lowest era for reliever with at least 70 innings pitched in a season since 1920

Since 1920, Fernando Rodney has the lowest ERA by a relief pitcher with 70.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an ERA of 0.60 in 2012.

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

	NAME	ERA	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Fernando Rodney F. Rodney	0.60	74.2	2012	TBR	76	2	2	.500	0	76	0	0	48	43	5	9	2	15	3	65	1	282	4	9.16	1.81	5.07	0.24	27.0	5.3	0.78	.220	1.08	5.18
2	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	0.61	74.1	2024	CLE	74	4	2	.667	0	66	0	0	47	39	5	10	2	10	2	66	1	270	2	7.99	1.21	6.60	0.24	24.4	3.7	0.66	.195	1.21	4.72
3	Dennis Eckersley D. Eckersley	0.61	73.1	1990	OAK	63	4	2	.667	0	73	0	0	48	41	5	9	2	4	0	61	1	262	0	8.96	0.49	18.25	0.25	27.9	1.5	0.61	.213	1.10	5.03
4	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	0.78	80.1	2018	OAK	68	9	2	.818	0	100	0	0	38	46	7	12	2	21	1	58	3	315	6	11.20	2.35	4.76	0.22	31.7	6.7	0.83	.230	1.34	5.15
5	Chris Hammond C. Hammond	0.95	76.0	2002	ATL	63	7	2	.778	0	63	0	0	0	53	8	15	1	31	1	6	9	311	1	7.46	3.67	2.03	0.12	20.3	10.0	1.11	.242	1.78	6.28
6	Eric O'Flaherty E. O'Flaherty	0.98	73.2	2011	ATL	78	2	4	.333	0	67	0	0	0	59	8	9	2	21	3	5	8	301	1	8.19	2.57	3.19	0.24	22.3	7.0	1.09	.274	1.10	7.21
7	Wade Davis W. Davis	1.00	72.0	2014	KCR	71	9	2	.818	0	109	0	0	3	38	8	8	0	23	3	11	0	279	1	13.63	2.88	4.74	0.00	39.1	8.2	0.85	.264	1.00	4.75
8	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	1.04	78.0	1981	MIL	47	6	3	.667	0	61	0	0	28	55	9	9	3	13	1	41	5	297	1	7.04	1.50	4.69	0.35	20.5	4.4	0.87	.237	1.04	6.35
9	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	1.09	74.1	2013	BOS	73	4	1	.800	0	101	0	0	21	33	9	10	5	9	1	40	2	265	1	12.23	1.09	11.22	0.61	38.1	3.4	0.57	.188	1.21	4.00
10	Tim Burke T. Burke	1.19	91.0	1987	MON	55	7	0	1.000	0	58	0	0	18	64	12	18	3	17	0	30	6	354	2	5.74	1.68	3.41	0.30	16.4	4.8	0.89	.221	1.78	6.33
11	Eric Gagne E. Gagne	1.20	82.1	2003	LAD	77	2	3	.400	0	137	0	0	55	37	11	12	2	20	3	67	2	306	2	14.98	2.19	6.85	0.22	44.8	6.5	0.69	.243	1.31	4.04
12	Jim Brewer J. Brewer	1.26	78.1	1972	LAD	51	8	7	.533	0	69	0	0	17	41	11	16	6	25	2	41	11	303	2	7.93	2.87	2.76	0.69	22.8	8.3	0.84	.174	1.84	4.71
13	Louis Varland L. Varland	1.27	78.0	2026	TOR	71	5	6	.455	0	97	0	0	35	55	11	20	2	23	0	53	1	307	3	11.19	2.65	4.22	0.23	31.6	7.5	1.00	.286	2.31	6.35
14	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	1.27	106.1	1967	CIN	70	6	3	.667	0	88	0	0	28	63	15	19	1	41	5	61	5	427	1	7.45	3.47	2.15	0.08	20.6	9.6	0.98	.212	1.61	5.33
15	Jeremy Jeffress J. Jeffress	1.29	76.2	2018	MIL	73	8	1	.889	0	89	0	0	15	49	11	12	5	27	1	24	4	299	4	10.45	3.17	3.30	0.59	29.8	9.0	0.99	.249	1.41	5.75
16	Lindy McDaniel L. McDaniel	1.29	104.1	1960	STL	63	12	2	.857	0	95	0	0	27	71	15	16	4	19	1	47	3	394	5	8.19	1.64	5.00	0.35	24.1	4.8	0.86	.244	1.38	6.12
17	Bob Lee B. Lee	1.31	110.1	1964	LAA	59	5	4	.556	0	96	0	0	19	69	16	18	4	45	1	39	7	437	1	7.83	3.67	2.13	0.33	22.0	10.3	1.03	.223	1.47	5.63
18	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	1.31	89.0	1967	CWS	49	8	3	.727	0	76	0	0	12	58	13	21	2	34	4	30	4	360	2	7.69	3.44	2.24	0.20	21.1	9.4	1.03	.230	2.12	5.87
19	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	1.34	107.1	1977	CHC	62	7	3	.700	0	129	0	0	31	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	5.79
20	Ken Tatum K. Tatum	1.36	86.1	1969	CAL	45	7	2	.778	0	65	0	0	22	51	13	13	1	39	4	33	5	342	5	6.78	4.07	1.67	0.10	19.0	11.4	1.04	.215	1.36	5.32
21	Emmanuel Clase E. Clase	1.36	72.2	2022	CLE	77	3	4	.429	0	77	0	0	42	43	11	18	3	10	1	67	2	271	4	9.54	1.24	7.70	0.37	28.4	3.7	0.73	.222	2.23	5.33
22	Les Lancaster L. Lancaster	1.36	72.2	1989	CHC	42	4	2	.667	0	56	0	0	8	60	11	12	2	15	0	15	1	288	2	6.94	1.86	3.73	0.25	19.4	5.2	1.03	.270	1.49	7.43
23	B.J. Ryan	1.37	72.1	2006	TOR	65	2	2	.500	0	86	0	0	38	42	11	12	3	20	0	57	1	270	4	10.70	2.49	4.30	0.37	31.9	7.4	0.86	.242	1.49	5.23
24	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	1.37	92.0	1989	KCR	63	7	3	.700	0	94	0	0	18	66	14	16	3	25	2	39	4	363	6	9.20	2.45	3.76	0.29	25.9	6.9	0.99	.264	1.57	6.46
25	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	1.37	85.1	1993	MON	70	9	3	.750	0	113	0	0	43	58	13	17	3	28	2	58	3	344	7	11.92	2.95	4.04	0.32	32.8	8.1	1.01	.278	1.79	6.12

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