	541	141	278	7	74		9	2,410	29	3.70	1.13	3.28	0.11	10.1	3.1	1.04		4.24	85	2.24	88	8.24	28.7
23	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	2.52	65	1884	TOL	67	36	26	.581	325	64	7	0	567.0	481	159	276	5	89	32	2	2,364	63	5.16	1.41	3.65	0.08	13.7	3.8	1.01	.249	4.38	76	2.88	88	7.63	27
24	Mickey Welch M. Welch	2.50	65	1884	NYG	65	39	21	.650	345	62	4	0	557.1	528	155	275	12	146		1	2,370	39	5.57	2.36	2.36	0.19	14.6	6.2	1.21		4.44	85	3.10	92	8.53	14.6
25	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	2.37	65	1884	TOT	66	40	25	.615	343	63	10	0	569.0	508	150	263	19	89		2	2,336	15	5.43	1.41	3.85	0.30	14.7	3.8	1.05		4.16	80	2.97	94	8.04	9.6