lowest era by player in season national league since 1901 cubs

Since 1901, Mordecai Brown has the lowest ERA by a pitcher in the NL for the Cubs in a season, with an ERA of 1.04 in 1906.

Interpreted as:

lowest era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by player in season national league since 1901 cubs

	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	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.04	1906	CHC	36	26	6	.813	32	144	27	9	3	277.1	198	32	56	1	61	4	4		1,044	2	4.67	1.98	2.36	0.03	13.8	5.8	0.93	.236	1.82	39	2.08	75	6.43	21.1
2	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	1.15	1907	CHC	30	14	9	.609	22	90	13	3	0	195.0	143	25	61	1	48	5	5		745	2	4.15	2.22	1.88	0.05	12.1	6.4	0.98	.236	2.82	47	2.14	81	6.60	10.6
3	Carl Lundgren C. Lundgren	1.17	1907	CHC	28	18	7	.720	25	84	21	7	0	207.0	130	27	42	0	92	2	3		795	2	3.65	4.00	0.91	0.00	10.6	11.6	1.07	.211	1.83	48	2.73	104	5.65	-2.3
4	Jack Taylor J. Taylor	1.29	1902	CHO	37	23	11	.676	34	88	34	8	1	333.2	273	48	86	2	45	12	3		1,278	10	2.37	1.21	1.96	0.05	6.9	3.5	0.95	.240	2.32	49	2.73	98	7.36	0.6
5	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.31	1909	CHC	50	27	9	.750	34	172	32	8	7	342.2	246	50	78	1	53	7	15		1,280	9	4.52	1.39	3.25	0.03	13.4	4.1	0.87	.234	2.05	51	1.78	68	6.46	32.4
6	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	1.34	1977	CHC	62	7	3	.700	0	129	0	0	31	107.1	69	16	21	5	23	1	48	7	411	7	10.82	1.93	5.61	0.42	31.4	5.6	0.86	.253	1.76	31	1.60	38	5.79	29.2
7	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.39	1907	CHC	34	20	6	.769	27	107	20	6	3	233.0	180	36	51	2	40	6	7		861	4	4.13	1.55	2.68	0.08	12.4	4.6	0.94	.252	1.97	56	1.97	75	6.95	17.2
8	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	1.42	1905	CHC	34	18	14	.563	29	152	28	5	1	291.2	208	46	71	1	73	18	5		1,124	5	4.69	2.25	2.08	0.03	13.5	6.5	0.96	.235	2.19	48	2.46	85	6.42	14
9	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.42	1909	CHC	38	20	11	.645	32	205	23	9	3	285.0	204	45	66	1	80	8	6		1,116	11	6.47	2.53	2.56	0.03	18.4	7.2	1.00	.247	2.08	55	1.75	67	6.44	27.8
10	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.47	1908	CHC	44	29	9	.763	31	123	27	9	5	312.1	214	51	64	1	49	5	12		1,153	6	3.54	1.41	2.51	0.03	10.7	4.2	0.84	.218	1.84	63	1.87	75	6.17	21.5
11	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	1.51	1906	CHC	31	20	8	.714	29	153	20	4	0	250.2	173	42	63	3	63	13	2		966	4	5.49	2.26	2.43	0.11	15.8	6.5	0.94	.232	2.26	57	2.21	80	6.21	15.4
12	Rube Kroh R. Kroh	1.65	1909	CHC	17	9	4	.692	13	51	10	2	0	120.1	97	22	26	2	30	1	4		464	0	3.81	2.24	1.70	0.15	11.0	6.5	1.06	.250	1.94	64	2.36	90	7.25	3.5
13	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	1.65	1906	CHC	33	19	4	.826	24	94	20	6	3	218.0	129	40	51	2	92	13	9		842	3	3.88	3.80	1.02	0.08	11.2	10.9	1.01	.198	2.11	62	3.07	111	5.33	-7.2
14	Lee Smith L. Smith	1.65	1983	CHC	66	4	10	.286	0	91	0	0	29	103.1	70	19	23	5	41	1	56	14	413	5	7.93	3.57	2.22	0.44	22.0	9.9	1.07	.236	2.00	43	2.83	72	6.10	12.2
15	Orval Overall O. Overall	1.68	1907	CHC	36	23	7	.767	30	141	26	8	3	268.1	201	50	62	3	69	11	4		1,048	10	4.73	2.31	2.04	0.10	13.5	6.6	1.01	.240	2.08	68	2.17	82	6.74	13.7
16	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	1.69	1907	CHC	27	17	4	.810	22	96	16	4	0	192.0	147	36	48	1	64	9	5		749	2	4.50	3.00	1.50	0.05	12.8	8.5	1.10	.252	2.25	68	2.39	91	6.89	5.1
17	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.72	1919	CHC	30	16	11	.593	27	121	20	9	1	235.0	180	45	51	3	38	0	3		906	1	4.63	1.46	3.18	0.11	13.4	4.2	0.93	.238	1.95	58	2.11	70	6.89	23.6
18	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	1.74	1918	CHC	35	22	10	.688	33	148	27	8	0	290.1	216	56	75	4	76	7	2		1,146	4	4.59	2.36	1.95	0.12	12.9	6.6	1.01	.233	2.32	61	2.25	81	6.70	17.3
19	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1.77	2015	CHC	33	22	6	.786	33	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	45	2.34	60	5.90	39
20	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	1.78	1909	CHC	35	19	10	.655	32	105	23	6	0	262.2	194	52	69	1	82	11	3		1,008	4	3.60	2.81	1.28	0.03	10.4	8.1	1.05	.239	2.36	70	2.53	96	6.65	2.7
21	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	1.79	1919	CHC	38	21	14	.600	37	141	25	4	1	306.2	264	61	83	3	62	6	1		1,224	5	4.14	1.82	2.27	0.09	11.5	5.1	1.06	.258	2.44	60	2.36	78	7.75	22.4
22	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	1.79	1910	CHC	14	6	3	.667	13	34	5	2	0	100.1	82	20	28	0	26	1	0		391	0	3.05	2.33	1.31	0.00	8.7	6.6	1.08	.248	2.51	60	2.45	84	7.36	5.2
23	King Cole K. Cole	1.80	1910	CHC	33	20	4	.833	29	114	21	4	1	239.2	174	48	64	2	130	9	2		962	9	4.28	4.88	0.88	0.08	11.9	13.5	1.27	.243	2.40	60	3.22	110	6.53	-8.3
24	Ben Brown B. Brown	1.82	2026	CHC	13	1	1	.500	1	27	0	0	1	29.2	18	6	8	1	9	0	2	0	114	4	8.19	2.73	3.00	0.30	23.7	7.9	0.91	.221	2.43	46	2.64	66	5.46	4.5
25	Rip Hagerman R. Hagerman	1.82	1909	CHC	13	4	4	.500	7	32	4	1	0	79.0	64	16	29	0	28	2	3		315	2	3.65	3.19	1.14	0.00	10.2	8.9	1.16	.253	3.30	71	2.55	97	7.29	0.7

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