lowest earned run average as a pitcher since 1900 with 500 innings pitched

Since 1900, Ed Walsh has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 1.82.

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lowest earned run average as a pitcher since 1900 with 500 or more innings pitched

	NAME	ERA	IP	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	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.82	2964.1	430	195	126	.607	315	1,736	250	57	35	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
2	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.89	2327.0	286	160	97	.623	260	920	234	45	5	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
3	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	2.02	1067.1	149	71	44	.617	128	503	75	17	0	869	240	365	6	293	39	12		4,236	16	4.24	2.47	1.72	0.05	11.9	6.9	1.09	.254	3.08	77	2.32	86	7.33	44.3
4	Joe Wood J. Wood	2.03	1434.1	225	117	57	.672	158	989	121	28	10	1,138	324	497	10	421	49	56		5,640	43	6.21	2.64	2.35	0.06	17.5	7.5	1.09	.270	3.12	70	2.26	78	7.14	105.8
5	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.06	3172.1	481	239	130	.648	332	1,375	271	55	49	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	2.42	83	7.68	161.9
6	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.13	2868.1	395	186	140	.571	330	2,267	251	49	4	2,374	679	1,019	33	783	106	52		11,337	72	7.11	2.46	2.90	0.10	20.0	6.9	1.10	.287	3.20	75	1.99	71	7.45	257.5
7	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.13	4788.2	636	373	188	.665	552	2,507	435	79	30	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
8	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
9	Glenn Liebhardt G. Liebhardt	2.17	612.2	90	36	35	.507	66	280	49	7	2	543	148	225	3	183	14	23		2,419	21	4.11	2.69	1.53	0.04	11.6	7.6	1.18	.278	3.31	89	2.27	98	7.98	1.6
10	Cy Young C. Young	2.19	3633.2	442	244	165	.597	404	1,678	363	48	9	3,237	886	1,263	51	449	76	34		14,008	61	4.16	1.11	3.74	0.13	12.0	3.2	1.01	.271	3.13	75	2.20	76	8.02	287.8
11	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	1283.2	1,115	82	60	.577	10	1,173	0	0	652	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
12	Jake Weimer J. Weimer	2.23	1472.2	191	97	69	.584	180	657	143	21	2	1,227	365	511	14	493	73	9		5,971	26	4.02	3.01	1.33	0.09	11.0	8.3	1.17	.256	3.12	81	2.81	98	7.50	8.7
13	Orval Overall O. Overall	2.26	1535.1	218	108	71	.603	182	935	133	30	12	1,232	385	520	16	551	45	30		6,145	57	5.48	3.23	1.70	0.09	15.2	9.0	1.16	.264	3.05	81	2.39	85	7.22	72.4
14	Bill James B. James	2.28	541.2	84	37	21	.638	60	253	44	5	3	469	137	196	14	199	22	20		2,217	17	4.20	3.31	1.27	0.23	11.4	9.0	1.23	.263	3.26	75	3.09	99	7.79	4.8
15	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2.28	1221.1	163	94	46	.671	147	488	107	17	4	974	309	400	10	441	29	12		4,896	25	3.60	3.25	1.11	0.07	10.0	9.0	1.16	.245	2.95	82	2.81	100	7.18	-6.6
16	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.28	2632.1	399	182	106	.632	300	1,137	200	40	13	2,117	668	887	33	892	107	80		10,521	49	3.89	3.05	1.27	0.11	10.8	8.5	1.14	.250	3.03	80	2.84	99	7.24	9
17	Nick Maddox N. Maddox	2.29	605.1	93	43	20	.683	72	193	47	9	1	487	154	209	7	170	35	18		2,368	8	2.87	2.53	1.14	0.10	8.2	7.2	1.09	.245	3.11	90	2.71	104	7.24	-6.7
18	Jim Scott J. Scott	2.30	1892.0	317	107	114	.484	226	945	123	26	9	1,624	483	686	21	609	53	63		7,487	32	4.50	2.90	1.55	0.10	12.6	8.1	1.18	.274	3.26	85	2.63	96	7.73	21.2
19	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.31	903.0	853	47	40	.540	0	1,196	0	0	422	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	11.92	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
20	Reb Russell R. Russell	2.33	1291.2	242	80	59	.576	148	495	81	24	13	1,128	335	453	7	267	18	60		5,021	21	3.45	1.86	1.85	0.05	9.9	5.3	1.08	.265	3.16	84	2.35	83	7.86	68.6
21	Andy Coakley A. Coakley	2.35	1072.1	150	58	59	.496	124	428	87	11	3	1,021	280	436	9	314	26	24		4,326	15	3.59	2.64	1.36	0.08	9.9	7.3	1.24	.285	3.66	89	2.58	96	8.57	14.6
22	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.35	4495.2	623	326	194	.627	529	2,246	410	69	23	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
23	Sam Leever S. Leever	2.35	2248.2	332	172	77	.691	257	711	204	35	10	2,070	588	822	22	460	76	62		8,971	38	2.85	1.84	1.55	0.09	7.9	5.1	1.13	.266	3.29	81	2.72	92	8.28	64
24	Rube Foster R. Foster	2.36	842.1	138	58	33	.637	103	294	60	15	3	726	221	302	6	305	29	27		3,359	19	3.14	3.26	0.96	0.06	8.8	9.1	1.22	.264	3.23	86	2.97	107	7.76	-20
25	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.38	3226.0	502	209	148	.585	361	1,374	249	35	24	2,897	853	1,161	32	827	52	107		12,731	57	3.83	2.31	1.66	0.09	10.8	6.5	1.15	.274	3.24	82	2.54	88	8.08	131.9

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Since 1900, Ed Walsh has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 1.82.

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