lowest era in 1980s pitching at least 500 ip

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, John Franco had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.49.

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lowest era by a player in 1980s pitching at least 500 ip

	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	John Franco J. Franco	2.49	528.0	393	42	30	.583	0	367	0	0	148	460	146	174	27	210	5	286	41	2,196	15	6.26	3.58	1.75	0.46	16.7	9.6	1.27	.273	2.97	66	3.26	86	7.84	31.7
2	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.54	701.2	514	47	41	.534	1	479	0	0	176	601	198	236	24	240	12	358	53	2,906	22	6.14	3.08	2.00	0.31	16.5	8.3	1.20	.268	3.03	74	2.89	84	7.71	43.3
3	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	2.55	691.2	478	52	51	.505	2	606	0	0	119	542	196	225	47	274	14	290	43	2,852	14	7.89	3.57	2.21	0.61	21.2	9.6	1.18	.259	2.93	71	3.13	87	7.05	38.3
4	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	2.64	725.2	494	58	39	.598	0	646	0	0	206	592	213	239	41	241	11	396	34	2,947	20	8.01	2.99	2.68	0.51	21.9	8.2	1.15	.274	2.96	71	2.73	72	7.34	87.7
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.64	1291.0	177	100	39	.719	175	1,168	52	19	1	1,053	379	423	65	379	18	1	17	5,215	26	8.14	2.64	3.08	0.45	22.4	7.3	1.11	.276	2.95	75	2.52	70	7.34	155.6
6	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.67	996.2	637	53	43	.552	0	364	0	0	239	1,009	296	328	53	152	7	530	63	4,047	3	3.29	1.37	2.39	0.48	9.0	3.8	1.16	.275	2.96	67	3.17	81	9.11	83.5
7	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.69	1457.0	231	98	64	.605	191	1,011	58	23	5	1,240	435	508	75	434	31	18	53	5,957	51	6.25	2.68	2.33	0.46	17.0	7.3	1.15	.264	3.14	76	3.00	84	7.66	94.8
8	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	2.89	570.1	85	32	25	.561	83	328	17	8	0	509	183	213	20	183	18	1	17	2,370	31	5.18	2.89	1.79	0.32	13.8	7.7	1.21	.269	3.36	79	3.15	86	8.03	31.8
9	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	2.91	525.0	324	36	32	.529	2	260	0	0	103	469	170	199	24	176	12	230	32	2,189	21	4.46	3.02	1.48	0.41	11.9	8.0	1.23	.259	3.41	82	3.43	94	8.04	11.3
10	Alejandro Pena A. Pena	2.92	769.1	281	38	38	.500	72	571	12	7	32	693	250	301	44	244	11	104	43	3,200	13	6.68	2.85	2.34	0.51	17.8	7.6	1.22	.279	3.52	83	3.01	84	8.11	46.7
11	Lee Smith L. Smith	2.96	835.2	586	50	57	.467	6	836	0	0	234	716	275	304	51	334	7	449	73	3,481	37	9.00	3.60	2.50	0.55	24.0	9.6	1.26	.295	3.27	75	2.75	72	7.71	100.2
12	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.97	896.1	687	59	68	.465	0	466	0	0	101	846	296	339	42	301	10	424	120	3,771	9	4.68	3.02	1.55	0.42	12.4	8.0	1.28	.272	3.40	80	3.35	91	8.49	34.2
13	Al Holland A. Holland	3.00	636.2	379	34	30	.531	11	505	0	0	78	541	212	239	55	227	5	216	54	2,670	12	7.14	3.21	2.22	0.78	18.9	8.5	1.21	.259	3.38	83	3.34	93	7.65	17.5
14	Greg Minton G. Minton	3.00	963.1	626	52	55	.486	1	418	0	0	146	925	321	369	38	414	10	386	118	4,106	41	3.91	3.87	1.01	0.36	10.2	10.1	1.39	.275	3.45	83	3.70	101	8.64	-1.2
15	Craig Lefferts C. Lefferts	3.00	683.2	472	32	39	.451	5	422	0	0	54	600	228	257	62	205	8	183	40	2,786	21	5.56	2.70	2.06	0.82	15.1	7.4	1.18	.258	3.38	83	3.64	97	7.90	7.7
16	Scott Garrelts S. Garrelts	3.01	757.2	313	56	41	.577	55	615	5	2	48	600	253	290	53	334	10	160	45	3,149	41	7.31	3.97	1.84	0.63	19.5	10.6	1.23	.256	3.44	86	3.41	93	7.13	21.7
17	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	3.01	669.0	409	29	44	.397	18	410	0	0	63	618	224	274	41	227	7	206	65	2,795	24	5.52	3.05	1.81	0.55	14.7	8.1	1.26	.273	3.69	84	3.35	91	8.31	25.5
18	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	3.06	871.2	629	56	60	.483	0	712	0	0	264	745	296	314	80	292	18	507	54	3,621	16	7.35	3.01	2.44	0.83	19.7	8.1	1.19	.264	3.24	81	3.36	90	7.69	35.3
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.06	1284.2	175	95	45	.679	174	1,215	58	21	0	1,088	437	476	95	371	32	0	16	5,243	31	8.51	2.60	3.27	0.67	23.2	7.1	1.14	.281	3.33	73	2.79	69	7.62	178.3
20	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	3.08	1066.1	466	73	59	.553	73	884	13	2	188	941	365	417	55	437	14	332	35	4,509	31	7.46	3.69	2.02	0.46	19.6	9.7	1.29	.284	3.52	78	3.01	76	7.94	114.9
21	David Cone D. Cone	3.11	573.0	101	39	17	.696	74	492	16	6	1	477	198	219	43	211	14	8	15	2,374	29	7.73	3.31	2.33	0.68	20.7	8.9	1.20	.269	3.44	89	3.21	89	7.49	23.6
22	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.13	1622.2	250	104	66	.612	235	914	48	15	1	1,518	564	629	144	436	27	5	27	6,665	18	5.07	2.42	2.10	0.80	13.7	6.5	1.20	.267	3.49	81	3.62	96	8.42	23.6
23	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.13	1062.2	226	64	57	.529	146	558	28	9	10	968	370	421	97	315	16	37	26	4,368	10	4.73	2.67	1.77	0.82	12.8	7.2	1.21	.258	3.57	87	3.82	102	8.20	-9.4
24	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	3.14	651.1	421	41	49	.456	0	443	0	0	195	598	227	249	55	194	11	333	56	2,691	11	6.12	2.68	2.28	0.76	16.5	7.2	1.22	.273	3.44	85	3.40	94	8.26	15
25	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.14	2094.0	314	122	104	.540	314	2,167	44	15	0	1,603	730	835	128	894	53	0	34	8,704	123	9.31	3.84	2.42	0.55	24.9	10.3	1.19	.270	3.59	90	2.82	81	6.89	159.5

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