lowest season era by a starting pitcher since 1920 with at least 29 starts

Since 1920, Bob Gibson has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher with 29+ starts in a season, with an ERA of 1.12 in 1968.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Starts: player game data complete from 1901
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	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	H/9
1	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.12	34	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	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	5.85
2	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	35	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	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	6.44
3	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.57	32	1968	CLE	32	21	8	.724	256	19	9	0	253.0	143	44	51	15	70	4	0	3	960	3	9.11	2.49	3.66	0.53	26.7	7.3	0.84	.208	1.81	5.09
4	Dean Chance D. Chance	1.57	35	1964	LAA	35	18	8	.692	190	15	11	0	257.1	180	45	48	7	78	2	0	8	1,009	8	6.65	2.73	2.44	0.24	18.8	7.7	1.00	.236	1.68	6.30
5	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	1.64	30	1943	NYY	30	20	4	.833	134	20	5	0	253.0	197	46	62	5	54	4	0		988	3	4.77	1.92	2.48	0.18	13.6	5.5	0.99	.243	2.21	7.01
6	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.66	32	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	200	1	0	0	222.2	148	41	43	14	40	5	0	1	843	7	8.08	1.62	5.00	0.57	23.7	4.7	0.84	.229	1.74	5.98
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.70	32	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	6.30
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.70	35	1971	NYM	35	20	9	.690	288	21	4	0	285.2	207	54	59	17	61	4	0	2	1,098	4	9.07	1.92	4.72	0.54	26.2	5.6	0.94	.261	1.86	6.52
9	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.73	41	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	317	27	5	0	323.0	241	62	74	19	77	0	0	4	1,274	7	8.83	2.15	4.12	0.53	24.9	6.0	0.98	.258	2.06	6.72
10	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	1.73	35	1942	SLN	35	22	6	.786	151	22	10	0	276.0	203	53	71	8	67	5	0		1,086	5	4.92	2.18	2.25	0.26	13.9	6.2	0.98	.228	2.32	6.62
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.74	29	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	5.31
12	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1.74	35	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	6.15
13	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1.75	36	1945	DET	36	24	9	.727	207	29	8	0	308.1	234	60	70	5	106	0	0		1,237	9	6.04	3.09	1.95	0.15	16.7	8.6	1.10	.249	2.04	6.83
14	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	5.90
15	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1.77	33	1933	NYG	33	20	11	.645	139	22	10	0	274.0	231	54	66	6	42	3	0		1,074	3	4.57	1.38	3.31	0.20	12.9	3.9	1.00	.255	2.17	7.59
16	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	1.80	30	2026	MIL	30	16	5	.762	252	1	1	0	174.2	96	35	43	14	44	9	0	0	665	6	12.98	2.27	5.73	0.72	37.9	6.6	0.80	.237	2.22	4.95
17	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.82	39	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	6.03
18	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	1.82	37	1968	CLE	37	15	14	.517	281	11	3	0	267.0	180	54	78	13	109	10	0	9	1,091	7	9.47	3.67	2.58	0.44	25.8	10.0	1.08	.246	2.63	6.07
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.83	33	2013	LAD	33	16	9	.640	232	3	2	0	236.0	164	48	55	11	52	3	0	2	908	12	8.85	1.98	4.46	0.42	25.6	5.7	0.92	.251	2.10	6.25
20	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	1.87	34	1946	DET	34	26	8	.765	268	29	6	0	289.0	212	60	74	8	94	1	0		1,158	8	8.35	2.93	2.85	0.25	23.1	8.1	1.06	.259	2.30	6.60
21	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.87	32	2005	HOU	32	13	8	.619	185	1	0	0	211.1	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	6.43
22	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.88	40	1963	LAD	40	25	5	.833	306	20	11	0	311.0	214	65	68	18	58	3	0	7	1,210	6	8.86	1.68	5.28	0.52	25.3	4.8	0.87	.238	1.97	6.19
23	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1.89	32	1996	FLA	32	17	11	.607	159	5	3	0	233.0	187	49	60	8	33	16	0	2	906	6	6.14	1.27	4.82	0.31	17.5	3.6	0.94	.259	2.32	7.22
24	Blake Snell B. Snell	1.89	31	2018	TBR	31	21	5	.808	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	5.58
25	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.90	31	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	305	13	4	0	241.1	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	5.89

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