Since 1910, Dutch Leonard has the best ERA in a season, with an ERA of 0.96 in 1914.

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lowest era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player in MLB season since 1910

	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	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	0.96	1914	BSA	36	19	5	.792	25	176	17	7	3	224.2	139	24	34	3	60	8	8		842	2	7.05	2.40	2.93	0.12	20.9	7.1	0.89	.229	1.36	36	1.95	70	5.57	20.4
2	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.12	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	34	268	28	13	0	304.2	198	38	49	11	62	7	0	6	1,161	4	7.92	1.83	4.32	0.32	23.1	5.3	0.85	.230	1.45	38	1.77	63	5.85	34.8
3	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.14	1913	WSH	48	36	7	.837	36	243	29	11	2	346.0	232	44	56	9	38	9	10		1,271	2	6.32	0.99	6.39	0.23	19.1	3.0	0.78	.229	1.46	39	1.90	63	6.03	42.3
4	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.22	1915	PHN	49	31	10	.756	42	241	36	12	3	376.1	253	51	86	3	64	10	7		1,435	2	5.76	1.53	3.77	0.07	16.8	4.5	0.84	.224	2.06	43	1.82	63	6.05	44.1
5	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.27	1910	CWS	45	18	20	.474	36	258	33	7	5	369.2	242	52	87	5	61	4	7		1,359	6	6.28	1.49	4.23	0.12	19.0	4.5	0.82	.230	2.12	52	1.63	66	5.89	34.8
6	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.27	1918	WSH	39	23	13	.639	29	162	29	8	3	326.0	241	46	71	2	70	8	10		1,261	8	4.47	1.93	2.31	0.06	12.8	5.6	0.95	.235	1.96	47	2.04	74	6.65	25.9
7	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	1.30	1910	PHA	45	31	9	.775	38	224	35	13	1	353.0	248	51	74	0	115	7	6		1,353	10	5.71	2.93	1.95	0.00	16.6	8.5	1.03	.246	1.89	53	2.09	83	6.32	15.8
8	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.36	1910	WSH	45	25	17	.595	42	313	38	8	1	370.0	262	56	92	1	76	13	3		1,367	21	7.61	1.85	4.12	0.02	22.9	5.6	0.91	.271	2.24	56	1.39	56	6.37	45.2
9	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.39	1912	WSH	50	33	12	.733	37	303	34	7	2	369.0	259	57	89	2	76	16	13		1,413	11	7.39	1.85	3.99	0.05	21.4	5.4	0.91	.253	2.17	42	2.03	63	6.32	49.6
10	Fred Anderson F. Anderson	1.44	1917	NYG	38	8	8	.500	18	69	8	1	3	162.0	122	26	40	1	34	2	15		632	5	3.83	1.89	2.03	0.06	10.9	5.4	0.96	.230	2.22	56	2.16	87	6.78	5.4
11	Joe Wood J. Wood	1.49	1915	BSA	25	15	5	.750	16	63	10	3	2	157.1	120	26	32	1	44	1	8		600	3	3.60	2.52	1.43	0.06	10.5	7.3	1.04	.242	1.83	52	2.55	88	6.86	6
12	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.49	1919	WSH	39	20	14	.588	29	147	27	7	2	290.1	235	48	73	0	51	7	10		1,131	4	4.56	1.58	2.88	0.00	13.0	4.5	0.99	.254	2.26	48	2.07	67	7.28	32.6
13	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	268	16	8	0	276.2	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
14	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	1.53	1917	CWS	49	28	12	.700	35	150	29	7	4	346.2	246	59	76	2	70	3	11		1,287	1	3.89	1.82	2.14	0.05	11.7	5.4	0.91	.230	1.97	58	2.10	76	6.39	26.2
15	Cy Morgan C. Morgan	1.55	1910	PHA	36	18	12	.600	34	134	23	3	0	290.2	214	50	92	0	117	18	1		1,125	14	4.15	3.62	1.15	0.00	11.9	10.4	1.14	.250	2.85	63	2.79	111	6.63	-10.4
16	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.55	1916	PHN	48	33	12	.733	45	167	38	16	3	389.0	323	67	90	6	50	10	3		1,500	3	3.86	1.16	3.34	0.14	11.1	3.3	0.96	.250	2.08	58	2.12	79	7.47	25.4
17	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.55	1915	WSH	47	27	13	.675	39	203	35	7	4	336.2	258	58	83	1	56	19	8		1,280	7	5.43	1.50	3.63	0.03	15.9	4.4	0.93	.257	2.22	53	1.91	65	6.90	38.3
18	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.56	1994	ATL	25	16	6	.727	25	156	10	3	0	202.0	150	35	44	4	31	6	0	3	774	3	6.95	1.38	5.03	0.18	20.2	4.0	0.90	.253	1.96	37	2.39	55	6.68	43.7
19	Fred Toney F. Toney	1.58	1915	CIN	36	17	6	.739	23	108	18	6	2	222.2	160	39	46	1	73	3	10		877	2	4.37	2.95	1.48	0.04	12.3	8.3	1.05	.230	1.86	57	2.52	89	6.47	7.7
20	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	1.58	1913	CWS	41	18	11	.621	30	121	18	3	1	268.0	224	47	77	2	73	3	10		1,061	4	4.06	2.45	1.66	0.07	11.4	6.9	1.11	.258	2.59	56	2.60	89	7.52	8.5
21	Rube Marquard R. Marquard	1.58	1916	BKN	36	13	6	.684	21	107	15	2	5	205.0	169	36	54	2	38	0	11		793	3	4.70	1.67	2.82	0.09	13.5	4.8	1.01	.259	2.37	59	1.95	73	7.42	16.5
22	Chief Bender C. Bender	1.58	1910	PHA	30	23	5	.821	28	155	25	3	0	250.0	182	44	63	1	47	10	2		936	7	5.58	1.69	3.30	0.04	16.6	5.0	0.92	.250	2.27	65	1.82	72	6.55	19
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.60	1968	CLE	34	21	9	.700	32	264	19	9	0	258.1	152	46	53	16	73	4	0	4	987	3	9.20	2.54	3.62	0.56	26.7	7.4	0.87	.216	1.85	53	2.04	64	5.30	33
24	Ray Collins R. Collins	1.62	1910	BSA	35	13	11	.542	26	109	18	4	1	244.2	205	44	73	1	41	1	9		937	1	4.01	1.51	2.66	0.04	11.6	4.4	1.01	.260	2.69	64	2.00	76	7.54	16.9
25	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	1.63	2020	CLE	12	8	1	.889	12	122	0	0	0	77.1	46	14	15	7	21	1	0	0	297	5	14.20	2.44	5.81	0.81	41.1	7.1	0.87	.267	1.75	37	2.06	46	5.35	20.5

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