national league era leaders starting pitchers 1980s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Frank Williams, Billy Smith and Bobby Sprowl were tied for the best ERA by an NL starting pitcher, with an ERA of 0.00.

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Frank Williams F. Williams	0.00	1	1	0	1.000	1	3	1	1	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	22	0	5.40	7.20	0.75	0.00	13.6	18.2	1.20	.143	0.00	3.60
2	Billy Smith B. Smith	0.00	1	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	27	0	1.29	1.29	1.00	0.00	3.7	3.7	0.86	.200	0.00	6.43
3	Bobby Sprowl B. Sprowl	0.00	1	0	0		1	3	0	0	0	7.0	4	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	28	0	3.86	2.57	1.50	0.00	10.7	7.1	0.86	.174	1.29	5.14
4	Tim Burke T. Burke	0.75	2	1	0	1.000	2	11	0	0	0	12.0	12	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	47	0	8.25	0.75	11.00	0.00	23.4	2.1	1.08	.343	0.75	9.00
5	Dave Geisel D. Geisel	0.96	2	1	0	1.000	2	3	0	0	0	9.1	7	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	39	0	2.89	5.79	0.50	0.00	7.7	15.4	1.39	.233	2.89	6.75
6	Gary Eave G. Eave	1.31	3	2	0	1.000	3	9	0	0	0	20.2	15	3	3	0	12	1	0	0	88	1	3.92	5.23	0.75	0.00	10.2	13.6	1.31	.227	1.31	6.53
7	Jesse Jefferson J. Jefferson	1.35	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	0	0	0	6.2	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	23	1	5.40	2.70	2.00	0.00	17.4	8.7	0.75	.176	1.35	4.05
8	Tom Tellmann T. Tellmann	1.50	2	2	0	1.000	2	7	2	0	0	18.0	16	3	4	0	7	0	0	0	74	0	3.50	3.50	1.00	0.00	9.5	9.5	1.28	.267	2.00	8.00
9	Cliff Speck C. Speck	1.59	1	1	0	1.000	1	4	0	0	0	5.2	5	1	1	0	3	0	0	0	26	0	6.35	4.76	1.33	0.00	15.4	11.5	1.41	.263	1.59	7.94
10	Blaine Beatty B. Beatty	1.80	1	0	0		1	3	0	0	0	5.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	0	0	21	0	5.40	3.60	1.50	1.80	14.3	9.5	1.20	.200	1.80	7.20
11	J.R. Richard	1.90	17	10	4	.714	17	119	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	31	2	40	0	0	1	438	2	9.42	3.17	2.98	0.16	27.2	9.1	0.92	.227	2.45	5.15
12	Pat Combs P. Combs	2.09	6	4	0	1.000	6	30	1	1	0	38.2	36	9	10	2	6	0	0	1	153	5	6.98	1.40	5.00	0.47	19.6	3.9	1.09	.296	2.33	8.38
13	Brad Havens B. Havens	2.25	1	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	17	0	4.50	4.50	1.00	0.00	11.8	11.8	1.25	.231	2.25	6.75
14	Mark Langston M. Langston	2.39	24	12	9	.571	24	175	6	4	0	176.2	138	47	57	13	93	0	0	6	740	5	8.92	4.74	1.88	0.66	23.6	12.6	1.31	.272	2.90	7.03
15	Dennis Blair D. Blair	2.45	1	0	0		1	6	0	0	0	7.1	7	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	29	0	7.36	1.23	6.00	0.00	20.7	3.4	1.09	.318	2.45	8.59
16	Rick Anderson R. Anderson	2.48	5	2	1	.667	5	12	0	0	0	29.0	25	8	9	2	3	0	0	0	114	1	3.72	0.93	4.00	0.62	10.5	2.6	0.97	.237	2.79	7.76
17	Steve Fireovid S. Fireovid	2.59	4	0	1	.000	4	10	0	0	0	24.1	27	7	7	2	7	0	0	0	102	0	3.70	2.59	1.43	0.74	9.8	6.9	1.40	.301	2.59	9.99
18	Mike Harkey M. Harkey	2.60	5	0	3	.000	5	18	0	0	0	34.2	33	10	14	0	15	2	0	3	155	2	4.67	3.89	1.20	0.00	11.6	9.7	1.38	.275	3.63	8.57
19	Fred Kuhaulua F. Kuhaulua	2.63	4	1	0	1.000	4	14	0	0	0	27.1	25	8	8	1	7	0	0	1	108	1	4.61	2.30	2.00	0.33	13.0	6.5	1.17	.279	2.63	8.23
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.65	191	95	61	.609	191	948	58	23	0	1389.2	1,171	409	478	70	404	31	0	46	5,660	47	6.14	2.62	2.35	0.45	16.7	7.1	1.13	.262	3.10	7.58
21	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.65	175	100	39	.719	175	1,162	52	19	0	1284.0	1,048	378	422	65	377	18	0	17	5,187	26	8.14	2.64	3.08	0.46	22.4	7.3	1.11	.276	2.96	7.35
22	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	2.65	38	14	13	.519	38	207	1	1	0	224.0	188	66	72	11	83	3	0	6	914	4	8.32	3.33	2.49	0.44	22.6	9.1	1.21	.290	2.89	7.55
23	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	2.69	33	15	11	.577	33	179	10	2	0	244.2	214	73	84	16	66	0	0	7	990	8	6.58	2.43	2.71	0.59	18.1	6.7	1.14	.272	3.09	7.87
24	John Tudor J. Tudor	2.71	147	66	36	.647	147	539	28	12	0	1008.0	906	304	338	77	235	9	0	19	4,060	8	4.81	2.10	2.29	0.69	13.3	5.8	1.13	.259	3.02	8.09
25	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	2.74	19	6	11	.353	19	59	0	0	0	121.1	112	37	45	6	27	2	0	5	488	4	4.38	2.00	2.19	0.45	12.1	5.5	1.15	.269	3.34	8.31

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Sun 5/17	SFG	@	ATH	4:05 PM
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