lowest earned run average as an al pitcher in 1961

Dick Donovan had the lowest ERA in the AL in 1961, with an ERA of 2.40.

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lowest earned run average with a minimum of 1 IP per team game as an al pitcher in 1961

	NAME	ERA	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Dick Donovan D. Donovan	2.40	1961	WSH	23	10	10	.500	22	62	11	2	0	168.2	138	45	60	10	35	3	0	3	671	0	3.31	1.87	1.77	0.53	9.2	5.2	1.03	.228	3.20	61	3.29	82	7.36	13.7
2	Bill Stafford B. Stafford	2.68	1961	NYY	36	14	9	.609	25	101	8	3	2	195.0	168	58	65	13	59	5	6	4	796	1	4.66	2.72	1.71	0.60	12.7	7.4	1.16	.251	3.00	71	3.39	88	7.75	9.8
3	Don Mossi D. Mossi	2.96	1961	DET	35	15	7	.682	34	137	12	1	1	240.1	237	79	97	29	47	0	1	3	981	1	5.13	1.76	2.91	1.09	14.0	4.8	1.18	.271	3.63	71	3.59	84	8.88	17.8
4	Milt Pappas M. Pappas	3.04	1961	BAL	26	13	9	.591	23	89	11	4	1	177.2	134	60	67	16	78	7	3	5	736	7	4.51	3.95	1.14	0.81	12.1	10.6	1.19	.216	3.39	79	4.18	107	6.79	-6.5
5	Juan Pizarro J. Pizarro	3.05	1961	CWS	39	14	7	.667	25	188	12	1	2	194.2	164	66	73	17	89	4	8	1	832	5	8.69	4.11	2.11	0.79	22.6	10.7	1.30	.275	3.38	77	3.21	80	7.58	17.5
6	Ralph Terry R. Terry	3.15	1961	NYY	31	16	3	.842	27	86	9	2	0	188.1	162	66	74	19	42	1	2	0	751	0	4.11	2.01	2.05	0.91	11.5	5.6	1.08	.237	3.54	83	3.66	95	7.74	3.5
7	Hal Brown H. Brown	3.19	1961	BAL	27	10	6	.625	23	61	6	3	1	166.2	153	59	62	14	33	1	3	0	668	3	3.29	1.78	1.85	0.76	9.1	4.9	1.12	.249	3.35	83	3.55	91	8.26	6.2
8	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.19	1961	DET	38	17	11	.607	37	194	12	4	1	268.0	232	95	113	25	71	9	1	3	1,110	2	6.51	2.38	2.73	0.84	17.5	6.4	1.13	.255	3.79	76	3.23	76	7.79	30
9	Jim Archer J. Archer	3.20	1961	KCA	39	9	15	.375	27	110	9	2	5	205.1	204	73	99	11	60	5	7	6	879	2	4.82	2.63	1.83	0.48	12.5	6.8	1.29	.278	4.34	76	3.15	74	8.94	24.8
10	Whitey Ford W. Ford	3.21	1961	NYY	39	25	4	.862	39	209	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8	6.65	2.93	2.27	0.73	18.0	7.9	1.18	.263	3.43	85	3.14	82	7.70	22.7
11	Don Schwall D. Schwall	3.22	1961	BOS	25	15	7	.682	25	91	10	2	0	178.2	167	64	76	8	110	6	0	1	786	6	4.58	5.54	0.83	0.40	11.6	14.0	1.55	.278	3.83	77	4.09	96	8.41	3.7
12	Frank Lary F. Lary	3.24	1961	DET	36	23	9	.719	36	146	22	4	0	275.1	252	99	117	24	66	6	0	2	1,127	6	4.77	2.16	2.21	0.78	13.0	5.9	1.15	.258	3.82	77	3.43	81	8.24	25
13	Steve Barber S. Barber	3.33	1961	BAL	37	18	12	.600	34	150	14	8	1	248.1	194	92	102	13	130	2	1	4	1,040	9	5.44	4.71	1.15	0.47	14.4	12.5	1.30	.243	3.70	87	3.64	94	7.03	6.4
14	Bill Monbouquette B. Monbouquette	3.39	1961	BOS	32	14	14	.500	32	161	12	1	0	236.1	233	89	106	24	100	0	0	1	1,030	4	6.13	3.81	1.61	0.91	15.6	9.7	1.41	.281	4.04	81	3.80	89	8.87	12.1
15	Bennie Daniels B. Daniels	3.44	1961	WSH	32	12	11	.522	28	110	12	1	0	212.0	184	81	90	14	80	3	1	8	876	5	4.67	3.40	1.38	0.59	12.6	9.1	1.25	.254	3.82	87	3.57	89	7.81	10.4
16	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	3.46	1961	MIN	35	15	16	.484	33	221	15	8	0	252.1	205	97	114	26	100	3	1	1	1,056	7	7.88	3.57	2.21	0.93	20.9	9.5	1.21	.254	4.07	84	3.39	81	7.31	22
17	Jack Kralick J. Kralick	3.61	1961	MIN	33	13	11	.542	33	137	11	2	0	242.0	257	97	101	21	64	3	0	1	1,023	4	5.10	2.38	2.14	0.78	13.4	6.3	1.33	.296	3.76	88	3.40	81	9.56	20.8
18	Ken McBride K. McBride	3.65	1961	LAA	38	12	15	.444	36	180	11	1	1	241.2	229	98	114	28	102	7	2	4	1,038	8	6.70	3.80	1.76	1.04	17.3	9.8	1.37	.279	4.25	84	3.94	89	8.53	13
19	Chuck Estrada C. Estrada	3.69	1961	BAL	33	15	9	.625	31	160	6	1	0	212.0	159	87	91	19	132	10	1	0	924	8	6.79	5.60	1.21	0.81	17.3	14.3	1.37	.232	3.86	97	4.24	109	6.75	-9.3
20	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.80	1961	CWS	39	10	9	.526	28	106	5	1	3	180.0	190	76	85	17	54	1	5	3	764	2	5.30	2.70	1.96	0.85	13.9	7.1	1.36	.295	4.25	96	3.54	88	9.50	9.4
21	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	3.86	1961	CLE	35	15	9	.625	35	146	11	3	0	244.2	207	105	118	32	109	3	0	3	1,037	8	5.37	4.01	1.34	1.18	14.1	10.5	1.29	.234	4.34	98	4.45	111	7.61	-12.5
22	Joe McClain J. McClain	3.86	1961	WSH	33	8	18	.308	29	76	7	2	1	212.0	221	91	105	22	48	4	3	7	893	4	3.23	2.04	1.58	0.93	8.5	5.4	1.27	.268	4.46	98	3.94	98	9.38	1.5
23	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	3.90	1961	MIN	36	9	17	.346	29	122	8	1	0	200.2	188	87	105	12	82	11	3	1	865	10	5.47	3.68	1.49	0.54	14.1	9.5	1.35	.276	4.71	95	3.53	84	8.43	14.5
24	Jack Fisher J. Fisher	3.90	1961	BAL	36	10	13	.435	25	118	10	1	1	196.0	205	85	104	17	75	4	7	3	853	10	5.42	3.44	1.57	0.78	13.8	8.8	1.43	.294	4.78	102	3.71	95	9.41	3.6
25	Paul Foytack P. Foytack	3.93	1961	DET	32	11	10	.524	20	89	6	0	0	169.2	152	74	81	27	56	2	4	0	702	1	4.72	2.97	1.59	1.43	12.7	8.0	1.23	.237	4.30	94	4.62	108	8.06	-6.1

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