Mickey Lolich has the highest ERA with 30+ quality starts in a season, with an ERA of 2.92 in 1971.

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highest era by a player in a season with 30 or more qs

	NAME	ERA	QS	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	H/9
1	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2.92	31	1971	DET	45	25	14	.641	45	308	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	8.04
2	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2.88	30	1978	ATL	44	19	18	.514	42	248	22	4	1	334.1	295	107	129	16	102	13	1	5	1,389	11	6.68	2.75	2.43	0.43	17.9	7.3	1.19	.276	3.47	7.94
3	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.82	30	1969	NYY	39	20	14	.588	39	113	24	3	0	303.0	267	95	105	19	97	6	0	11	1,244	6	3.36	2.88	1.16	0.56	9.1	7.8	1.20	.246	3.12	7.93
4	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	2.80	30	1972	DET	40	19	14	.576	39	222	9	3	0	280.0	216	87	99	23	110	9	0	7	1,145	9	7.14	3.54	2.02	0.74	19.4	9.6	1.16	.247	3.18	6.94
5	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	2.79	32	1965	LAD	40	15	15	.500	40	162	9	1	0	287.0	253	89	95	19	78	3	0	10	1,169	4	5.08	2.45	2.08	0.60	13.9	6.7	1.15	.258	2.98	7.93
6	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.73	31	1972	MIN	39	17	17	.500	38	228	11	3	0	287.1	247	87	93	22	69	10	1	7	1,159	7	7.14	2.16	3.30	0.69	19.7	6.0	1.10	.271	2.91	7.74
7	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	2.66	31	1969	LAD	41	20	15	.571	41	183	16	7	0	321.0	293	95	103	17	74	6	0	8	1,291	8	5.13	2.07	2.47	0.48	14.2	5.7	1.14	.273	2.89	8.21
8	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2.63	30	1968	CHC	40	20	15	.571	40	260	20	3	0	308.0	255	90	96	26	65	3	0	7	1,231	6	7.60	1.90	4.00	0.76	21.1	5.3	1.04	.261	2.81	7.45
9	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2.63	30	1964	PHI	41	19	8	.704	39	219	13	5	2	284.1	248	83	99	23	46	14	2	3	1,145	2	6.93	1.46	4.76	0.73	19.1	4.0	1.03	.267	3.13	7.85
10	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.63	30	1963	LAD	42	19	17	.528	42	251	17	3	0	315.1	287	92	114	25	57	10	0	13	1,266	4	7.16	1.63	4.40	0.71	19.8	4.5	1.09	.284	3.25	8.19
11	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2.62	31	1952	PHN	39	28	7	.800	37	148	30	3	2	330.0	292	96	104	22	45	5	2		1,309	3	4.04	1.23	3.29	0.60	11.3	3.4	1.02	.248	2.84	7.96
12	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	2.51	33	1972	CWS	49	24	17	.585	49	193	20	8	0	376.2	325	105	119	28	74	7	0	5	1,490	11	4.61	1.77	2.61	0.67	13.0	5.0	1.06	.250	2.84	7.77
13	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2.50	32	1972	DET	41	22	14	.611	41	250	23	4	0	327.1	282	91	100	29	74	11	0	5	1,321	6	6.87	2.03	3.38	0.80	18.9	5.6	1.09	.264	2.75	7.75
14	Bill Hands B. Hands	2.49	31	1969	CHC	41	20	14	.588	41	181	18	3	0	300.0	268	83	102	21	73	6	0	8	1,220	5	5.43	2.19	2.48	0.63	14.8	6.0	1.14	.263	3.06	8.04
15	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.49	32	1969	SFG	40	19	14	.576	39	233	26	3	0	325.1	290	90	115	23	91	11	1	14	1,345	12	6.45	2.52	2.56	0.64	17.3	6.8	1.17	.271	3.18	8.02
16	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2.49	31	1974	OAK	41	25	12	.676	41	143	23	6	0	318.1	268	88	97	25	46	4	0	2	1,240	1	4.04	1.30	3.11	0.71	11.5	3.7	0.99	.238	2.74	7.58
17	Wilbur Cooper W. Cooper	2.43	30	1920	PIT	44	24	15	.615	37	114	28	3	2	326.0	307	88	113	4	52	11	6		1,311	1	3.15	1.44	2.19	0.11	8.7	4.0	1.10	.268	3.12	8.48
18	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2.41	30	1966	PHI	43	19	14	.576	41	252	16	5	1	314.0	260	84	91	26	55	19	2	8	1,254	5	7.22	1.58	4.58	0.75	20.1	4.4	1.00	.259	2.61	7.45
19	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2.38	31	1974	ATL	41	20	13	.606	39	195	18	6	1	302.1	249	80	91	19	88	6	1	3	1,219	6	5.80	2.62	2.22	0.57	16.0	7.2	1.11	.252	2.71	7.41
20	Dick Rudolph D. Rudolph	2.38	31	1915	BSN	44	22	19	.537	43	147	30	3	1	340.1	304		125	4	64	6	1			6	3.89	1.69	2.30	0.11		4.7	1.08	.263	3.31	8.04
21	Jeff Tesreau J. Tesreau	2.37	31	1914	NYG	42	26	10	.722	41	189	26	8	1	322.1	238	85	104	8	129	6	1		1,298	6	5.28	3.60	1.47	0.22	14.6	9.9	1.14	.238	2.90	6.65
22	Bob Friend B. Friend	2.34	31	1963	PIT	39	17	16	.515	38	143	12	4	0	268.2	236	70	87	13	44	5	1	9	1,080	6	4.79	1.47	3.25	0.44	13.2	4.1	1.04	.255	2.91	7.91
23	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.34	32	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	38	286	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	7.19
24	Bill Singer B. Singer	2.34	30	1969	LAD	41	20	12	.625	40	247	16	2	1	315.2	244	82	96	22	74	10	1	4	1,263	9	7.04	2.11	3.34	0.63	19.6	5.9	1.01	.244	2.74	6.96
25	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2.32	30	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	35	334	8	4	0	260.0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	6.82

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