lowest single season era with at least 100 innings pitched

Tim Keefe has the best ERA with 100.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an ERA of 0.86 in his rookie season in 1880.

Interpreted as:

lowest single season era by a player with at least 100 innings pitched

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	0.86	105.0	1880	TRO	12	6	6	.500	12	39	12	0	0	68	10	27	0	16		0		397	1	3.34	1.37	2.44	0.00	9.8	4.0	0.80		2.31	35	2.25	91	5.83	3.6
2	Ferdie Schupp F. Schupp	0.90	140.1	1916	NYG	30	9	3	.750	11	86	8	4	1	79	14	22	1	37	5	17		525	2	5.52	2.37	2.32	0.06	16.4	7.0	0.83	.197	1.41	36	2.08	84	5.07	6.1
3	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	0.96	224.2	1914	BSA	36	19	5	.792	25	176	17	7	3	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
4	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.04	277.1	1906	CHC	36	26	6	.813	32	144	27	9	3	198	32	56	1	61	4	4		1,044	2	4.67	1.98	2.36	0.03	13.8	5.8	0.93	.236	1.82	39	2.08	75	6.43	21.1
5	Babe Adams B. Adams	1.11	130.0	1909	PIT	25	12	3	.800	12	65	7	3	2	88	16	25	0	23	3	11		475	1	4.50	1.59	2.83	0.00	13.7	4.8	0.85	.229	1.73	43	1.82	69	6.09	11.7
6	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	1.12	304.2	1968	STL	34	22	9	.710	34	268	28	13	0	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
7	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1.14	275.1	1909	NYG	37	25	6	.806	33	149	26	8	2	192	35	57	2	36	0	4		998	4	4.87	1.18	4.14	0.07	14.9	3.6	0.83	.234	1.86	44	1.62	61	6.28	31.7
8	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.14	346.0	1913	WSH	48	36	7	.837	36	243	29	11	2	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
9	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	1.15	195.0	1907	CHC	30	14	9	.609	22	90	13	3	0	143	25	61	1	48	5	5		745	2	4.15	2.22	1.88	0.05	12.1	6.4	0.98	.236	2.82	47	2.14	81	6.60	10.6
10	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.16	325.0	1908	CLE	42	24	11	.686	35	130	29	9	2	232	42	77	2	30	2	6		1,209	6	3.60	0.83	4.33	0.06	10.8	2.5	0.81	.220	2.13	49	1.68	76	6.42	19.3
11	Carl Lundgren C. Lundgren	1.17	207.0	1907	CHC	28	18	7	.720	25	84	21	7	0	130	27	42	0	92	2	3		795	2	3.65	4.00	0.91	0.00	10.6	11.6	1.07	.211	1.83	48	2.73	104	5.65	-2.3
12	Denny Driscoll D. Driscoll	1.21	201.0	1882	PIT	23	13	9	.591	23	59	23	0	0	162	27	73	0	12		0		799	7	2.64	0.54	4.92	0.00	7.4	1.5	0.87		3.27	45	2.36	84	7.25	10.2
13	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	1.22	376.1	1915	PHN	49	31	10	.756	42	241	36	12	3	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
14	George Bradley G. Bradley	1.23	573.0	1876	STL	64	45	19	.703	64	103	63	16	0	470	78	229	3	38		0		2,269	34	1.62	0.60	2.71	0.05	4.5	1.7	0.89		3.60	58	2.14	101	7.38	-20.7
15	Cy Young C. Young	1.26	299.0	1908	BOS	36	21	11	.656	33	150	30	3	2	230	42	68	1	37	1	3		1,116	4	4.52	1.11	4.05	0.03	13.4	3.3	0.89	.247	2.05	52	1.52	67	6.92	25.4
16	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.27	369.2	1910	CWS	45	18	20	.474	36	258	33	7	5	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
17	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	1.27	106.1	1967	CIN	70	6	3	.667	0	88	0	0	28	63	15	19	1	41	5	61	5	427	1	7.45	3.47	2.15	0.08	20.6	9.6	0.98	.212	1.61	35	2.30	66	5.33	13.4
18	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	1.27	326.0	1918	WSH	39	23	13	.639	29	162	29	8	3	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
19	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	1.28	338.2	1905	NYG	43	31	9	.775	37	206	32	8	3	252	48	85	4	64	1	6		1,294	6	5.47	1.70	3.22	0.11	15.9	4.9	0.93	.243	2.26	42	2.03	69	6.70	34.9
20	Jack Taylor J. Taylor	1.29	333.2	1902	CHO	37	23	11	.676	34	88	34	8	1	273	48	86	2	45	12	3		1,278	10	2.37	1.21	1.96	0.05	6.9	3.5	0.95	.240	2.32	49	2.73	98	7.36	0.6
21	Guy Hecker G. Hecker	1.30	104.0	1882	LOU	13	6	6	.500	11	33	10	0	0	75	15	49	0	5		1		403	7	2.86	0.43	6.60	0.00	8.2	1.2	0.77		4.24	49	2.27	82	6.49	5.1
22	Jack Coombs J. Coombs	1.30	353.0	1910	PHA	45	31	9	.775	38	224	35	13	1	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
23	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	1.31	342.2	1909	CHC	50	27	9	.750	34	172	32	8	7	246	50	78	1	53	7	15		1,280	9	4.52	1.39	3.25	0.03	13.4	4.1	0.87	.234	2.05	51	1.78	68	6.46	32.4
24	Red Munger R. Munger	1.34	121.0	1944	SLN	21	11	3	.786	12	55	7	2	2	92	18	23	2	41	2	8		479	0	4.09	3.05	1.34	0.15	11.5	8.6	1.10	.237	1.71	37	2.91	80	6.84	9.5
25	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	1.34	107.1	1977	CHC	62	7	3	.700	0	129	0	0	31	69	16	21	5	23	1	48	7	411	7	10.82	1.93	5.61	0.42	31.4	5.6	0.86	.253	1.76	31	1.60	38	5.79	29.2

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OBP Leaders

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SLG Leaders

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WHIP Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	88	61	.591
Phillies	82	67	.550	6.0
Marlins	73	76	.490	15.0
Mets	69	79	.466	18.5
Nationals	69	81	.460	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - x	93	56	.624
Cubs	83	66	.557	10.0
Pirates	74	75	.497	19.0
Cardinals	73	76	.490	20.0
Reds	69	79	.466	23.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	90	58	.608
Padres	80	68	.541	10.0
Diamondbacks	79	70	.530	11.5
Giants	62	87	.416	28.5
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AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
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Red Sox	81	68	.544	8.5
Blue Jays	74	75	.497	15.5
Orioles	72	77	.483	17.5
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	76	72	.514
Guardians	75	74	.503	1.5
Twins	70	78	.473	6.0
Tigers	69	79	.466	7.0
Royals	66	83	.443	10.5
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	75	74	.503
Rangers	73	76	.490	2.0
Mariners	70	79	.470	5.0
Athletics	60	89	.403	15.0
Angels	56	92	.378	18.5