lowest era by a starting pitcher since 1960 to 1990 with at least 20 games started in a single season

Between the 1960 and 1990 seasons, Bob Gibson had the best ERA by a starting pitcher with 20+ starts in a season, with an ERA of 1.12 in 1968.

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 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
2 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
3 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
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 Vida Blue
V. Blue
1.82
39
1971
OAK OAK
39
24
8
.750
301
24
8
0
312.0
209
63
73
19
88
4
0
3
1,207
10
8.68
2.54
3.42
0.55
24.9
7.3
0.95
.239
2.11
6.03
11 Sam McDowell
S. McDowell
1.82
37
1968
CLE CLE
37
15
14
.517
281
11
3
0
267.0
180
54
78
13
109
10
0
9
1,091
7
9.47
3.67
2.58
0.44
25.8
10.0
1.08
.246
2.63
6.07
12 Joe Horlen
J. Horlen
1.83
28
1964
CWS CWS
28
12
9
.571
134
9
2
0
201.2
130
41
50
10
52
4
0
4
776
3
5.98
2.32
2.58
0.45
17.3
6.7
0.90
.208
2.23
5.80
13 Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
1.88
40
1963
LAD LAD
40
25
5
.833
306
20
11
0
311.0
214
65
68
18
58
3
0
7
1,210
6
8.86
1.68
5.28
0.52
25.3
4.8
0.87
.238
1.97
6.19
14 Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
1.92
40
1972
CLE CLE
40
24
16
.600
233
29
5
0
341.2
253
73
79
17
82
12
0
16
1,342
11
6.14
2.16
2.84
0.45
17.4
6.1
0.98
.236
2.08
6.66
15 Wilbur Wood
W. Wood
1.92
42
1971
CWS CWS
42
22
13
.629
209
22
7
0
332.0
270
71
95
21
61
7
0
2
1,308
6
5.67
1.65
3.43
0.57
16.0
4.7
1.00
.247
2.58
7.32
16 John Tudor
J. Tudor
1.93
36
1985
STL STL
36
21
8
.724
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
6.84
17 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
1.93
31
1990
BOS BOS
31
21
6
.778
209
7
4
0
228.1
193
49
59
7
54
7
0
3
920
8
8.24
2.13
3.87
0.28
22.7
5.9
1.08
.289
2.33
7.61
18 Dave McNally
D. McNally
1.95
35
1968
BAL BAL
35
22
10
.688
202
18
5
0
273.0
175
59
67
24
55
10
0
1
1,038
5
6.66
1.81
3.67
0.79
19.5
5.3
0.84
.202
2.21
5.77
19 Denny McLain
D. McLain
1.96
41
1968
DET DET
41
31
6
.838
280
28
6
0
336.0
241
73
86
31
63
6
0
2
1,288
3
7.50
1.69
4.44
0.83
21.7
4.9
0.90
.231
2.30
6.46
20 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
1.96
20
1967
ATL ATL
20
10
7
.588
98
10
1
0
160.1
127
35
50
7
38
6
0
2
635
15
5.50
2.13
2.58
0.39
15.4
6.0
1.03
.247
2.81
7.13
21 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
1.97
41
1972
PHI PHI
41
27
10
.730
310
30
8
0
346.1
257
76
84
17
87
1
0
8
1,351
8
8.06
2.26
3.56
0.44
22.9
6.4
0.99
.256
2.18
6.68
22 Tommy John
T. John
1.98
25
1968
CWS CWS
25
10
5
.667
117
5
1
0
177.1
135
39
45
10
49
12
0
4
705
2
5.94
2.49
2.39
0.51
16.6
7.0
1.04
.242
2.28
6.85
23 Gary Nolan
G. Nolan
1.99
25
1972
CIN CIN
25
15
5
.750
90
6
2
0
176.0
147
39
48
13
30
1
0
5
689
5
4.60
1.53
3.00
0.66
13.1
4.4
1.01
.241
2.45
7.52
24 Gary Peters
G. Peters
2.00
27
1966
CWS CWS
27
12
9
.571
126
11
4
0
202.1
154
45
53
11
44
3
0
5
791
11
5.60
1.96
2.86
0.49
15.9
5.6
0.98
.236
2.36
6.85
25 Bob Veale
B. Veale
2.02
33
1968
PIT PIT
33
13
13
.500
169
13
4
0
244.2
184
55
66
12
94
2
0
5
992
9
6.22
3.46
1.80
0.44
17.0
9.5
1.14
.241
2.43
6.77
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.588
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.556
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.543
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Thu
6/26
CHC CHC
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STL STL
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CLE CLE
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.588
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