lowest era by a player in past 4 seasons minimum 400 ip

George Bradley has the lowest ERA with 400.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an ERA of 1.23 in his rookie season in 1876.

	NAME	ERA	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	George Bradley G. Bradley	1.23	573.0	1876	STL	64	45	19	.703	64	103	63	16	0	470	78	229	3	38		0	2,269	34	1.62	0.60	2.71	0.05	4.5	1.7	0.89		3.60	58	2.14	101	7.38	-20.7
2	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	1.38	678.2	1884	PRO	75	59	12	.831	73	441	73	11	2	528	104	216	18	98		2	2,672	34	5.85	1.30	4.50	0.24	16.5	3.7	0.92		2.86	48	2.75	84	7.00	31.9
3	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.42	464.0	1908	CWS	66	40	15	.727	49	269	42	11	6	343	73	111	2	56	9	16	1,755	10	5.22	1.09	4.80	0.04	15.3	3.2	0.86	.240	2.15	63	1.42	67	6.65	34.2
4	Will White W. White	1.54	480.0	1882	CIN	54	40	12	.769	54	122	52	8	0	411	82	164	3	71		0	1,975	19	2.29	1.33	1.72	0.06	6.2	3.6	1.00		3.08	57	2.78	99	7.71	1.7
5	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	1.56	622.0	1876	LOU	68	30	35	.462	68	122	66	5	0	566	108	309	3	37		0	2,568	14	1.77	0.54	3.30	0.04	4.8	1.4	0.97		4.47	62	2.08	82	8.19	50.7
6	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	1.58	400.0	1885	NYG	46	32	13	.711	46	227	45	7	0	300	70	154	6	102		0	1,577	35	5.11	2.30	2.23	0.14	14.4	6.5	1.00		3.47	56	2.71	90	6.75	11.9
7	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.60	422.1	1907	CWS	56	24	18	.571	46	206	37	5	4	341	75	120	3	87	8	10	1,622	14	4.39	1.85	2.37	0.06	12.7	5.4	1.01	.256	2.56	67	1.97	88	7.27	9.9
8	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	1.61	408.0	1904	NYG	51	35	8	.814	44	144	38	9	5	307	73	103	8	86	13	7	1,588	2	3.18	1.90	1.67	0.18	9.1	5.4	0.96	.224	2.27	59	2.70	96	6.77	5.3
9	Silver King S. King	1.63	584.2	1888	STL	66	45	20	.692	64	258	64	6	0	435	106	203	6	76	30	1	2,291	23	3.97	1.17	3.39	0.09	11.3	3.3	0.87	.223	3.12	50	2.38	76	6.70	55
10	Mickey Welch M. Welch	1.66	492.0	1885	NYG	56	44	11	.800	55	258	55	7	1	372	91	170	4	131		1	1,963	39	4.72	2.40	1.97	0.07	13.1	6.7	1.02		3.11	60	2.74	91	6.80	13
11	Tommy Bond T. Bond	1.68	408.0	1876	HAR	45	31	13	.705	45	88	45	6	0	355	76	164	2	13		0	1,623	8	1.94	0.29	6.77	0.04	5.4	0.8	0.90		3.62	69	1.96	81	7.83	27.5
12	Charlie Sweeney C. Sweeney	1.70	492.0	1884	TOT	60	41	15	.732	56	337	53	6	1	360	93	182	6	42		4	1,909	21	6.16	0.77	8.02	0.11	17.7	2.2	0.82		3.33	58	2.32	81	6.59	26.9
13	John Ward J. Ward	1.74	595.0	1880	PRO	70	39	24	.619	67	230	59	8	1	501	115	230	5	45		4	2,351	19	3.48	0.68	5.11	0.08	9.8	1.9	0.92		3.48	76	2.10	91	7.58	9.3
14	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	1.74	434.1	1888	NYG	51	35	12	.745	51	335	48	8	0	317	84	143	5	90	12	0	1,723	21	6.94	1.86	3.72	0.10	19.4	5.2	0.94	.244	2.96	63	1.90	66	6.57	45.3
15	Al Spalding A. Spalding	1.75	528.2	1876	CWS	61	47	12	.797	60	39	53	8	0	542	103	226	6	26		2	2,219	1	0.66	0.44	1.50	0.10	1.8	1.2	1.07		3.85	73	2.38	99	9.23	9
16	Will White W. White	1.79	468.0	1878	CIN	52	30	21	.588	52	169	52	5	0	477	93	249	1	45		0	1,939	40	3.25	0.87	3.76	0.02	8.7	2.3	1.12		4.79	82	2.13	97	9.17	-4.6
17	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	1.80	670.2	1884	LOU	75	52	20	.722	73	385	72	6	0	526	134	230	4	56	16	2	2,649	27	5.17	0.75	6.88	0.05	14.5	2.1	0.87	.239	3.09	57	2.53	80	7.06	43
18	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	1.82	454.2	1904	NYH	55	41	12	.774	51	239	48	6	0	338	92	128	4	88	7	3	1,720	9	4.73	1.74	2.72	0.08	13.9	5.1	0.94	.242	2.53	65	2.11	78	6.69	32.5
19	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	1.85	657.2	1880	CLE	74	45	28	.616	74	260	72	7	0	585	135	274	2	75		0	2,669	21	3.56	1.03	3.47	0.03	9.7	2.8	1.00		3.75	81	2.12	93	8.01	4.6
20	John Clarkson J. Clarkson	1.85	623.0	1885	CWS	70	53	16	.768	70	308	68	10	0	497	128	255	21	97		0	2,487	14	4.45	1.40	3.18	0.30	12.4	3.9	0.95		3.68	61	2.80	86	7.18	38.8
21	Tony Mullane T. Mullane	1.88	460.1	1882	LOU	55	30	24	.556	55	170	51	5	0	418	96	212	3	78		0	1,927	33	3.32	1.52	2.18	0.06	8.8	4.0	1.08		4.14	71	2.62	95	8.17	4.5
22	Charlie Buffinton C. Buffinton	1.91	400.1	1888	PHN	46	28	17	.622	46	199	43	6	0	324	85	139	6	59	4	0	1,586	15	4.47	1.33	3.37	0.13	12.5	3.7	0.96	.241	3.12	66	2.26	75	7.28	34.8
23	Mickey Welch M. Welch	1.93	425.1	1888	NYG	47	26	19	.578	47	167	47	5	0	328	91	156	12	108	14	0	1,710	17	3.53	2.29	1.55	0.25	9.8	6.3	1.03	.224	3.30	70	3.03	106	6.94	-10.7
24	Cy Young C. Young	1.93	453.0	1892	CLE	53	36	12	.750	49	168	48	9	0	363	97	158	8	118	8	4	1,847	13	3.34	2.34	1.42	0.16	9.1	6.4	1.06	.230	3.14	57	2.76	82	7.21	33.4
25	Larry Corcoran L. Corcoran	1.95	536.1	1880	CWS	63	43	14	.754	60	268	57	4	2	404	116	218	6	99		3	2,133	19	4.50	1.66	2.71	0.10	12.6	4.6	0.94		3.66	80	2.23	91	6.78	16.5

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35

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35

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RBI Leaders

91

Abrams

89

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87

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

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Alvarez

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Arraez

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Lopez

Hit Leaders

149

Lopez

147

Arraez

140

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

86

Crow-Armstrong

86

Olson

OBP Leaders

.436

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.393

Wood

SLG Leaders

.621

Alvarez

.553

Caminero

.552

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

33

Simpson

32

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Burns

14

Gray

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

191

Cease

185

Williams

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.20

Sale

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Schlittler

WHIP Leaders

0.74

Misiorowski

0.89

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Rasmussen

K/9 Leaders

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Misiorowski

13.09

Cease

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K/BB Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Schlittler

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Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

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Martinez

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Rasmussen

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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1,685.7

Crow-Armstrong

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Wood

DraftKings Points Leaders

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1,282

Crow-Armstrong

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Alvarez

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70-50

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	73	48	.603
Phillies	65	58	.528	9.0
Marlins	62	61	.504	12.0
Nationals	60	63	.488	14.0
Mets	53	69	.434	20.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	75	47	.615
Cubs	72	51	.585	3.5
Cardinals	61	61	.500	14.0
Reds	59	62	.488	15.5
Pirates	59	64	.480	16.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	73	49	.598
Padres	65	57	.533	8.0
Diamondbacks	64	58	.525	9.0
Giants	50	71	.413	22.5
Rockies	48	73	.397	24.5

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	74	46	.617
Yankees	68	53	.562	6.5
Red Sox	65	56	.537	9.5
Blue Jays	59	64	.480	16.5
Orioles	58	63	.479	16.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	62	58	.517
Tigers	60	61	.496	2.5
Twins	60	63	.488	3.5
Guardians	59	63	.484	4.0
Royals	49	73	.402	14.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	62	60	.508
Rangers	60	62	.492	2.0
Mariners	57	65	.467	5.0
Angels	48	74	.393	14.0
Athletics	47	74	.388	14.5