lowest era by a pitcher in a single season between 1980 to 1989

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Dwight Gooden had the best ERA in a season, with an ERA of 1.53 in 1985.

Regular season
Min. 1 Innings Pitched Per Team Game

	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
2	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1.69	1981	HOU	21	11	5	.688	21	140	5	3	0	149.0	99	28	34	2	68	1	0	1	605	16	8.46	4.11	2.06	0.12	23.1	11.2	1.12	.246	2.05	52	2.28	70	5.98	16.5
3	John Tudor J. Tudor	1.93	1985	STL	36	21	8	.724	36	169	14	10	0	275.0	209	59	68	14	49	5	0	4	1,062	4	5.53	1.60	3.45	0.46	15.9	4.6	0.94	.236	2.23	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3
4	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.03	1985	LAD	36	19	3	.864	34	157	9	5	0	239.2	179	54	72	8	68	6	1	5	953	5	5.90	2.55	2.31	0.30	16.5	7.1	1.03	.239	2.70	59	2.73	77	6.72	22.1
5	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	2.16	1989	KCR	36	23	6	.793	35	193	12	4	0	262.1	209	63	74	13	43	2	0	6	1,021	8	6.62	1.48	4.49	0.45	18.9	4.2	0.96	.255	2.54	56	2.44	66	7.17	36.9
6	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	2.18	1988	STL	24	5	9	.357	24	100	4	3	0	165.1	133	40	57	6	51	2	0	4	677	8	5.44	2.78	1.96	0.33	14.8	7.5	1.11	.245	3.10	63	2.98	86	7.24	9
7	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	2.18	1981	HOU	22	9	5	.643	22	75	6	5	0	156.2	128	38	41	5	38	4	0	1	617	0	4.31	2.18	1.97	0.29	12.2	6.2	1.06	.248	2.36	67	2.86	88	7.35	6.7
8	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.20	1980	LAD	32	13	5	.722	31	128	4	2	1	212.1	163	52	56	20	47	2	1	5	833	0	5.43	1.99	2.72	0.85	15.4	5.6	0.99	.225	2.37	63	3.46	96	6.91	3.6
9	David Cone D. Cone	2.22	1988	NYM	35	20	3	.870	28	213	8	4	0	231.1	178	57	67	10	80	4	0	7	936	10	8.29	3.11	2.66	0.39	22.8	8.5	1.12	.267	2.61	68	2.57	75	6.93	22.5
10	Mike Scott M. Scott	2.22	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	306	7	5	0	275.1	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
11	Atlee Hammaker A. Hammaker	2.25	1983	SFG	23	10	9	.526	23	127	8	3	0	172.1	147	43	57	9	32	3	0	12	695	6	6.63	1.67	3.97	0.47	18.3	4.6	1.04	.263	2.98	63	2.56	70	7.68	21.4
12	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.26	1988	LAD	35	23	8	.742	34	178	15	8	1	267.0	208	67	73	18	73	4	1	10	1,068	6	6.00	2.46	2.44	0.61	16.7	6.8	1.05	.239	2.46	68	3.17	93	7.01	6.7
13	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	2.27	1985	PIT	31	14	8	.636	26	138	9	1	1	194.0	153	49	58	7	52	3	4	10	773	4	6.40	2.41	2.65	0.32	17.9	6.7	1.06	.255	2.69	63	2.58	70	7.10	24
14	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	2.28	1981	LAD	23	11	6	.647	23	74	5	4	0	142.1	124	36	42	3	33	2	0	2	571	3	4.68	2.09	2.24	0.19	13.0	5.8	1.10	.264	2.66	67	2.57	76	7.84	13
15	Scott Garrelts S. Garrelts	2.28	1989	SFG	30	14	5	.737	29	119	2	1	0	193.1	149	49	58	11	46	0	0	3	766	7	5.54	2.14	2.59	0.51	15.5	6.0	1.01	.234	2.70	68	2.98	84	6.94	12.5
16	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	2.30	1981	LAD	22	10	4	.714	22	51	8	2	0	152.2	138	39	44	6	27	4	0	3	608	1	3.01	1.59	1.89	0.35	8.4	4.4	1.08	.254	2.59	68	3.05	90	8.14	5.7
17	Bob Welch B. Welch	2.31	1985	LAD	23	14	4	.778	23	96	8	3	0	167.1	141	43	49	16	35	6	0	2	675	7	5.16	1.88	2.74	0.86	14.2	5.2	1.05	.239	2.64	67	3.51	99	7.58	0.5
18	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.31	1989	LAD	35	15	15	.500	33	178	8	4	0	256.2	226	66	75	9	77	3	0	14	1,047	8	6.24	2.70	2.31	0.32	17.0	7.4	1.18	.278	2.63	68	2.76	78	7.92	22
19	John Tudor J. Tudor	2.32	1988	TOT	30	10	8	.556	30	87	5	1	0	197.2	189	51	60	10	41	1	0	7	794	0	3.96	1.87	2.12	0.46	11.0	5.2	1.16	.273	2.73	68	3.17	92	8.61	6
20	Sammy Stewart S. Stewart	2.32	1981	BAL	29	4	8	.333	3	57	0	0	4	112.1	89	29	33	8	57	3	18	4	463	1	4.57	4.57	1.00	0.64	12.3	12.3	1.30	.240	2.64	65	4.11	112	7.13	-5.4
21	Steve McCatty S. McCatty	2.33	1981	OAK	22	14	7	.667	22	91	16	4	0	185.2	140	48	50	12	61	2	0	1	741	0	4.41	2.96	1.49	0.58	12.3	8.2	1.08	.223	2.42	67	3.47	95	6.79	3.4
22	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.34	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	38	286	13	3	0	304.0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	64	2.41	66	7.19	42.3
23	John Denny J. Denny	2.37	1983	PHI	36	19	6	.760	36	139	7	1	0	242.2	229	64	77	9	53	4	0	5	983	6	5.16	1.97	2.62	0.33	14.1	5.4	1.16	.283	2.86	65	2.78	75	8.49	24.9
24	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	2.39	1988	CIN	49	13	8	.619	19	160	0	0	0	162.0	120	43	47	7	63	3	12	7	653	1	8.89	3.50	2.54	0.39	24.5	9.6	1.13	.269	2.61	67	2.57	70	6.67	19
25	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	2.40	1982	MON	35	19	8	.704	35	179	14	4	0	277.0	245	74	84	12	65	6	0	7	1,122	3	5.82	2.11	2.75	0.39	16.0	5.8	1.12	.271	2.73	67	2.75	77	7.96	25.3

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Wed 9/16	BAL	@	NYM	7:10 PM
Thu 9/17	PHI	@	NYM	7:15 PM
Fri 9/18	PHI	@	NYM	7:15 PM
Sat 9/19	PHI	@	NYM	4:10 PM
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Mets	69	81	.460	18.5
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