lowest era in 1970s with a minimum of 2000 innings pitched

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Jim Palmer had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 2.58.

Interpreted as:

lowest era by a player in 1970s with a minimum of 2000 innings pitched

	NAME	ERA	IP	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.58	2745.0	355	186	103	.644	352	1,559	175	44	2	2,275	787	883	184	861	26	3	31	11,105	55	5.11	2.82	1.81	0.60	14.0	7.8	1.14	.247	2.90	73	3.28	90	7.46	110.6
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.61	2652.1	348	178	101	.638	345	2,304	147	40	0	2,105	768	843	190	741	28	2	65	10,607	64	7.82	2.51	3.11	0.64	21.7	7.0	1.07	.261	2.86	73	2.64	74	7.14	272
3	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.88	2624.2	353	148	128	.536	350	2,082	145	39	0	2,335	841	949	186	711	70	2	43	10,722	61	7.14	2.44	2.93	0.64	19.4	6.6	1.16	.280	3.25	78	2.80	76	8.01	260.7
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	2.92	2905.0	369	184	133	.580	368	1,907	197	36	1	2,559	942	1,088	207	758	51	1	75	11,759	68	5.91	2.35	2.52	0.64	16.2	6.4	1.14	.266	3.37	80	3.02	83	7.93	199.6
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.07	2557.1	352	166	110	.601	349	1,767	117	39	2	2,174	871	975	214	660	45	3	45	10,403	63	6.22	2.32	2.68	0.75	17.0	6.3	1.11	.254	3.43	87	3.11	88	7.65	121.3
6	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.07	2398.2	330	155	109	.587	327	1,600	124	32	1	2,080	819	927	161	780	19	1	42	9,827	69	6.00	2.93	2.05	0.60	16.3	7.9	1.19	.264	3.48	88	3.12	87	7.80	125.1
7	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.14	2465.0	348	155	146	.515	333	2,678	164	42	2	1,731	860	984	133	1,515	75	8	34	10,453	116	9.78	5.53	1.77	0.49	25.6	14.5	1.32	.264	3.59	89	3.05	85	6.32	150.5
8	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.17	2399.0	329	169	102	.624	327	1,309	140	30	0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
9	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.18	2747.0	368	178	126	.586	366	2,097	165	32	0	2,413	971	1,103	238	960	31	0	87	11,361	81	6.87	3.15	2.18	0.78	18.5	8.4	1.23	.271	3.61	85	3.26	89	7.91	125.5
10	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3.26	2881.0	406	164	151	.521	376	1,866	160	25	8	2,642	1,045	1,228	259	920	76	19	53	12,043	116	5.83	2.87	2.03	0.81	15.5	7.6	1.24	.267	3.84	83	3.50	90	8.25	120.6
11	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.30	2281.1	337	124	127	.494	313	1,587	85	15	5	2,119	837	947	173	747	40	13	74	9,498	53	6.26	2.95	2.12	0.68	16.7	7.9	1.26	.280	3.74	92	3.22	89	8.36	97.6
12	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	3.31	2150.1	363	136	123	.525	276	1,138	113	24	22	2,087	792	923	170	570	50	68	31	8,931	49	4.76	2.39	2.00	0.71	12.7	6.4	1.24	.274	3.86	89	3.37	91	8.73	73.8
13	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.38	2706.2	360	178	130	.578	354	1,841	184	33	0	2,507	1,015	1,128	301	518	51	5	55	11,009	34	6.12	1.72	3.55	1.00	16.7	4.7	1.12	.266	3.75	86	3.29	86	8.34	158.8
14	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	3.42	2063.0	322	142	92	.607	285	1,229	120	28	3	1,904	783	839	204	595	28	18	22	8,498	12	5.36	2.60	2.07	0.89	14.5	7.0	1.21	.264	3.66	86	3.59	92	8.31	68.8
15	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	3.43	2110.0	319	115	117	.496	277	1,496	133	20	1	2,048	803	897	202	581	32	15	40	8,765	71	6.38	2.48	2.57	0.86	17.1	6.6	1.25	.286	3.83	94	3.23	87	8.74	107.8
16	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	3.50	2073.2	329	126	107	.541	294	1,038	97	22	2	2,066	807	928	175	626	32	15	42	8,728	72	4.51	2.72	1.66	0.76	11.9	7.2	1.30	.276	4.03	96	3.61	98	8.97	17.2
17	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	3.57	2004.1	362	122	99	.552	290	925	72	14	2	2,122	794	896	171	431	37	24	42	8,387	38	4.15	1.94	2.15	0.77	11.0	5.1	1.27	.286	4.02	95	3.46	92	9.53	62
18	Rick Wise R. Wise	3.67	2121.0	314	133	117	.532	303	1,112	107	22	0	2,156	866	980	188	556	26	4	53	8,912	31	4.72	2.36	2.00	0.80	12.5	6.2	1.28	.280	4.16	95	3.50	93	9.15	65
19	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	3.71	2138.2	323	134	104	.563	313	985	100	14	0	2,049	882	1,001	148	962	44	3	58	9,194	74	4.15	4.05	1.02	0.62	10.7	10.5	1.41	.269	4.21	96	3.99	105	8.62	-43.1
20	Jack Billingham J. Billingham	3.77	2045.2	359	135	103	.567	296	1,017	73	27	5	2,070	857	970	157	673	87	32	76	8,670	75	4.47	2.96	1.51	0.69	11.7	7.8	1.34	.284	4.27	103	3.69	101	9.11	-12.3