lowest era in the 1980s minimum 300 games played

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Tim Burke had the lowest ERA when pitching in 300+ games, with an ERA of 2.48.

Interpreted as:

lowest era by a player in the 1980s minimum 300 games played

	NAME	ERA	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	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.48	330	37	19	.661	2	323	0	0	76	479.1	405	132	147	32	154	14	177	53	1,971	17	6.06	2.89	2.10	0.60	16.4	7.8	1.17	.258	2.76	69	3.33	91	7.60	19.7
2	John Franco J. Franco	2.49	393	42	30	.583	0	367	0	0	148	528.0	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
3	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.54	514	47	41	.534	1	479	0	0	176	701.2	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
4	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	2.55	478	52	51	.505	2	606	0	0	119	691.2	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
5	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	2.64	494	58	39	.598	0	646	0	0	206	725.2	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
6	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.67	637	53	43	.552	0	364	0	0	239	996.2	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	Tom Henke T. Henke	2.81	320	27	22	.551	0	521	0	0	122	442.1	346	138	150	32	146	7	259	20	1,800	12	10.60	2.97	3.57	0.65	28.9	8.1	1.11	.287	3.05	68	2.39	59	7.04	82.5
8	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	2.91	324	36	32	.529	2	260	0	0	103	525.0	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
9	Lee Smith L. Smith	2.96	586	50	57	.467	6	836	0	0	234	835.2	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
10	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.97	687	59	68	.465	0	466	0	0	101	896.1	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
11	Frank Williams F. Williams	3.00	333	24	14	.632	1	314	1	1	8	471.2	418	157	194	23	227	20	85	40	2,018	22	5.99	4.33	1.38	0.44	15.6	11.2	1.37	.275	3.70	82	3.64	96	7.98	7.6
12	Al Holland A. Holland	3.00	379	34	30	.531	11	505	0	0	78	636.2	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
13	Greg Minton G. Minton	3.00	626	52	55	.486	1	418	0	0	146	963.1	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
14	Craig Lefferts C. Lefferts	3.00	472	32	39	.451	5	422	0	0	54	683.2	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
15	Scott Garrelts S. Garrelts	3.01	313	56	41	.577	55	615	5	2	48	757.2	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
16	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	3.01	409	29	44	.397	18	410	0	0	63	669.0	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
17	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	3.06	629	56	60	.483	0	712	0	0	264	871.2	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
18	Dave Righetti D. Righetti	3.08	466	73	59	.553	73	884	13	2	188	1066.1	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
19	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	3.14	421	41	49	.456	0	443	0	0	195	651.1	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
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.14	314	122	104	.540	314	2,167	44	15	0	2094.0	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
21	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	3.18	395	37	39	.487	3	399	0	0	62	563.0	520	199	232	29	207	4	183	58	2,365	10	6.38	3.31	1.93	0.46	16.9	8.8	1.29	.284	3.71	88	3.10	85	8.31	32.9
22	Bob Welch B. Welch	3.21	313	137	93	.596	311	1,457	47	22	0	2082.1	1,885	743	821	155	666	49	0	40	8,655	43	6.30	2.88	2.19	0.67	16.8	7.7	1.23	.273	3.55	90	3.34	92	8.15	63.4
23	Doug Sisk D. Sisk	3.22	315	20	19	.513	0	189	0	0	33	506.2	505	181	223	14	255	20	157	31	2,212	14	3.36	4.53	0.74	0.25	8.5	11.5	1.50	.283	3.96	88	4.00	108	8.97	-17
24	Larry Andersen L. Andersen	3.22	447	27	27	.500	1	477	0	0	27	686.2	662	246	287	44	212	13	170	46	2,891	11	6.25	2.78	2.25	0.58	16.5	7.3	1.27	.288	3.76	86	3.17	85	8.68	41.1
25	Rick Camp R. Camp	3.23	313	48	41	.539	60	327	5	0	47	778.0	769	279	322	61	255	17	125	35	3,285	20	3.78	2.95	1.28	0.71	10.0	7.8	1.32	.270	3.72	85	3.94	104	8.90	-10.7

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