mlb pitchers who started at least 15 games and recorded an earned run average of 2.00 or below in a single season since 1961

Jim Archer had an ERA of 3.20 when starting 15+ games in his rookie season in 1961.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jim Archer J. Archer	3.20	27	1961	KCA	39	9	15	.375	110	9	2	5	205.1	204	73	99	11	60	5	7	6	879	2	4.82	2.63	1.83	0.48	12.5	6.8	1.29	.278	4.34	76	3.15	74	8.94	24.8
2	Steve Barber S. Barber	3.33	34	1961	BAL	37	18	12	.600	150	14	8	1	248.1	194	92	102	13	130	2	1	4	1,040	9	5.44	4.71	1.15	0.47	14.4	12.5	1.30	.243	3.70	87	3.64	94	7.03	6.4
3	Norm Bass N. Bass	4.69	23	1961	KCA	40	11	11	.500	74	6	2	0	170.2	164	89	98	17	82	4	9	0	744	5	3.90	4.32	0.90	0.90	9.9	11.0	1.44	.259	5.17	112	4.51	106	8.65	-4.2
4	Frank Baumann F. Baumann	5.61	23	1961	CWS	53	10	13	.435	75	5	1	3	187.2	249	117	128	22	59	2	13	4	860	3	3.60	2.83	1.27	1.06	8.7	6.9	1.64	.323	6.14	142	4.27	106	11.94	-5.8
5	Gary Bell G. Bell	4.10	34	1961	CLE	34	12	16	.429	163	11	2	0	228.1	214	104	125	32	100	6	0	2	994	3	6.42	3.94	1.63	1.26	16.4	10.1	1.38	.263	4.93	104	4.36	109	8.44	-9.3
6	Ted Bowsfield T. Bowsfield	3.73	21	1961	LAA	41	11	8	.579	88	4	1	0	157.0	154	65	75	18	63	1	6	3	683	3	5.04	3.61	1.40	1.03	12.9	9.2	1.38	.265	4.30	86	4.17	94	8.83	4.9
7	Ernie Broglio E. Broglio	4.12	26	1961	STL	29	9	12	.429	113	7	2	0	174.2	166	80	97	19	75	1	2	5	762	1	5.82	3.86	1.51	0.98	14.8	9.8	1.38	.265	5.00	96	4.00	95	8.55	4.6
8	Hal Brown H. Brown	3.19	23	1961	BAL	27	10	6	.625	61	6	3	1	166.2	153	59	62	14	33	1	3	0	668	3	3.29	1.78	1.85	0.76	9.1	4.9	1.12	.249	3.35	83	3.55	91	8.26	6.2
9	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	4.11	28	1961	MIL	32	9	10	.474	77	9	1	0	188.1	180	86	99	23	98	5	2	4	820	3	3.68	4.68	0.79	1.10	9.4	12.0	1.48	.254	4.73	107	4.98	133	8.60	-28
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.19	37	1961	DET	38	17	11	.607	194	12	4	1	268.0	232	95	113	25	71	9	1	3	1,110	2	6.51	2.38	2.73	0.84	17.5	6.4	1.13	.255	3.79	76	3.23	76	7.79	30
11	Lew Burdette L. Burdette	4.00	36	1961	MIL	40	18	11	.621	92	14	3	0	272.1	295	121	131	31	33	3	4	3	1,126	1	3.04	1.09	2.79	1.02	8.2	2.9	1.20	.273	4.33	104	3.77	101	9.75	-1.9
12	Pete Burnside P. Burnside	4.53	16	1961	WSH	33	4	9	.308	56	4	2	2	113.1	106	57	66	11	51	3	9	2	492	3	4.45	4.05	1.10	0.87	11.4	10.4	1.39	.256	5.24	115	4.28	107	8.42	-3.5
13	John Buzhardt J. Buzhardt	4.49	27	1961	PHI	41	6	18	.250	92	6	1	0	202.1	200	101	107	28	65	6	4	6	848	3	4.09	2.89	1.42	1.25	10.8	7.7	1.31	.262	4.76	111	4.52	115	8.90	-13
14	Don Cardwell D. Cardwell	3.82	38	1961	CHC	39	15	14	.517	156	13	3	0	259.1	243	110	121	22	88	10	1	0	1,106	6	5.41	3.05	1.77	0.76	14.1	8.0	1.28	.266	4.20	93	3.61	90	8.43	11.9
15	Gene Conley G. Conley	4.91	30	1961	BOS	33	11	14	.440	113	6	2	1	199.2	229	109	116	33	65	3	3	2	877	0	5.09	2.93	1.74	1.49	12.9	7.4	1.47	.296	5.23	117	4.61	108	10.32	-7.1
16	Jack Curtis J. Curtis	4.89	27	1961	CHC	31	10	13	.435	57	6	0	0	180.1	220	98	117	23	51	1	2	6	802	1	2.84	2.55	1.12	1.15	7.1	6.4	1.50	.294	5.84	119	4.46	111	10.98	-8.6
17	Bud Daley B. Daley	4.28	27	1961	TOT	39	12	17	.414	119	9	0	1	193.1	211	92	109	23	73	9	4	8	854	1	5.54	3.40	1.63	1.07	13.9	8.5	1.47	.298	5.07	109	4.16	105	9.82	-4.6
18	Bennie Daniels B. Daniels	3.44	28	1961	WSH	32	12	11	.522	110	12	1	0	212.0	184	81	90	14	80	3	1	8	876	5	4.67	3.40	1.38	0.59	12.6	9.1	1.25	.254	3.82	87	3.57	89	7.81	10.4
19	Ike Delock I. Delock	4.90	28	1961	BOS	28	6	9	.400	80	3	1	0	156.0	185	85	110	24	52	2	0	2	698	2	4.62	3.00	1.54	1.38	11.5	7.4	1.52	.298	6.35	117	4.59	108	10.67	-5.1
20	Dick Donovan D. Donovan	2.40	22	1961	WSH	23	10	10	.500	62	11	2	0	168.2	138	45	60	10	35	3	0	3	671	0	3.31	1.87	1.77	0.53	9.2	5.2	1.03	.228	3.20	61	3.29	82	7.36	13.7
21	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	3.69	37	1961	LAD	40	13	10	.565	182	10	3	0	244.0	236	100	111	29	83	20	2	15	1,047	7	6.71	3.06	2.19	1.07	17.4	7.9	1.31	.282	4.09	87	3.89	94	8.70	7
22	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	3.86	31	1961	CHC	37	10	11	.476	91	7	1	0	186.2	213	80	90	23	48	3	2	3	799	9	4.39	2.31	1.90	1.11	11.4	6.0	1.40	.300	4.34	94	4.02	100	10.27	0.2
23	Chuck Estrada C. Estrada	3.69	31	1961	BAL	33	15	9	.625	160	6	1	0	212.0	159	87	91	19	132	10	1	0	924	8	6.79	5.60	1.21	0.81	17.3	14.3	1.37	.232	3.86	97	4.24	109	6.75	-9.3
24	Jack Fisher J. Fisher	3.90	25	1961	BAL	36	10	13	.435	118	10	1	1	196.0	205	85	104	17	75	4	7	3	853	10	5.42	3.44	1.57	0.78	13.8	8.8	1.43	.294	4.78	102	3.71	95	9.41	3.6
25	Whitey Ford W. Ford	3.21	39	1961	NYY	39	25	4	.862	209	11	3	0	283.0	242	101	108	23	92	1	0	3	1,159	8	6.65	2.93	2.27	0.73	18.0	7.9	1.18	.263	3.43	85	3.14	82	7.70	22.7