lowest era mlb reliever 2026 with at least 30 innings pitched

Josh Hader has the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 30.0+ innings pitched in a season this year, with an ERA of 1.01.

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Assumption:Threshold per season
Data note: Earned Run Average, Innings Pitched: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	IP	SEASON	TM	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	H/9
1	Josh Hader J. Hader	1.01	44.2	2026	HOU	45	4	2	.667	0	55	0	0	26	19	5	6	1	15	0	37	0	167	1	11.08	3.02	3.67	0.20	32.9	9.0	0.76	.188	1.21	3.83
2	Robert Suarez R. Suarez	1.06	34.0	2026	ATL	33	4	0	1.000	0	26	0	0	4	24	4	4	1	6	0	6	0	130	1	6.88	1.59	4.33	0.26	20.0	4.6	0.88	.237	1.06	6.35
3	Louis Varland L. Varland	1.27	78.0	2026	TOR	71	5	6	.455	0	97	0	0	35	55	11	20	2	23	0	53	1	307	3	11.19	2.65	4.22	0.23	31.6	7.5	1.00	.286	2.31	6.35
4	Bryan Baker B. Baker	1.44	62.1	2026	TBR	65	4	2	.667	0	63	0	0	41	35	10	12	4	22	2	52	1	244	0	9.10	3.18	2.86	0.58	25.8	9.0	0.91	.203	1.73	5.05
5	Shane Drohan S. Drohan	1.47	30.2	2026	MIL	14	2	0	1.000	0	31	0	0	2	22	5	8	1	7	0	4	0	121	0	9.10	2.05	4.43	0.29	25.6	5.8	0.95	.256	2.35	6.46
6	Sean Burke S. Burke	1.50	30.0	2026	CWS	5	3	0	1.000	0	30	0	0	0	19	5	6	3	8	0	1	0	112	0	9.00	2.40	3.75	0.90	26.8	7.1	0.90	.225	1.80	5.70
7	Paul Blackburn P. Blackburn	1.54	82.0	2026	NYY	60	7	3	.700	0	66	0	0	1	57	14	18	6	31	0	16	1	323	0	7.24	3.40	2.13	0.66	20.4	9.6	1.07	.232	1.98	6.26
8	Mason Miller M. Miller	1.67	70.0	2026	SDP	66	5	2	.714	0	129	0	0	38	37	13	16	3	26	2	57	1	272	6	16.59	3.34	4.96	0.39	47.4	9.6	0.90	.304	2.06	4.76
9	Garrett Whitlock G. Whitlock	1.72	52.1	2026	BOS	54	7	2	.778	0	59	0	0	4	38	10	13	3	9	0	11	0	198	2	10.15	1.55	6.56	0.52	29.8	4.5	0.90	.276	2.24	6.54
10	Adrian Houser A. Houser	1.75	36.0	2026	SFG	10	2	1	.667	0	20	0	0	0	27	7	7	3	8	0	5	0	142	0	5.00	2.00	2.50	0.75	14.1	5.6	0.97	.216	1.75	6.75
11	Tyler Rogers T. Rogers	1.77	71.0	2026	TOR	74	2	3	.400	0	40	0	0	4	61	14	22	2	22	2	12	5	294	0	5.07	2.79	1.82	0.25	13.6	7.5	1.17	.259	2.79	7.73
12	Jhoan Duran J. Duran	1.82	59.1	2026	PHI	61	2	6	.250	0	84	0	0	33	49	12	14	2	10	4	55	1	236	3	12.74	1.52	8.40	0.30	35.6	4.2	0.99	.346	2.12	7.43
13	Yuki Matsui Y. Matsui	1.83	64.0	2026	SDP	54	5	1	.833	0	68	0	0	1	37	13	14	7	36	2	11	3	260	4	9.56	5.06	1.89	0.98	26.2	13.8	1.14	.204	1.97	5.20
14	Spencer Miles S. Miles	1.83	73.2	2026	TOR	41	6	0	1.000	0	74	0	0	2	54	15	17	3	20	1	9	1	292	1	9.04	2.44	3.70	0.37	25.3	6.8	1.00	.263	2.08	6.60
15	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	1.92	51.2	2026	BOS	53	3	4	.429	0	71	0	0	35	35	11	13	3	23	1	44	0	213	3	12.37	4.01	3.09	0.52	33.3	10.8	1.12	.278	2.26	6.10
16	Brandyn Garcia B. Garcia	1.93	51.1	2026	AZ	57	0	1	.000	0	60	0	0	5	27	11	12	3	11	7	15	1	192	1	10.52	1.93	5.45	0.53	31.3	5.7	0.74	.216	2.10	4.73
17	Cade Smith C. Smith	1.95	74.0	2026	CLE	69	6	1	.857	0	107	0	0	41	48	16	20	5	23	4	60	1	295	6	13.01	2.80	4.65	0.61	36.3	7.8	0.96	.276	2.43	5.84
18	Daniel Lynch IV D. Lynch IV	1.96	46.0	2026	KCR	46	4	2	.667	0	35	0	0	1	31	10	13	2	12	2	2	0	183	1	6.85	2.35	2.92	0.39	19.1	6.6	0.93	.220	2.54	6.07
19	Tyler Phillips T. Phillips	1.96	36.2	2026	MIA	17	0	0		0	33	0	0	2	31	8	10	2	21	1	8	0	162	5	8.10	5.15	1.57	0.49	20.4	13.0	1.42	.276	2.45	7.61
20	Abner Uribe A. Uribe	1.97	59.1	2026	MIL	61	6	3	.667	0	62	0	0	6	42	13	13	3	19	1	17	2	234	2	9.40	2.88	3.26	0.46	26.5	8.1	1.03	.262	1.97	6.37
21	DL Hall	1.97	59.1	2026	MIL	46	4	0	1.000	0	62	0	0	0	29	13	13	5	33	2	13	0	234	6	9.40	5.01	1.88	0.76	26.5	14.1	1.04	.182	1.97	4.40
22	Cam Booser C. Booser	1.98	41.0	2026	TBR	42	1	0	1.000	0	45	0	0	0	25	9	10	5	6	0	6	0	152	1	9.88	1.32	7.50	1.10	29.6	3.9	0.76	.208	2.20	5.49
23	Brayan Bello B. Bello	1.98	63.2	2026	BOS	15	4	1	.800	0	50	0	0	1	52	14	17	1	12	5	4	2	252	0	7.07	1.70	4.17	0.14	19.8	4.8	1.01	.277	2.40	7.35
24	Steven Okert S. Okert	2.01	67.0	2026	HOU	67	6	2	.750	0	67	0	0	0	42	15	16	7	13	4	1	0	255	1	9.00	1.75	5.15	0.94	26.3	5.1	0.82	.213	2.15	5.64
25	Didier Fuentes D. Fuentes	2.05	70.1	2026	ATL	57	7	2	.778	0	85	0	0	3	53	16	17	5	20	2	12	2	279	0	10.88	2.56	4.25	0.64	30.5	7.2	1.04	.287	2.18	6.78

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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Rays - y	98	64	.605
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Tue 9/15	ATH	@	TBR	1-2
Tue 9/15	MIL	@	PIT	5-1
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Wed 9/16	CWS	@	CLE	3-6
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Tue 10/27	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Wed 10/28	MIL	@	TBR	8:00 PM
Fri 10/30	TBR	@	MIL	8:00 PM
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Josh Hader has the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 30.0+ innings pitched in a season this year, with an ERA of 1.01.

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