lowest era in a season by a cubs pitcher with at least 30 gs since 1920

Since 1920, Jake Arrieta has the best ERA for the Cubs with 30+ starts in a season, with an ERA of 1.77 in 2015.

	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	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
2	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.91	40	1920	CHC	46	27	14	.659	173	33	7	5	363.1	335	77	96	8	69	1	6		1,447	3	4.29	1.71	2.51	0.20	12.0	4.8	1.11	.273	2.38	61	2.66	81	8.30	25
3	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	2.00	34	1933	CHC	36	18	13	.581	133	26	4	1	287.1	262	64	83	8	75	3	1		1,175	6	4.17	2.35	1.77	0.25	11.3	6.4	1.17	.266	2.60	62	3.05	88	8.21	12.8
4	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	2.11	37	1963	CHC	37	22	10	.688	185	19	4	0	290.2	223	68	75	14	75	2	0	7	1,160	3	5.73	2.32	2.47	0.43	15.9	6.5	1.03	.236	2.32	62	2.63	77	6.90	24.6
5	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	2.13	30	2016	CHC	31	16	8	.667	170	2	1	0	190.0	142	45	53	15	44	8	0	3	745	5	8.05	2.08	3.86	0.71	22.8	5.9	0.98	.250	2.51	51	3.20	78	6.73	19.6
6	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2.18	35	1992	CHC	35	20	11	.645	199	9	4	0	268.0	201	65	68	7	70	14	0	7	1,061	5	6.68	2.35	2.84	0.24	18.8	6.6	1.01	.252	2.28	61	2.57	71	6.75	30.5
7	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	2.37	32	1932	CHC	35	22	6	.786	106	25	4	0	277.0	247	73	84	12	64	2	2		1,117	5	3.44	2.08	1.66	0.39	9.5	5.7	1.12	.252	2.73	62	3.53	89	8.03	12.7
8	Mark Prior M. Prior	2.43	30	2003	CHC	30	18	6	.750	245	3	1	0	211.1	183	57	67	15	50	9	0	4	863	9	10.43	2.13	4.90	0.64	28.4	5.8	1.10	.309	2.85	57	2.47	56	7.79	44.5
9	Jon Lester J. Lester	2.44	32	2016	CHC	32	19	5	.792	197	2	0	0	202.2	154	55	57	21	52	6	0	0	796	4	8.75	2.31	3.79	0.93	24.7	6.5	1.02	.256	2.53	59	3.40	82	6.84	16.3
10	Bill Hands B. Hands	2.49	41	1969	CHC	41	20	14	.588	181	18	3	0	300.0	268	83	102	21	73	6	0	8	1,220	5	5.43	2.19	2.48	0.63	14.8	6.0	1.14	.263	3.06	64	3.00	80	8.04	24.5
11	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	2.50	31	1940	CHC	46	20	13	.606	124	20	4	5	280.2	259	78	97	8	59	4	13		1,172	0	3.98	1.89	2.10	0.26	10.6	5.0	1.13	.257	3.11	66	3.00	77	8.31	28.2
12	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	2.54	38	1920	CHC	40	19	16	.543	131	24	4	0	301.0	301	85	113	8	81	8	2		1,255	3	3.92	2.42	1.62	0.24	10.4	6.5	1.27	.285	3.38	81	3.11	95	9.00	5.6
13	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	2.55	34	1992	CHC	34	16	8	.667	123	6	1	0	240.0	203	68	80	14	79	3	0	10	966	11	4.61	2.96	1.56	0.53	12.7	8.2	1.18	.253	3.00	71	3.53	98	7.61	2.4
14	Larry Jackson L. Jackson	2.55	37	1963	CHC	37	14	18	.438	153	13	4	0	275.0	256	78	102	11	54	6	0	3	1,126	3	5.01	1.77	2.83	0.36	13.6	4.8	1.13	.272	3.34	75	2.54	75	8.38	25.8
15	Hi Bithorn H. Bithorn	2.60	30	1943	CHC	39	18	12	.600	86	19	7	2	249.2	227	72	79	8	65	2	7		1,020	3	3.10	2.34	1.32	0.29	8.4	6.4	1.17	.255	2.85	78	2.95	91	8.18	8.2
16	Charlie Root C. Root	2.60	30	1933	CHC	35	15	10	.600	86	20	2	0	242.1	232	70	85	14	61	10	4		1,008	3	3.19	2.27	1.41	0.52	8.5	6.1	1.21	.260	3.16	80	3.72	107	8.62	-7.8
17	Johnny Schmitz J. Schmitz	2.61	31	1946	CHC	41	11	11	.500	135	14	2	2	224.1	184	65	77	6	94	2	8		945	3	5.42	3.77	1.44	0.24	14.3	9.9	1.24	.251	3.09	79	2.81	83	7.38	13.9
18	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	2.63	40	1968	CHC	40	20	15	.571	260	20	3	0	308.0	255	90	96	26	65	3	0	7	1,231	6	7.60	1.90	4.00	0.76	21.1	5.3	1.04	.261	2.81	82	2.46	81	7.45	19.1
19	Johnny Schmitz J. Schmitz	2.64	30	1948	CHC	34	18	13	.581	100	18	2	1	242.0	186	71	92	11	97	2	4		986	6	3.72	3.61	1.03	0.41	10.1	9.8	1.17	.226	3.42	68	3.65	92	6.92	8.4
20	Bill Lee B. Lee	2.66	37	1938	CHC	44	22	9	.710	121	19	9	2	291.0	281	86	95	18	74	2	5		1,194	3	3.74	2.29	1.64	0.56	10.1	6.2	1.22	.269	2.94	70	3.68	92	8.69	10.8
21	Hank Wyse H. Wyse	2.68	34	1945	CHC	38	22	10	.688	77	23	2	0	278.1	272	83	95	17	55	5	3		1,139	3	2.49	1.78	1.40	0.55	6.8	4.8	1.17	.259	3.07	72	3.43	94	8.80	5.9
22	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	2.68	34	1942	CHC	35	19	14	.576	89	24	3	0	278.1	284	83	116	13	74	3	0		1,177	4	2.88	2.39	1.20	0.42	7.6	6.3	1.29	.272	3.75	83	3.22	95	9.18	4.7
23	Bob Rush B. Rush	2.70	32	1952	CHC	34	17	13	.567	157	17	4	0	250.1	205	75	99	14	81	6	1		1,044	7	5.64	2.91	1.94	0.50	15.0	7.8	1.14	.243	3.56	70	2.91	76	7.37	25
24	Guy Bush G. Bush	2.75	32	1933	CHC	41	20	12	.625	84	20	4	2	259.0	261	79	95	9	68	1	8		1,101	6	2.92	2.36	1.24	0.31	7.6	6.2	1.27	.268	3.30	85	3.40	98	9.07	1.1
25	Carlos Zambrano C. Zambrano	2.75	31	2004	CHC	31	16	8	.667	188	1	1	0	209.2	174	64	73	14	81	20	0	4	887	6	8.07	3.48	2.32	0.60	21.2	9.1	1.22	.274	3.13	63	3.56	79	7.47	21.4

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