lowest era by a starting pitcher since 1920 with at least 15 games started in a single season

Since 1920, Jacob deGrom has the best ERA by a starting pitcher with 15+ starts in a season, with an ERA of 1.08 in 2021.

NAME ERA GS SEASON TM G W L W% 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 H/9
1 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1.08
15
2021
NYM NYM
15
7
2
.778
146
1
1
0
92.0
40
11
14
6
11
1
0
0
324
0
14.28
1.08
13.27
0.59
45.1
3.4
0.55
.213
1.37
3.91
2 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
1.12
34
1968
STL STL
34
22
9
.710
268
28
13
0
304.2
198
38
49
11
62
7
0
6
1,161
4
7.92
1.83
4.32
0.32
23.1
5.3
0.85
.230
1.45
5.85
3 George Witt
G. Witt
1.43
15
1958
PIT PIT
15
9
2
.818
76
5
3
0
100.2
73
16
19
2
53
2
0
2
414
2
6.79
4.74
1.43
0.18
18.4
12.8
1.25
.253
1.70
6.53
4 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
1.53
35
1985
NYM NYM
35
24
4
.857
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
6.44
5 Steve Rogers
S. Rogers
1.54
17
1973
MON MON
17
10
5
.667
64
7
3
0
134.0
93
23
28
5
49
1
0
3
526
3
4.30
3.29
1.31
0.34
12.2
9.3
1.06
.216
1.88
6.25
6 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
1.56
25
1994
ATL ATL
25
16
6
.727
156
10
3
0
202.0
150
35
44
4
31
6
0
3
774
3
6.95
1.38
5.03
0.18
20.2
4.0
0.90
.253
1.96
6.68
7 Luis Tiant
L. Tiant
1.57
32
1968
CLE CLE
32
21
8
.724
256
19
9
0
253.0
143
44
51
15
70
4
0
3
960
3
9.11
2.49
3.66
0.53
26.7
7.3
0.84
.208
1.81
5.09
8 Dean Chance
D. Chance
1.57
35
1964
LAA LAA
35
18
8
.692
190
15
11
0
257.1
180
45
48
7
78
2
0
8
1,009
8
6.65
2.73
2.44
0.24
18.8
7.7
1.00
.236
1.68
6.30
9 Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
1.63
28
1995
ATL ATL
28
19
2
.905
181
10
3
0
209.2
147
38
39
8
23
4
0
3
785
1
7.77
0.99
7.87
0.34
23.1
2.9
0.81
.244
1.67
6.31
10 Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
1.64
30
1943
NYY NYY
30
20
4
.833
134
20
5
0
253.0
197
46
62
5
54
4
0
988
3
4.77
1.92
2.48
0.18
13.6
5.5
0.99
.243
2.21
7.01
11 Zack Greinke
Z. Greinke
1.66
32
2015
LAD LAD
32
19
3
.864
200
1
0
0
222.2
148
41
43
14
40
5
0
1
843
7
8.08
1.62
5.00
0.57
23.7
4.7
0.84
.229
1.74
5.98
12 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1.69
21
2016
LAD LAD
21
12
4
.750
172
3
3
0
149.0
97
28
31
8
11
2
0
1
544
5
10.39
0.66
15.64
0.48
31.6
2.0
0.72
.254
1.87
5.86
13 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
1.69
21
1981
HOU HOU
21
11
5
.688
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
5.98
14 Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1.70
32
2018
NYM NYM
32
10
9
.526
269
1
0
0
217.0
152
41
48
10
46
5
0
3
835
2
11.16
1.91
5.85
0.41
32.2
5.5
0.91
.281
1.99
6.30
15 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
1.70
35
1971
NYM NYM
35
20
9
.690
288
21
4
0
285.2
207
54
59
17
61
4
0
2
1,098
4
9.07
1.92
4.72
0.54
26.2
5.6
0.94
.261
1.86
6.52
16 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
1.73
41
1966
LAD LAD
41
27
9
.750
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
6.72
17 Mort Cooper
M. Cooper
1.73
35
1942
SLN SLN
35
22
6
.786
151
22
10
0
276.0
203
53
71
8
67
5
0
1,086
5
4.92
2.18
2.25
0.26
13.9
6.2
0.98
.228
2.32
6.62
18 Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
1.74
29
2000
BOS BOS
29
18
6
.750
284
7
4
0
217.0
128
42
44
17
32
14
0
0
817
1
11.78
1.33
8.88
0.71
34.8
3.9
0.74
.236
1.82
5.31
19 Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
1.74
35
1978
NYY NYY
35
25
3
.893
248
16
9
0
273.2
187
53
61
13
72
1
0
1
1,057
7
8.16
2.37
3.44
0.43
23.5
6.8
0.95
.241
2.01
6.15
20 Clay Buchholz
C. Buchholz
1.74
16
2013
BOS BOS
16
12
1
.923
96
1
1
0
108.1
75
21
23
4
36
1
0
0
416
1
7.98
2.99
2.67
0.33
23.1
8.7
1.02
.254
1.91
6.23
21 Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1.75
28
2022
HOU HOU
28
18
4
.818
185
0
0
0
175.0
116
34
43
12
29
6
0
0
666
3
9.51
1.49
6.38
0.62
27.8
4.4
0.83
.240
2.21
5.97
22 Hal Newhouser
H. Newhouser
1.75
36
1945
DET DET
36
24
9
.727
207
29
8
0
308.1
234
60
70
5
106
0
0
1,237
9
6.04
3.09
1.95
0.15
16.7
8.6
1.10
.249
2.04
6.83
23 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
1.76
28
1964
LAD LAD
28
19
5
.792
221
15
7
0
220.0
153
43
49
13
53
0
0
5
860
9
9.04
2.17
4.17
0.53
25.7
6.2
0.94
.244
2.00
6.26
24 Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
1.77
33
2015
CHC CHC
33
22
6
.786
236
4
3
0
229.0
150
45
52
10
48
6
0
2
870
6
9.28
1.89
4.92
0.39
27.1
5.5
0.86
.246
2.04
5.90
25 Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1.77
27
2014
LAD LAD
27
21
3
.875
239
6
2
0
198.1
139
39
42
9
31
2
0
0
749
7
10.85
1.41
7.71
0.41
31.9
4.1
0.86
.278
1.91
6.31
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