lowest earned run average from 1961 to 1972 with at least 1500 innings pitched

Between the 1961 and 1972 seasons, Sandy Koufax had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 1500 innings, with an ERA of 2.19.

Interpreted as:

lowest earned run average by a player from 1961 to 1972 with at least 1500 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	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.19	1632.2	223	129	47	.733	211	1,713	115	35	5	1,171	398	459	116	412	13	7	30	6,463	48	9.44	2.27	4.16	0.64	26.5	6.4	0.97	.251	2.53	63	2.16	65	6.46	219.8
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.43	1641.1	215	116	66	.637	210	1,404	103	21	1	1,305	444	489	120	429	33	5	32	6,542	40	7.70	2.35	3.27	0.66	21.5	6.6	1.06	.260	2.68	71	2.57	78	7.16	134.9
3	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.70	3178.0	408	219	130	.628	389	2,669	228	53	4	2,590	953	1,076	200	1,026	88	11	84	13,006	87	7.56	2.91	2.60	0.57	20.5	7.9	1.14	.265	3.05	73	2.71	76	7.33	296.2
4	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.78	3155.0	413	221	123	.642	403	2,136	229	49	2	2,791	974	1,155	288	625	37	9	72	12,742	46	6.09	1.78	3.42	0.82	16.8	4.9	1.08	.259	3.29	79	2.98	87	7.96	146.9
5	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.83	2637.0	408	158	125	.558	323	1,840	154	26	10	2,314	828	971	182	663	62	31	105	10,762	92	6.28	2.26	2.78	0.62	17.1	6.2	1.13	.266	3.31	81	2.83	84	7.90	156.2
6	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.83	2360.2	330	143	112	.561	323	1,664	120	35	2	2,127	742	868	180	526	102	5	97	9,635	58	6.34	2.01	3.16	0.69	17.3	5.5	1.12	.272	3.31	85	2.92	91	8.11	73.6
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.86	1611.2	231	104	72	.591	213	1,261	96	24	1	1,426	512	580	106	536	18	7	48	6,659	60	7.04	2.99	2.35	0.59	18.9	8.0	1.22	.279	3.24	82	2.80	83	7.96	102.8
8	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2.86	1544.0	293	98	80	.551	206	1,273	78	28	15	1,224	491	554	153	570	23	50	32	6,326	19	7.42	3.32	2.23	0.89	20.1	9.0	1.16	.249	3.23	83	3.29	91	7.13	46.3
9	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	2.90	1901.1	311	127	81	.611	247	1,241	116	23	10	1,646	612	714	148	511	7	29	43	7,698	30	5.87	2.42	2.43	0.70	16.1	6.6	1.13	.259	3.38	85	3.03	88	7.79	85.1
10	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.92	2147.1	406	128	115	.527	294	1,534	83	33	23	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
11	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.93	2275.1	306	142	116	.550	303	1,122	127	36	1	2,057	740	837	151	693	35	2	69	9,365	49	4.44	2.74	1.62	0.60	12.0	7.4	1.21	.259	3.31	90	3.34	99	8.14	8.8
12	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	2.95	1668.2	316	97	84	.536	194	1,041	91	18	22	1,487	547	662	145	404	37	66	32	6,834	87	5.61	2.18	2.58	0.78	15.2	5.9	1.13	.258	3.57	81	3.16	91	8.02	57
13	Tommy John T. John	2.99	1794.2	297	95	96	.497	265	1,079	62	23	2	1,654	596	704	124	541	44	6	58	7,437	83	5.41	2.71	1.99	0.62	14.5	7.3	1.22	.271	3.53	87	3.18	90	8.29	70.8
14	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	3.00	1665.1	254	101	91	.526	233	829	75	18	1	1,576	555	650	120	281	25	7	53	6,731	23	4.48	1.52	2.95	0.65	12.3	4.2	1.12	.266	3.51	93	2.99	89	8.52	70.3
15	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.02	2032.2	304	135	93	.592	246	1,650	142	25	7	1,748	683	752	200	432	37	30	61	8,200	31	7.31	1.91	3.82	0.89	20.1	5.3	1.07	.263	3.33	80	2.84	79	7.74	171.8
16	Bob Veale B. Veale	3.05	1876.2	347	118	91	.565	255	1,662	78	20	8	1,632	636	731	87	842	29	34	59	7,951	90	7.97	4.04	1.97	0.42	20.9	10.6	1.32	.290	3.51	87	2.75	83	7.83	124.5
17	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	3.07	1808.2	321	118	88	.573	248	1,309	61	17	14	1,547	617	728	171	562	47	33	33	7,440	48	6.51	2.80	2.33	0.85	17.6	7.6	1.17	.257	3.62	88	3.30	91	7.70	69.3
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	3.09	2274.0	364	132	117	.530	320	2,281	101	22	11	1,758	781	891	150	1,158	59	25	67	9,607	125	9.03	4.58	1.97	0.59	23.7	12.1	1.28	.270	3.53	88	2.97	82	6.96	167.3
19	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.10	1757.2	259	102	94	.520	245	1,359	75	28	3	1,531	606	665	129	455	33	9	48	7,180	44	6.96	2.33	2.99	0.66	18.9	6.3	1.13	.269	3.41	95	2.73	86	7.84	79.9
20	Joe Horlen J. Horlen	3.11	2002.0	361	116	117	.498	290	1,065	59	18	4	1,829	691	783	145	554	53	31	65	8,234	68	4.79	2.49	1.92	0.65	12.9	6.7	1.19	.262	3.52	90	3.31	94	8.22	47.7
21	Dave McNally D. McNally	3.13	2127.2	335	148	86	.632	309	1,278	90	25	1	1,893	739	808	187	628	55	6	40	8,715	47	5.41	2.66	2.04	0.79	14.7	7.2	1.18	.260	3.42	93	3.41	98	8.01	18.9
22	Jim Maloney J. Maloney	3.14	1785.1	291	132	78	.629	252	1,557	72	29	4	1,457	622	694	133	773	34	18	37	7,464	122	7.85	3.90	2.01	0.67	20.9	10.4	1.25	.267	3.50	86	3.10	87	7.34	85.3
23	Al Downing A. Downing	3.14	1835.2	303	106	88	.546	263	1,360	67	21	2	1,573	641	732	138	758	25	20	27	7,716	62	6.67	3.72	1.79	0.68	17.6	9.8	1.27	.264	3.59	93	3.29	96	7.71	27.5
24	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	3.15	2798.2	415	164	156	.513	392	1,391	116	35	1	2,755	980	1,107	198	687	38	12	78	11,567	49	4.47	2.21	2.02	0.64	12.0	5.9	1.23	.276	3.56	94	3.22	98	8.86	15.1
25	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	3.17	1624.0	236	98	76	.563	222	1,080	78	16	1	1,478	572	643	123	437	27	5	27	6,687	67	5.99	2.42	2.47	0.68	16.2	6.5	1.18	.270	3.56	92	3.01	91	8.19	53.2

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