lowest single season era with at least 120 innings pitched since 1926

Since 1926, Bob Gibson has the best ERA with 120.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an ERA of 1.12 in 1968.

	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	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
2	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
3	John Hiller J. Hiller	1.44	125.1	1973	DET	65	10	5	.667	0	124	0	0	38	89	20	21	7	39	0	60	7	498	1	8.90	2.80	3.18	0.50	24.9	7.8	1.02	.250	1.51	37	2.24	57	6.39	22.8
4	Bob Lee B. Lee	1.51	137.0	1964	LAA	64	6	5	.545	5	111	0	0	19	87	23	31	6	58	1	39	8	545	3	7.29	3.81	1.91	0.39	20.4	10.6	1.06	.220	2.04	44	2.85	79	5.72	11.4
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	276.2	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	268	16	8	0	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
6	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	1.54	122.2	1984	STL	71	5	7	.417	0	77	0	0	45	109	21	26	9	23	1	63	4	477	2	5.65	1.69	3.35	0.66	16.1	4.8	1.08	.272	1.91	43	3.05	87	8.00	6
7	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	1.54	134.0	1973	MON	17	10	5	.667	17	64	7	3	0	93	23	28	5	49	1	0	3	527	3	4.30	3.29	1.31	0.34	12.1	9.3	1.06	.216	1.88	41	3.21	84	6.25	9.1
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.56	202.0	1994	ATL	25	16	6	.727	25	156	10	3	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
9	Kris Medlen K. Medlen	1.57	138.0	2012	ATL	50	10	1	.909	12	120	2	1	1	103	24	26	6	23	0	7	0	520	3	7.83	1.50	5.22	0.39	23.1	4.4	0.91	.261	1.70	40	2.41	63	6.72	22
10	Jim Kern J. Kern	1.57	143.0	1979	TEX	71	13	5	.722	0	136	0	0	29	99	25	35	5	62	2	57	6	578	5	8.56	3.90	2.19	0.31	23.5	10.7	1.13	.252	2.20	38	2.61	64	6.23	23.4
11	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.60	258.1	1968	CLE	34	21	9	.700	32	264	19	9	0	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
12	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	1.62	133.0	1977	PIT	72	11	9	.550	0	151	0	0	26	78	24	27	9	49	2	55	6	523	2	10.22	3.32	3.08	0.61	28.9	9.4	0.95	.221	1.83	41	2.49	63	5.28	21.4
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.63	209.2	1995	ATL	28	19	2	.905	28	181	10	3	0	147	38	39	8	23	4	0	3	785	1	7.77	0.99	7.87	0.34	23.1	2.9	0.81	.244	1.67	39	2.25	52	6.31	46.9
14	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	1.64	253.0	1943	NYY	30	20	4	.833	30	134	20	5	0	197	46	62	5	54	4	0		989	3	4.77	1.92	2.48	0.18	13.5	5.5	0.99	.242	2.21	50	2.30	68	7.01	29.8
15	Dean Chance D. Chance	1.65	278.1	1964	LAA	46	20	9	.690	35	207	15	11	4	194	51	56	7	86	2	7	9	1,093	9	6.69	2.78	2.41	0.23	18.9	7.9	1.01	.236	1.81	48	2.39	67	6.27	37.9
16	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.66	222.2	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	32	200	1	0	0	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	44	2.75	73	5.98	26.2
17	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	1.66	308.2	1933	NYG	45	23	12	.657	33	156	22	10	5	256	57	69	6	47	3	11		1,206	3	4.55	1.37	3.32	0.17	12.9	3.9	0.98	.252	2.01	52	2.53	74	7.46	31.1
18	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	1.67	129.0	1963	LAD	69	16	3	.842	0	75	0	0	21	112	24	30	7	43	4	47	14	541	4	5.23	3.00	1.74	0.49	13.9	7.9	1.20	.255	2.09	55	3.11	104	7.81	-2.3
19	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.69	149.0	2016	LAD	21	12	4	.750	21	172	3	3	0	97	28	31	8	11	2	0	1	544	5	10.39	0.66	15.64	0.48	31.6	2.0	0.72	.254	1.87	42	1.79	44	5.86	37.9
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	1.69	149.0	1981	HOU	21	11	5	.688	21	140	5	3	0	99	28	34	2	68	1	0	1	605	16	8.46	4.11	2.06	0.12	23.1	11.2	1.12	.246	2.05	52	2.28	70	5.98	16.5
21	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.70	217.0	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	269	1	0	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	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
22	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	1.72	157.0	1986	TOR	69	14	6	.700	0	166	0	0	10	105	30	32	8	45	7	38	14	612	2	9.52	2.58	3.69	0.46	27.1	7.4	0.96	.251	1.83	41	2.30	56	6.02	31.8
23	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.73	323.0	1966	LAD	41	27	9	.750	41	317	27	5	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	53	2.07	65	6.72	41.8
24	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1.73	130.0	2025	TEX	22	11	3	.786	22	129	1	1	0	90	25	28	10	21	7	0	1	496	6	8.93	1.45	6.14	0.69	26.0	4.2	0.85	.243	1.94	43	2.79	67	6.23	20
25	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	1.74	223.0	1964	LAD	29	19	5	.792	28	223	15	7	1	154	43	49	13	53	0	1	5	870	9	9.00	2.14	4.21	0.52	25.6	6.1	0.93	.243	1.98	53	2.08	67	6.22	27.1

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