lowest era in a season by royals pitcher

Jeff Montgomery has the lowest ERA for the Royals in a season, with an ERA of 1.37 in 1989.

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lowest era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game in a season by royals pitcher

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	1.37	1989	KCR	63	7	3	.700	0	94	0	0	18	92.0	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	35	2.02	55	6.46	17.4
2	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	1.73	1971	KCR	67	9	7	.563	0	44	0	0	17	88.1	71	17	23	3	30	7	34	4	364	2	4.48	3.06	1.47	0.31	12.1	8.2	1.14	.243	2.34	50	3.15	89	7.23	4
3	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	1.73	1981	KCR	40	1	4	.200	0	20	0	0	18	62.1	59	12	16	1	15	1	35	8	254	0	2.89	2.17	1.33	0.14	7.9	5.9	1.19	.267	2.31	47	2.93	80	8.52	5
4	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	1.94	1983	KCR	69	5	3	.625	0	48	0	0	45	139.0	118	30	35	6	11	0	62	2	536	0	3.11	0.71	4.36	0.39	9.0	2.1	0.93	.238	2.27	48	2.85	73	7.64	16.6
5	Steve Farr S. Farr	1.98	1990	KCR	57	13	7	.650	6	94	1	1	1	127.0	99	28	32	6	48	5	20	9	515	2	6.66	3.40	1.96	0.43	18.3	9.3	1.16	.257	2.27	51	3.19	85	7.02	8.1
6	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	2.08	1972	KCR	34	11	6	.647	19	120	10	6	2	173.1	120	40	41	13	31	1	9	1	652	4	6.23	1.61	3.87	0.68	18.4	4.8	0.87	.220	2.13	68	2.54	79	6.23	12.6
7	Mark Littell M. Littell	2.08	1976	KCR	60	8	4	.667	1	92	0	0	16	104.0	68	24	26	1	60	0	37	4	428	1	7.96	5.19	1.53	0.09	21.5	14.0	1.23	.244	2.25	58	2.71	78	5.88	8.7
8	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	2.16	2009	KCR	33	16	8	.667	33	242	6	3	0	229.1	195	55	64	11	51	4	0	0	915	5	9.50	2.00	4.75	0.43	26.4	5.6	1.07	.303	2.51	48	2.32	53	7.65	52.5
9	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	2.16	1989	KCR	36	23	6	.793	35	193	12	4	0	262.1	209	63	74	13	43	2	0	6	1,021	8	6.62	1.48	4.49	0.45	18.9	4.2	0.96	.255	2.54	56	2.44	66	7.17	36.9
10	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	2.18	1992	KCR	65	1	6	.143	0	69	0	0	39	82.2	61	20	23	5	27	3	62	2	333	2	7.51	2.94	2.56	0.54	20.7	8.1	1.06	.245	2.50	54	2.98	78	6.64	7.8
11	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	2.27	1993	KCR	69	7	5	.583	0	66	0	0	45	87.1	65	22	22	3	23	2	63	4	347	3	6.80	2.37	2.87	0.31	19.0	6.6	1.01	.245	2.27	51	2.77	66	6.70	14.3
12	Steve Mingori S. Mingori	2.32	1976	KCR	55	5	5	.500	0	38	0	0	10	85.1	73	22	23	3	25	3	27	8	341	3	4.01	2.64	1.52	0.32	11.1	7.3	1.15	.257	2.43	65	3.18	92	7.70	2.6
13	Kelvin Herrera K. Herrera	2.35	2012	KCR	76	4	3	.571	0	77	0	0	3	84.1	79	22	24	4	21	2	10	6	344	3	8.22	2.24	3.67	0.43	22.4	6.1	1.19	.313	2.56	57	2.70	66	8.43	13.1
14	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.37	1985	KCR	84	8	9	.471	0	54	0	0	37	129.0	142	34	41	8	16	1	76	5	532	0	3.77	1.12	3.38	0.56	10.2	3.0	1.22	.296	2.86	57	3.04	75	9.91	14.4
15	Jeff Montgomery J. Montgomery	2.39	1990	KCR	73	6	5	.545	0	94	0	0	24	94.1	81	25	36	6	34	5	59	8	400	3	8.97	3.24	2.76	0.57	23.5	8.5	1.22	.287	3.43	61	2.87	77	7.73	9.4
16	Kevin Appier K. Appier	2.46	1992	KCR	30	15	8	.652	30	150	3	0	0	208.1	167	57	59	10	68	2	0	5	852	4	6.48	2.94	2.21	0.43	17.6	8.0	1.13	.252	2.55	61	2.97	78	7.21	20
17	Brad Keller B. Keller	2.47	2020	KCR	9	5	3	.625	9	35	1	1	0	54.2	39	15	16	2	17	2	0	0	215	1	5.76	2.80	2.06	0.33	16.3	7.9	1.02	.233	2.63	54	3.42	78	6.42	6
18	Marty Pattin M. Pattin	2.49	1976	KCR	44	8	14	.364	15	65	4	1	5	141.0	114	39	51	9	38	3	19	9	575	2	4.15	2.43	1.71	0.57	11.3	6.6	1.08	.228	3.26	70	3.41	98	7.28	0.7
19	Steve Farr S. Farr	2.50	1988	KCR	62	5	4	.556	1	72	0	0	20	82.2	74	23	25	5	30	2	49	6	344	4	7.84	3.27	2.40	0.54	20.9	8.7	1.26	.294	2.72	63	2.97	78	8.06	7.7
20	Danny Duffy D. Duffy	2.53	2014	KCR	31	9	12	.429	25	113	0	0	0	149.1	113	42	52	12	53	5	1	2	606	5	6.81	3.19	2.13	0.72	18.6	8.7	1.11	.239	3.13	64	3.82	102	6.81	-1.3
21	Kris Bubic K. Bubic	2.55	2025	KCR	20	8	7	.533	20	116	0	0	0	116.1	98	33	38	6	39	3	0	1	476	1	8.97	3.02	2.97	0.46	24.4	8.2	1.18	.295	2.94	61	2.89	69	7.58	16.6
22	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	2.56	1971	KCR	63	4	6	.400	0	55	0	0	23	81.0	60	23	28	3	50	6	46	4	348	1	6.11	5.56	1.10	0.33	15.8	14.4	1.36	.244	3.11	74	3.64	102	6.67	-0.8
23	Kevin Appier K. Appier	2.56	1993	KCR	34	18	8	.692	34	186	5	1	0	238.2	183	68	74	8	81	1	0	3	953	5	7.01	3.05	2.30	0.30	19.5	8.5	1.11	.258	2.79	58	2.89	68	6.90	36
24	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.57	1982	KCR	72	9	7	.563	0	46	0	0	35	136.2	126	39	43	12	12	0	68	2	529	1	3.03	0.79	3.83	0.79	8.7	2.3	1.01	.248	2.83	63	3.44	86	8.30	8.8
25	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.64	1984	KCR	72	6	3	.667	0	41	0	0	44	129.1	121	38	39	10	12	0	67	4	506	0	2.85	0.84	3.42	0.70	8.1	2.4	1.03	.251	2.71	66	3.41	87	8.42	7.5

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Jeff Montgomery has the lowest ERA for the Royals in a season, with an ERA of 1.37 in 1989.

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