lowest earned run average as an al pitcher in 1986

Roger Clemens had the lowest ERA in the AL in 1986, with an ERA of 2.48.

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lowest earned run average with a minimum of 1 IP per team game as an al pitcher in 1986

	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	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.48	1986	BOS	33	24	4	.857	33	238	10	1	0	254.0	179	70	77	21	67	4	0	0	997	11	8.43	2.37	3.55	0.74	23.9	6.7	0.97	.237	2.73	58	2.80	69	6.34	36.3
2	Teddy Higuera T. Higuera	2.79	1986	MIL	34	20	11	.645	34	207	15	4	0	248.1	226	77	84	26	74	3	0	5	1,031	3	7.50	2.68	2.80	0.94	20.1	7.2	1.21	.277	3.04	66	3.38	82	8.19	20.2
3	Mike Witt M. Witt	2.84	1986	CAL	34	18	10	.643	34	208	14	3	0	269.0	218	85	95	22	73	3	0	2	1,071	6	6.96	2.44	2.85	0.74	19.4	6.8	1.08	.256	3.18	70	3.13	74	7.29	31.8
4	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	2.99	1986	BOS	25	13	8	.619	25	167	11	4	0	174.1	169	58	63	18	50	3	0	2	721	6	8.62	2.58	3.34	0.93	23.2	6.9	1.26	.313	3.25	70	3.10	76	8.72	19
5	Danny Jackson D. Jackson	3.20	1986	KCR	32	11	12	.478	27	115	4	1	1	185.2	177	66	83	13	79	4	3	1	789	7	5.57	3.83	1.46	0.63	14.6	10.0	1.38	.284	4.02	76	3.77	93	8.58	6.1
6	Jack Morris J. Morris	3.27	1986	DET	35	21	8	.724	35	223	15	6	0	267.0	229	97	105	40	82	0	0	7	1,092	12	7.52	2.76	2.72	1.35	20.4	7.5	1.16	.253	3.54	81	3.96	94	7.72	7.1
7	Kirk McCaskill K. McCaskill	3.36	1986	CAL	34	17	10	.630	33	202	10	2	0	246.1	207	92	98	19	92	5	1	1	1,013	10	7.38	3.36	2.20	0.69	19.9	9.1	1.21	.271	3.58	82	3.30	79	7.56	24.3
8	Curt Young C. Young	3.45	1986	OAK	29	13	9	.591	27	116	5	2	0	198.0	176	76	88	19	57	7	0	1	826	7	5.27	2.59	2.04	0.86	14.0	6.9	1.18	.250	4.00	88	3.81	94	8.00	4.8
9	Floyd Bannister F. Bannister	3.54	1986	CWS	28	10	14	.417	27	92	6	1	0	165.1	162	65	81	17	48	2	0	0	688	5	5.01	2.61	1.92	0.93	13.4	7.0	1.27	.274	4.41	82	3.89	94	8.82	4.8
10	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	3.57	1986	CLE	36	16	12	.571	34	167	17	3	0	252.1	234	100	112	18	106	8	1	0	1,078	12	5.96	3.78	1.58	0.64	15.5	9.8	1.35	.277	3.99	85	3.72	90	8.35	12.2
11	Jimmy Key J. Key	3.57	1986	TOR	36	14	11	.560	35	141	4	2	0	232.0	222	92	98	24	74	3	0	1	959	3	5.47	2.87	1.91	0.93	14.7	7.7	1.28	.276	3.80	85	3.89	94	8.61	5.8
12	Mark Gubicza M. Gubicza	3.64	1986	KCR	35	12	6	.667	24	118	3	2	0	180.2	155	73	77	8	84	5	2	2	765	15	5.88	4.18	1.40	0.40	15.4	11.0	1.32	.267	3.84	86	3.51	86	7.72	11.3
13	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.74	1986	CAL	34	15	11	.577	34	116	3	1	0	207.0	192	86	93	31	49	3	0	2	853	4	5.04	2.13	2.37	1.35	13.6	5.7	1.16	.246	4.04	91	4.34	103	8.35	-3.2
14	Oil Can Boyd O. Can Boyd	3.78	1986	BOS	30	16	10	.615	30	129	10	0	0	214.1	222	90	99	32	45	2	0	1	893	3	5.42	1.89	2.87	1.34	14.4	5.0	1.25	.277	4.16	88	4.16	102	9.32	-2.3
15	Charlie Hough C. Hough	3.79	1986	TEX	33	17	10	.630	33	146	7	2	0	230.1	188	97	115	32	89	9	0	2	958	16	5.70	3.48	1.64	1.25	15.2	9.3	1.20	.229	4.49	89	4.58	110	7.35	-10.8
16	Dennis Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	3.88	1986	NYY	31	18	6	.750	31	131	3	1	0	202.0	160	87	91	28	74	2	0	0	819	5	5.84	3.30	1.77	1.25	16.0	9.0	1.16	.226	4.05	96	4.39	107	7.13	-6.5
17	Joe Cowley J. Cowley	3.88	1986	CWS	27	11	11	.500	27	132	4	0	0	162.1	133	70	81	20	83	3	0	1	692	4	7.32	4.60	1.59	1.11	19.1	12.0	1.33	.249	4.49	90	4.33	104	7.37	-3.1
18	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	3.94	1986	TOR	34	14	14	.500	34	126	6	3	0	219.1	202	96	100	24	63	4	0	0	913	4	5.17	2.59	2.00	0.98	13.8	6.9	1.21	.256	4.10	93	3.95	96	8.29	3.9
19	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.98	1986	NYY	30	9	12	.429	30	140	5	0	0	192.1	202	85	94	28	38	1	0	2	809	3	6.55	1.78	3.68	1.31	17.3	4.7	1.25	.289	4.40	98	3.81	93	9.45	6.5
20	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	4.01	1986	MIN	36	17	14	.548	36	215	16	3	0	271.2	262	121	134	50	58	10	0	4	1,126	4	7.12	1.92	3.71	1.66	19.1	5.2	1.18	.267	4.44	93	4.32	104	8.68	-5
21	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	4.03	1986	TOT	28	7	13	.350	28	103	2	0	0	176.1	180	79	83	17	56	7	0	2	759	4	5.26	2.86	1.84	0.87	13.6	7.4	1.34	.283	4.24	94	3.92	95	9.19	3.8
22	Neal Heaton N. Heaton	4.08	1986	TOT	33	7	15	.318	29	90	5	0	1	198.2	201	90	102	26	81	2	2	8	850	4	4.08	3.67	1.11	1.18	10.6	9.5	1.42	.269	4.62	96	4.81	116	9.11	-14.5
23	Charlie Leibrandt C. Leibrandt	4.09	1986	KCR	35	14	11	.560	34	108	8	1	0	231.1	238	105	112	18	63	4	0	0	975	2	4.20	2.45	1.71	0.70	11.1	6.5	1.30	.281	4.36	97	3.71	91	9.26	9.3
24	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	4.16	1986	DET	32	12	9	.571	31	119	3	1	0	188.1	196	87	95	23	65	3	1	9	812	7	5.69	3.11	1.83	1.10	14.7	8.0	1.39	.287	4.54	103	4.17	99	9.37	0.7
25	Tim Leary T. Leary	4.21	1986	MIL	33	12	12	.500	30	110	3	2	0	188.1	216	88	97	20	53	7	2	4	817	7	5.26	2.53	2.08	0.96	13.5	6.5	1.43	.313	4.64	100	3.93	96	10.32	3.8

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