lowest earned run average from 1969 to 1988 with at least 1500 innings pitched

Between the 1969 and 1988 seasons, Jim Palmer had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 1500 innings, with an ERA of 2.80.

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lowest earned run average by a player from 1969 to 1988 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	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.80	3598.2	492	245	137	.641	476	1,967	203	52	3	3,064	1,119	1,245	270	1,144	36	8	35	14,659	72	4.92	2.86	1.72	0.68	13.4	7.8	1.17	.249	3.11	77	3.46	93	7.66	96.5
2	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.89	1700.0	943	114	118	.491	37	1,299	4	2	341	1,470	545	611	122	491	38	709	109	6,933	39	6.88	2.60	2.65	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.15	.271	3.23	83	2.94	81	7.78	127.5
3	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.89	2149.0	316	126	97	.565	290	1,551	96	26	11	1,675	689	791	171	796	39	21	40	8,799	67	6.50	3.33	1.95	0.72	17.6	9.0	1.15	.241	3.31	83	3.31	92	7.01	62.4
4	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.91	4254.0	585	279	180	.608	578	3,265	199	54	0	3,523	1,376	1,516	346	1,264	63	4	105	17,252	113	6.91	2.67	2.58	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.258	3.21	79	3.08	84	7.45	265.6
5	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	2.92	1578.0	811	110	97	.531	37	1,349	16	0	302	1,293	512	572	96	626	37	591	78	6,529	51	7.69	3.57	2.15	0.55	20.7	9.6	1.22	.271	3.26	79	3.00	81	7.37	132.8
6	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3.01	1675.2	214	104	77	.575	206	1,267	117	18	2	1,469	560	622	99	570	36	4	64	6,958	43	6.81	3.06	2.22	0.53	18.2	8.2	1.22	.275	3.34	82	2.86	81	7.89	123.3
7	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.12	3989.2	528	238	195	.550	524	2,533	241	42	1	3,714	1,384	1,605	304	1,040	82	4	101	16,366	110	5.71	2.35	2.44	0.69	15.5	6.4	1.19	.275	3.62	84	3.16	85	8.38	237.5
8	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.14	4409.0	655	267	243	.524	625	4,636	204	55	3	3,232	1,540	1,761	247	2,364	120	12	68	18,544	221	9.46	4.83	1.96	0.50	25.0	12.7	1.27	.267	3.59	90	2.96	84	6.60	282
9	J.R. Richard	3.15	1606.0	238	107	71	.601	221	1,493	76	19	0	1,227	562	625	73	770	17	3	15	6,674	92	8.37	4.32	1.94	0.41	22.4	11.5	1.24	.267	3.50	92	2.85	82	6.88	114.7
10	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	3.16	1948.0	267	118	90	.567	256	1,528	99	27	2	1,691	685	780	122	740	14	5	48	8,105	75	7.06	3.42	2.06	0.56	18.9	9.1	1.25	.275	3.60	90	3.14	88	7.81	91
11	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.17	2837.2	399	158	152	.510	393	1,621	129	37	2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	3.19	88	8.31	137.7
12	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	3.18	2363.0	361	125	126	.498	318	1,516	97	30	3	2,276	835	970	161	638	26	23	69	9,789	68	5.77	2.43	2.38	0.61	15.5	6.5	1.23	.284	3.69	87	3.05	84	8.67	153.5
13	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.18	1636.1	250	105	68	.607	238	916	49	15	1	1,540	579	647	145	439	27	4	28	6,731	18	5.04	2.41	2.09	0.80	13.6	6.5	1.21	.268	3.56	82	3.62	96	8.47	25.3
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.19	2646.0	367	181	117	.607	362	1,459	150	33	0	2,257	938	1,035	291	691	39	2	32	10,704	41	4.96	2.35	2.11	0.99	13.6	6.5	1.11	.239	3.52	91	3.71	103	7.68	-42.5
15	Bob Welch B. Welch	3.20	2065.1	328	132	95	.581	303	1,450	51	25	8	1,868	734	809	155	646	47	16	43	8,559	40	6.32	2.82	2.24	0.68	16.9	7.5	1.22	.274	3.53	89	3.31	91	8.14	70.8
16	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.20	2031.2	292	143	89	.616	284	1,014	133	30	1	1,818	723	817	176	604	8	4	34	8,289	37	4.49	2.68	1.68	0.78	12.2	7.3	1.19	.253	3.62	92	3.56	99	8.05	4.4
17	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.23	2302.0	398	164	102	.617	347	1,481	53	13	16	2,170	826	922	217	523	34	37	49	9,409	18	5.79	2.04	2.83	0.85	15.7	5.6	1.17	.273	3.60	86	3.37	90	8.48	103.1
18	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.24	4715.2	653	299	221	.575	637	3,760	231	47	1	4,202	1,698	1,943	388	1,684	47	6	143	19,600	164	7.18	3.21	2.23	0.74	19.2	8.6	1.25	.278	3.71	86	3.21	87	8.02	243.3
19	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.25	4462.0	611	254	226	.529	605	3,431	231	55	0	4,094	1,609	1,792	384	1,224	135	3	67	18,372	103	6.92	2.47	2.80	0.77	18.7	6.7	1.19	.281	3.61	84	3.14	81	8.26	349.1
20	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.27	3343.1	502	209	161	.565	473	2,175	143	37	2	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
21	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.27	4616.1	665	290	214	.575	660	3,034	154	51	3	4,098	1,677	1,852	429	1,175	71	4	73	18,906	100	5.92	2.29	2.58	0.84	16.0	6.2	1.14	.258	3.61	90	3.34	91	7.99	151
22	Dave McNally D. McNally	3.29	1632.1	236	114	71	.616	233	796	80	20	1	1,512	596	639	132	486	36	1	42	6,703	30	4.39	2.68	1.64	0.73	11.9	7.3	1.22	.263	3.52	94	3.56	99	8.34	4.7
23	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.29	2392.0	368	170	91	.651	323	1,778	95	26	4	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	3.26	82	8.27	192
24	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	3.30	2270.0	439	146	134	.521	276	1,211	113	24	37	2,200	832	971	183	610	53	118	46	9,442	54	4.80	2.42	1.99	0.73	12.8	6.5	1.24	.273	3.85	89	3.39	92	8.72	74.9
25	Larry Dierker L. Dierker	3.31	1658.1	251	104	86	.547	234	1,042	83	22	1	1,514	609	663	132	512	37	6	27	6,847	63	5.66	2.78	2.04	0.72	15.2	7.5	1.22	.270	3.60	94	3.31	96	8.22	21.4

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