lowest era by a player in their last season

Ned Garvin had the lowest ERA by an inactive or retired pitcher in his last season, with an ERA of 1.72 in 1904.

Interpreted as:

lowest era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player in their last season

	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	Ned Garvin N. Garvin	1.72	1904	TOT	25	5	16	.238	24	94	16	2	0	193.2	155	37	85	6	80	6	1		781	9	4.37	3.72	1.18	0.28	12.0	10.2	1.21	.250	3.95	65	3.18	117	7.20	-10.9
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.73	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	41	317	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	53	2.07	65	6.72	41.8
3	Eddie Matteson E. Matteson	1.73	1918	WSH	14	5	3	.625	6	17	2	0	0	67.2	57	13	20	2	15	1	5		257	0	2.26	2.00	1.13	0.27	6.6	5.8	1.06	.248	2.66	64	2.82	102	7.58	-0.7
4	Eddie Plank E. Plank	1.79	1917	SLA	20	5	6	.455	14	26	8	1	1	131.0	105	26	39	2	38	2	4		506	1	1.79	2.61	0.68	0.14	5.1	7.5	1.09	.235	2.68	69	2.98	110	7.21	-4.6
5	Larry French L. French	1.83	1942	BKN	38	15	4	.789	14	62	8	4	0	147.2	127	30	39	1	36	5	10		596	1	3.78	2.19	1.72	0.06	10.4	6.0	1.10	.256	2.38	54	2.50	71	7.74	16.5
6	Jim Scott J. Scott	1.87	1917	CWS	24	6	7	.462	17	37	6	2	1	125.0	126	26	37	0	42	6	4		511	0	2.66	3.02	0.88	0.00	7.2	8.2	1.34	.296	2.66	70	2.82	101	9.07	-0.5
7	J.R. Richard	1.90	1980	HOU	17	10	4	.714	17	119	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	31	2	40	0	0	1	438	2	9.42	3.17	2.98	0.16	27.2	9.1	0.92	.227	2.45	56	1.93	56	5.15	19.9
8	Charlie Hodnett C. Hodnett	2.01	1884	SLU	14	12	2	.857	14	41	12	1	0	121.0	121	27	56	0	16		0		513	8	3.05	1.19	2.56	0.00	8.0	3.1	1.13		4.17	68	2.99	117	9.00	-6.9
9	Jim St. Vrain J. St. Vrain	2.08	1902	CHO	12	4	6	.400	11	51	10	1	0	95.0	88	22	36	0	25	5	1		388	3	4.83	2.37	2.04	0.00	13.1	6.4	1.19	.287	3.41	78	2.54	91	8.34	2.3
10	Irv Higginbotham I. Higginbotham	2.12	1909	TOT	22	6	2	.750	7	34	5	0	1	89.1	69	21	35	0	22	3	8		361	0	3.43	2.22	1.55	0.00	9.4	6.1	1.02	.228	3.53	83	2.30	87	6.95	3.3
11	Tom Hilgendorf T. Hilgendorf	2.14	1975	PHI	53	7	3	.700	0	52	0	0	0	96.2	81	23	32	6	38	1	14	3	403	5	4.84	3.54	1.37	0.56	12.9	9.4	1.23	.245	2.98	57	3.52	96	7.54	1.7
12	Buttons Briggs B. Briggs	2.14	1905	CHC	20	8	8	.500	20	68	13	5	0	168.0	141	40	58	1	52	6	0		654	1	3.64	2.79	1.31	0.05	10.4	8.0	1.15	.266	3.11	72	2.82	97	7.55	1.2
13	Ed Conley E. Conley	2.15	1884	PRO	8	4	4	.500	8	33	8	1	0	71.0	63	17	47	4	22		0		304	7	4.18	2.79	1.50	0.51	10.9	7.2	1.20		5.96	75	4.01	123	7.99	-7
14	Tyler Mahle T. Mahle	2.18	2025	TEX	16	6	4	.600	16	66	0	0	0	86.2	69	21	21	5	29	0	0	0	346	0	6.85	3.01	2.28	0.52	19.1	8.4	1.13	.260	2.18	53	3.36	79	7.17	8.5
15	Erv Lange E. Lange	2.23	1914	CHF	36	12	11	.522	22	87	10	2	2	190.0	162	47	69	3	55	3	11		781	1	4.12	2.61	1.58	0.14	11.1	7.0	1.14	.251	3.27	74	2.64	96	7.67	1.2
16	George Kaiserling G. Kaiserling	2.24	1915	NWK	41	15	15	.500	29	75	16	5	2	261.1	246	65	90	1	73	9	9		1,039	4	2.58	2.51	1.03	0.03	7.2	7.0	1.22	.278	3.10	77	2.83	100	8.47	-1.1
17	Jim Devlin J. Devlin	2.25	1877	LOU	61	35	25	.583	61	141	61	4	0	559.0	617	140	288	4	41		0		2,328	20	2.27	0.66	3.44	0.06	6.1	1.8	1.18		4.64	74	2.65	87	9.93	38.2
18	Addie Joss A. Joss	2.26	1910	CLE	13	5	5	.500	12	49	9	1	0	107.1	96	27	35	2	18	2	0		412	0	4.11	1.51	2.72	0.17	11.9	4.4	1.06	.276	2.93	88	2.21	84	8.05	5.3
19	John Ewing J. Ewing	2.27	1891	NYG	33	21	8	.724	30	138	28	5	0	269.1	237	68	118	2	105	11	3		1,158	9	4.61	3.51	1.31	0.07	11.9	9.1	1.27	.261	3.94	69	2.89	85	7.92	14
20	Elmer Stricklett E. Stricklett	2.27	1907	BKN	29	12	14	.462	26	69	25	4	0	229.2	211	58	85	1	65	8	3		902	3	2.70	2.55	1.06	0.04	7.6	7.2	1.20	.277	3.33	96	2.59	103	8.27	-2.9
21	Joe McGinnity J. McGinnity	2.27	1908	NYG	37	11	7	.611	20	55	7	5	5	186.0	192	47	73	8	37	7	14		762	3	2.66	1.79	1.49	0.39	7.2	4.9	1.23	.281	3.53	97	2.78	111	9.29	-5.9
22	Cy Barger C. Barger	2.29	1915	PTF	34	9	8	.529	13	47	8	1	6	153.0	130	39	49	1	47	4	19		597	1	2.76	2.76	1.00	0.06	7.9	7.9	1.16	.259	2.88	76	2.88	99	7.65	0.5
23	Bert Humphries B. Humphries	2.31	1915	CHC	31	8	13	.381	22	45	10	4	3	171.2	183	44	69	6	23	5	6		702	3	2.36	1.21	1.96	0.31	6.4	3.3	1.20	.284	3.62	84	2.83	101	9.59	-0.6
24	Jeff Tesreau J. Tesreau	2.32	1918	NYG	12	4	4	.500	9	31	3	1	0	73.2	61	19	27	1	21	0	1		298	2	3.79	2.57	1.48	0.12	10.4	7.0	1.11	.245	3.30	87	2.42	93	7.45	1.4
25	Dummy Taylor D. Taylor	2.33	1908	NYG	27	8	5	.615	15	50	6	1	2	127.2	127	33	56	5	34	4	9		539	4	3.52	2.40	1.47	0.35	9.3	6.3	1.26	.274	3.95	99	2.72	109	8.95	-3.2