lowest era by a starting pitcher from 1915 to 1919 min 500 ip

Between 1915 and 1919, Grover Alexander had the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 1.58.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	IP	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	H/9
1	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.58	1399.1	161	111	45	.712	161	738	132	45	0	1,100	246	337	16	208	26	0	5,413	8	4.75	1.34	3.55	0.10	13.6	3.8	0.93	.245	2.17	7.07
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.70	1521.0	169	102	64	.614	169	828	157	33	0	1,179	287	402	5	311	52	0	5,956	31	4.90	1.84	2.66	0.03	13.9	5.2	0.98	.247	2.38	6.98
3	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.01	1047.2	125	69	47	.595	125	395	99	15	0	859	234	327	10	282	38	0	4,190	18	3.39	2.42	1.40	0.09	9.4	6.7	1.09	.245	2.81	7.38
4	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	2.06	1378.2	177	98	59	.624	177	729	118	25	0	1,168	315	422	16	355	40	0	5,583	19	4.76	2.32	2.05	0.10	13.1	6.4	1.10	.259	2.75	7.62
5	Jim Scott J. Scott	2.06	519.2	73	31	24	.564	73	210	37	10	0	471	119	164	6	149	10	0	2,092	6	3.64	2.58	1.41	0.10	10.0	7.1	1.19	.271	2.84	8.16
6	Joe Benz J. Benz	2.07	512.1	74	37	22	.627	74	156	40	9	0	449	118	162	4	98	8	0	2,061	8	2.74	1.72	1.59	0.07	7.6	4.8	1.07	.248	2.85	7.89
7	Fred Toney F. Toney	2.10	1204.1	151	78	55	.586	151	440	99	22	0	1,018	281	374	20	279	20	0	4,784	12	3.29	2.08	1.58	0.15	9.2	5.8	1.08	.248	2.79	7.61
8	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.13	554.2	71	37	25	.597	71	210	48	10	0	451	131	167	4	136	9	0		5	3.41	2.21	1.54	0.06		6.7	1.06	.265	2.71	7.32
9	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2.15	1120.2	140	86	42	.672	140	468	104	17	0	881	268	349	8	400	29	0	4,544	25	3.76	3.21	1.17	0.06	10.3	8.8	1.14	.240	2.80	7.08
10	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.21	1175.1	145	84	50	.627	145	511	109	16	0	1,012	288	362	11	238	11	0	4,653	10	3.91	1.82	2.15	0.08	11.0	5.1	1.06	.258	2.77	7.75
11	Jeff Pfeffer J. Pfeffer	2.22	1129.0	131	70	51	.579	131	413	107	20	0	983	279	360	24	250	58	0	4,553	15	3.29	1.99	1.65	0.19	9.1	5.5	1.09	.252	2.87	7.84
12	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	2.24	934.0	119	66	43	.606	119	225	80	12	0	877	232	301	19	134	5	0	3,724	2	2.17	1.29	1.68	0.18	6.0	3.6	1.08	.257	2.90	8.45
13	Reb Russell R. Russell	2.25	664.0	89	43	27	.614	89	241	47	15	0	605	166	227	2	127	7	0	2,661	8	3.27	1.72	1.90	0.03	9.1	4.8	1.10	.264	3.08	8.20
14	Lefty Tyler L. Tyler	2.25	927.0	115	58	39	.598	115	381	83	17	0	767	232	302	14	291	17	0	3,727	12	3.70	2.83	1.31	0.14	10.2	7.8	1.14	.249	2.93	7.45
15	Harry Coveleski H. Coveleski	2.26	656.0	89	41	28	.594	89	247	45	4	0	580	165	249	7	153	31	0	2,670	11	3.39	2.10	1.61	0.10	9.3	5.7	1.12	.257	3.42	7.96
16	Ernie Shore E. Shore	2.28	731.0	100	46	33	.582	100	227	44	7	0	676	185	253	8	181	12	0	2,987	11	2.79	2.23	1.25	0.10	7.6	6.1	1.17	.261	3.11	8.32
17	Jesse Barnes J. Barnes	2.28	750.1	97	50	38	.568	97	238	64	11	0	662	190	254	13	115	10	0	2,981	5	2.85	1.38	2.07	0.16	8.0	3.9	1.04	.249	3.05	7.94
18	Carl Weilman C. Weilman	2.29	636.2	85	36	39	.480	85	222	50	7	0	552	162	232	11	185	14	0	2,552	8	3.14	2.62	1.20	0.16	8.7	7.2	1.16	.255	3.28	7.80
19	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	2.30	1028.1	130	75	41	.647	130	373	84	16	0	897	263	325	13	258	10	0	4,151	10	3.26	2.26	1.45	0.11	9.0	6.2	1.12	.253	2.84	7.85
20	Allen Sothoron A. Sothoron	2.35	657.2	87	39	40	.494	87	234	52	8	0	586	172	268	9	221	20	0	2,772	13	3.20	3.02	1.06	0.12	8.4	8.0	1.23	.252	3.67	8.02
21	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	2.38	844.1	109	51	52	.495	109	381	63	10	0	764	223	320	9	233	17	0	3,452	28	4.06	2.48	1.64	0.10	11.0	6.7	1.18	.268	3.41	8.14
22	Rube Foster R. Foster	2.41	503.1	68	37	21	.638	68	151	39	9	0	439	135	169	3	189	15	0	2,076	13	2.70	3.38	0.80	0.05	7.3	9.1	1.25	.254	3.02	7.85
23	Ray Fisher R. Fisher	2.44	676.1	87	46	32	.590	87	218	53	13	0	618	183	243	17	178	13	0	2,743	3	2.90	2.37	1.22	0.23	7.9	6.5	1.18	.259	3.23	8.22
24	Art Nehf A. Nehf	2.45	899.2	108	56	39	.589	108	313	78	14	0	783	245	311	14	194	22	0	3,600	14	3.13	1.94	1.61	0.14	8.7	5.4	1.09	.252	3.11	7.83
25	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	2.45	1031.2	136	65	52	.556	136	514	83	19	0	912	281	357	20	312	38	0	4,236	25	4.48	2.72	1.65	0.17	12.1	7.4	1.19	.266	3.11	7.96

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