lowest era for a pitcher that started at least 30 games since 1950 in a season

Since 1950, Bob Gibson has the lowest ERA with 30+ 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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.12	34	1968	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	38	1.77	63	5.85	34.8
2	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	35	1985	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	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
3	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.60	32	1968	CLE	34	21	9	.700	264	19	9	0	258.1	152	46	53	16	73	4	0	4	987	3	9.20	2.54	3.62	0.56	26.7	7.4	0.87	.216	1.85	53	2.04	64	5.30	33
4	Dean Chance D. Chance	1.65	35	1964	LAA	46	20	9	.690	207	15	11	4	278.1	194	51	56	7	86	2	7	9	1,093	9	6.69	2.78	2.41	0.23	18.9	7.9	1.01	.236	1.81	48	2.39	67	6.27	37.9
5	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.66	32	2015	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	44	2.75	73	5.98	26.2
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.70	32	2018	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	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
7	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.73	41	1966	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	53	2.07	65	6.72	41.8
8	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1.74	35	1978	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	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.76	35	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	289	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
10	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1.77	33	2015	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	45	2.34	60	5.90	39
11	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1.81	37	1968	CLE	38	15	14	.517	283	11	3	0	269.0	181	54	78	13	110	10	0	9	1,098	7	9.47	3.68	2.57	0.43	25.8	10.0	1.08	.246	2.61	59	2.25	70	6.06	28.3
12	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.82	39	1971	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	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
13	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.83	33	2013	LAD	33	16	9	.640	232	3	2	0	236.0	164	48	55	11	52	3	0	2	908	12	8.85	1.98	4.46	0.42	25.6	5.7	0.92	.251	2.10	51	2.38	64	6.25	35.4
14	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.87	32	2005	HOU	32	13	8	.619	185	1	0	0	211.1	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	44	2.86	67	6.43	33.4
15	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.88	40	1963	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	62	1.85	62	6.19	41.9
16	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1.89	32	1996	FLA	32	17	11	.607	159	5	3	0	233.0	187	49	60	8	33	16	0	2	906	6	6.14	1.27	4.82	0.31	17.5	3.6	0.94	.259	2.32	46	2.88	68	7.22	35.8
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	1.89	31	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	46	2.94	72	5.58	23.1
18	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.90	31	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	305	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
19	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	1.91	42	1971	CWS	44	22	13	.629	210	22	7	1	334.0	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	53	2.63	71	7.33	38.9
20	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1.92	40	1972	CLE	41	24	16	.600	234	29	5	1	342.2	253	73	79	17	82	12	1	16	1,345	11	6.15	2.15	2.85	0.45	17.4	6.1	0.98	.236	2.07	60	2.49	74	6.64	31.9
21	John Tudor J. Tudor	1.93	36	1985	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	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.93	31	1990	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	47	2.17	55	7.61	44.8
23	Dave McNally D. McNally	1.95	35	1968	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	67	2.76	90	5.77	9.5
24	Denny McLain D. McLain	1.96	41	1968	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	64	2.53	79	6.46	24.8
25	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.97	32	2025	PIT	32	10	10	.500	216	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	46	2.36	57	6.52	37

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