left handed pitchers with a career era lower than 2.93 before 1982

Will Sawyer had an ERA of 2.36 before 1982.

	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	Will Sawyer W. Sawyer	2.36	17	4	10	.286	15	76	15	0	0	141.0	119	37	79	1	47		2	596	13	4.85	3.00	1.62	0.06	12.8	7.9	1.18		5.04	77	3.27	106	7.60	-3.9
2	Lady Baldwin L. Baldwin	2.85	118	73	41	.640	116	582	112	9	1	1017.0	921	322	547	30	233	9	3	4,220	44	5.15	2.06	2.50	0.27	13.8	5.5	1.13	.265	4.84	83	3.02	85	8.15	55.3
3	John Hibbard J. Hibbard	2.65	2	1	1	.500	2	4	2	1	0	17.0	18	5	10	1	9		0	69	0	2.12	4.76	0.44	0.53	5.8	13.0	1.59		5.29	84	5.16	143	9.53	-2.5
4	Ed Morris E. Morris	2.82	311	171	122	.584	307	1,217	297	29	1	2678.0	2,468	838	1,312	42	498	25	4	11,073	112	4.09	1.67	2.44	0.14	11.0	4.5	1.11	.262	4.41	87	2.91	92	8.29	34.1
5	Bill Blair B. Blair	2.61	4	1	3	.250	4	16	3	0	0	31.0	29	9	21	0	8	1	0	131	1	4.65	2.32	2.00	0.00	12.2	6.1	1.19	.274	6.10	85	2.42	82	8.42	1.8
6	John Weyhing J. Weyhing	1.62	9	3	4	.429	8	30	7	0	0	66.2	53	12	29	0	21	1	1	274	1	4.05	2.84	1.43	0.00	10.9	7.7	1.11	.239	3.91	50	2.68	88	7.16	2.5
7	Charlie Dewald C. Dewald	0.64	2	2	0	1.000	2	6	2	0	0	14.0	13	1	7	0	5	0	0	60	0	3.86	3.21	1.20	0.00	10.0	8.3	1.29	.265	4.50	16	3.13	78	8.36	1.3
8	Jake Virtue J. Virtue	1.80	2	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	5.0	3	1	3	0	4	0	1	22	0	3.60	7.20	0.50	0.00	9.1	18.2	1.40	.188	5.40	37	4.24	88	5.40	0.3
9	John Hollison J. Hollison	2.25	1	0	0		0	2	0	0	0	4.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	13	0	4.50	0.00		2.25	15.4	0.0	0.25	.000	2.25	67	4.69	140	2.25	-0.6
10	Jesse Tannehill J. Tannehill	2.80	359	197	117	.627	321	944	264	34	7	2759.1	2,794	858	1,199	40	478	130	37	11,236	28	3.08	1.56	1.97	0.13	8.4	4.3	1.19	.286	3.91	89	2.86	91	9.11	95.2
11	Gussie Gannon G. Gannon	1.80	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	5.0	7	1	4	0	2	0	1	23	0	0.00	3.60	0.00	0.00	0.0	8.7	1.80	.333	7.20	38	4.78	102	12.60	-0.1
12	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.16	407	193	143	.574	340	2,316	261	50	5	2961.1	2,460	711	1,063	37	803	115	54	11,717	74	7.04	2.44	2.88	0.11	19.8	6.9	1.10	.287	3.23	75	2.03	71	7.48	262
13	Nick Altrock N. Altrock	2.67	218	83	75	.525	161	425	128	16	7	1514.0	1,455	449	600	16	272	22	45	6,016	31	2.53	1.62	1.56	0.10	7.1	4.5	1.14	.272	3.57	104	2.56	103	8.65	-22.3
14	Welcome Gaston W. Gaston	2.84	3	1	1	.500	2	0	2	0	0	19.0	20	6	10	0	13	1	1	89	1	0.00	6.16	0.00	0.00	0.0	14.6	1.74	.267	4.74	77	5.00	135	9.47	-2.7
15	Noodles Hahn N. Hahn	2.55	243	130	94	.580	231	917	212	25	0	2029.1	1,916	574	821	27	381	52	11	8,126	28	4.07	1.69	2.41	0.12	11.3	4.7	1.13	.280	3.64	75	2.65	77	8.50	181.2
16	Lefty Herring L. Herring	0.00	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	0	0.00	9.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	25.0	1.00	.000	0.00	0	5.94	153	0.00	-0.4
17	Mike O'Neill M. O'Neill	2.73	85	32	44	.421	77	228	68	4	2	694.1	739	211	358	8	169	26	8	2,939	3	2.96	2.19	1.35	0.10	7.8	5.8	1.31	.291	4.64	96	2.96	100	9.58	-3.5
18	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.35	623	326	194	.627	529	2,246	410	69	23	4495.2	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77	17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2
19	Ed Siever E. Siever	2.60	203	83	82	.503	174	470	136	14	2	1507.0	1,550	435	674	24	311	39	28	6,170	21	2.81	1.86	1.51	0.14	7.6	5.0	1.23	.287	4.03	89	2.82	98	9.26	10.9
20	Doc White D. White	2.39	427	189	156	.548	363	1,384	262	45	5	3041.0	2,738	808	1,118	33	670	120	53	12,093	63	4.10	1.98	2.07	0.10	11.4	5.5	1.12	.274	3.31	89	2.51	96	8.10	22.9
21	Sammy Curran S. Curran	1.35	1	0	0		0	3	0	0	0	6.2	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	25	0	4.05	0.00		0.00	12.0	0.0	0.90	.273	1.35	47	1.77	58	8.10	0.9
22	Sam McMackin S. McMackin	2.38	2	0	1	.000	1	4	1	0	0	11.1	10	3	6	0	4	1	1	48	0	3.18	3.18	1.00	0.00	8.3	8.3	1.24	.256	4.76	66	3.28	95	7.94	0.2
23	Jim St. Vrain J. St. Vrain	2.08	12	4	6	.400	11	51	10	1	0	95.0	88	22	36	0	25	5	1	388	3	4.83	2.37	2.04	0.00	13.1	6.4	1.19	.287	3.41	78	2.54	91	8.34	2.3
24	Lave Winham L. Winham	2.08	6	3	1	.750	4	23	3	1	0	39.0	37	9	22	0	23	0	2	179	3	5.31	5.31	1.00	0.00	12.8	12.8	1.54	.278	5.08	64	3.34	103	8.54	-0.3
25	Fred Burchell F. Burchell	2.93	49	13	15	.464	28	124	12	0	0	285.2	268	93	139	3	92	16	15	1,147	13	3.91	2.90	1.35	0.09	10.8	8.0	1.26	.291	4.38	115	2.63	107	8.44	-4.5