openers cy young winners with lowest era since 1920

Since 1920, Rollie Fingers has the lowest ERA by a Cy Young winner in a season, with an ERA of 1.04 in 1981.

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NAMEERACYSEASONTMGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Rollie Fingers
R. Fingers
1.04
1
1981
MIL MIL
47
6
3
.667
0
61
0
0
28
78.0
55
9
9
3
13
1
41
5
297
1
7.04
1.50
4.69
0.35
20.5
4.4
0.87
.237
1.04
30
2.07
58
6.35
13.4
2Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
1.12
1
1968
STL STL
34
22
9
.710
34
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
38
1.77
63
5.85
34.8
3Eric Gagne
E. Gagne
1.20
1
2003
LAD LAD
77
2
3
.400
0
137
0
0
55
82.1
37
11
12
2
20
3
67
2
306
2
14.98
2.19
6.85
0.22
44.8
6.5
0.69
.243
1.31
30
0.85
20
4.04
31.8
4Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
1.53
1
1985
NYM NYM
35
24
4
.857
35
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
44
2.12
59
6.44
45.6
5Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
1.56
1
1994
ATL ATL
25
16
6
.727
25
156
10
3
0
202.0
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
6Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
1.63
1
2020
CLE CLE
12
8
1
.889
12
122
0
0
0
77.1
46
14
15
7
21
1
0
0
297
5
14.20
2.44
5.81
0.81
41.1
7.1
0.87
.267
1.75
37
2.06
46
5.35
20.5
7Greg Maddux
G. Maddux
1.63
1
1995
ATL ATL
28
19
2
.905
28
181
10
3
0
209.2
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
8Dean Chance
D. Chance
1.65
1
1964
LAA LAA
46
20
9
.690
35
207
15
11
4
278.1
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
9Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
1.70
1
2018
NYM NYM
32
10
9
.526
32
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
44
1.98
50
6.30
49
10Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
1.73
1
2020
CIN CIN
11
5
4
.556
11
100
2
2
0
73.0
41
14
17
9
17
3
0
1
278
3
12.33
2.10
5.88
1.11
36.0
6.1
0.79
.215
2.10
36
2.87
61
5.05
14.1
11Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
1.73
1
1966
LAD LAD
41
27
9
.750
41
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
53
2.07
65
6.72
41.8
12Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
1.74
1
2000
BOS BOS
29
18
6
.750
29
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
35
2.16
47
5.31
61.5
13Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
1.74
1
1978
NYY NYY
35
25
3
.893
35
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
48
2.18
58
6.15
48.5
14Justin Verlander
J. Verlander
1.75
1
2022
HOU HOU
28
18
4
.818
28
185
0
0
0
175.0
116
34
43
12
29
6
0
0
666
3
9.51
1.49
6.38
0.62
27.8
4.4
0.83
.240
2.21
46
2.48
64
5.97
27.7
15Jake Arrieta
J. Arrieta
1.77
1
2015
CHC CHC
33
22
6
.786
33
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
45
2.34
60
5.90
39
16Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1.77
1
2014
LAD LAD
27
21
3
.875
27
239
6
2
0
198.1
139
39
42
9
31
2
0
0
749
7
10.85
1.41
7.71
0.41
31.9
4.1
0.86
.278
1.91
51
1.81
50
6.31
40.5
17Vida Blue
V. Blue
1.82
1
1971
OAK OAK
39
24
8
.750
39
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
56
2.19
66
6.03
41.4
18Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
1.83
1
2013
LAD LAD
33
16
9
.640
33
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
51
2.38
64
6.25
35.4
19Mark Davis
M. Davis
1.85
1
1989
SDP SDP
70
4
3
.571
0
92
0
0
44
92.2
66
19
21
6
31
2
65
1
370
8
8.94
3.01
2.97
0.58
24.9
8.4
1.05
.251
2.04
53
2.68
74
6.41
9.8
20Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
1.88
1
1963
LAD LAD
40
25
5
.833
40
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
62
1.85
62
6.19
41.9
21Blake Snell
B. Snell
1.89
1
2018
TBR TBR
31
21
5
.808
31
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
46
2.94
72
5.58
23.1
22Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
1.90
1
1997
MON MON
31
17
8
.680
31
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
45
2.38
57
5.89
49
23Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
1.91
1
1992
OAK OAK
69
7
1
.875
0
93
0
0
51
80.0
62
17
17
5
11
1
65
6
309
0
10.46
1.24
8.45
0.56
30.1
3.6
0.91
.286
1.91
52
1.71
44
6.98
19.4
24Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
1.92
1
1972
CLE CLE
41
24
16
.600
40
234
29
5
1
342.2
253
73
79
17
82
12
1
16
1,345
11
6.15
2.15
2.85
0.45
17.4
6.1
0.98
.236
2.07
60
2.49
74
6.64
31.9
25Willie Hernandez
W. Hernandez
1.92
1
1984
DET DET
80
9
3
.750
0
112
0
0
32
140.1
96
30
30
6
36
4
68
8
548
2
7.18
2.31
3.11
0.38
20.4
6.6
0.94
.231
1.92
49
2.58
63
6.16
23.3
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@
SDP SDP
9:30 PM
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ATL ATL
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