players with the best era as a pitcher in the national league in 1987 with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Nolan Ryan had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1987, with an ERA of 2.76.

	NAME	ERA	IP	TM GMS	IP/TM GMS	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.76	211.2	162	1.31	1987	HOU	34	8	16	.333	34	270	0	0	0	154	65	75	14	87	4	0	2	873	10	11.48	3.70	3.10	0.60	30.9	10.0	1.14	.281	3.19	70	2.46	63	6.55	34.5
2	Mike Dunne M. Dunne	3.03	163.1	162	1.01	1987	PIT	23	13	6	.684	23	72	5	1	0	143	55	66	10	68	1	0	8	680	6	3.97	3.75	1.06	0.55	10.6	10.0	1.29	.251	3.64	74	4.04	97	7.88	2.3
3	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	3.06	264.2	162	1.63	1987	LAD	37	16	16	.500	35	190	10	1	1	247	90	105	17	74	9	2	5	1,093	11	6.46	2.52	2.57	0.58	17.4	6.8	1.21	.286	3.57	79	3.20	82	8.40	21.3
4	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.09	227.0	162	1.4	1987	TOT	34	13	9	.591	33	107	12	4	0	207	78	91	13	42	8	0	3	920	7	4.24	1.67	2.55	0.52	11.6	4.6	1.10	.259	3.61	77	3.32	80	8.21	20.4
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	3.21	179.2	162	1.11	1987	NYM	25	15	7	.682	25	148	7	3	0	162	64	68	11	53	2	0	2	730	1	7.41	2.65	2.79	0.55	20.3	7.3	1.20	.293	3.41	83	2.93	74	8.12	20.9
6	Bob Welch B. Welch	3.22	251.2	162	1.55	1987	LAD	35	15	9	.625	35	196	6	4	0	204	90	94	21	86	4	0	6	1,027	4	7.01	3.08	2.28	0.75	19.1	8.4	1.15	.254	3.36	83	3.46	88	7.30	12.7
7	Mike Scott M. Scott	3.23	247.2	162	1.53	1987	HOU	36	16	13	.552	36	233	8	3	0	199	89	94	21	79	4	0	6	1,010	10	8.47	2.87	2.95	0.76	23.1	7.8	1.12	.264	3.42	82	3.09	80	7.23	22.1
8	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.43	191.1	162	1.18	1987	TOT	48	10	12	.455	28	138	5	3	0	186	73	82	18	64	5	8	7	801	2	6.49	3.01	2.16	0.85	17.2	8.0	1.31	.292	3.86	87	3.72	91	8.75	7.9
9	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	3.54	170.1	162	1.05	1987	STL	27	9	7	.563	26	101	4	2	0	157	67	75	9	60	10	0	6	722	9	5.34	3.17	1.68	0.48	14.0	8.3	1.27	.273	3.96	88	3.59	91	8.30	6.8
10	Atlee Hammaker A. Hammaker	3.58	168.1	162	1.04	1987	SFG	31	10	10	.500	27	107	2	0	0	159	67	73	22	57	3	1	10	706	8	5.72	3.05	1.88	1.18	15.2	8.1	1.28	.265	3.90	92	4.36	108	8.50	-6.1
11	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	3.59	195.2	162	1.21	1987	HOU	33	9	10	.474	30	134	3	1	0	184	78	87	17	69	5	0	12	833	3	6.16	3.17	1.94	0.78	16.1	8.3	1.29	.275	4.00	91	3.75	97	8.46	2.2
12	Kelly Downs K. Downs	3.63	186.0	162	1.15	1987	SFG	41	12	9	.571	28	137	4	3	1	185	75	83	14	67	4	4	11	797	12	6.63	3.24	2.04	0.68	17.2	8.4	1.35	.297	4.02	94	3.51	87	8.95	10.9
13	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	3.68	237.1	161	1.47	1987	CHC	34	18	10	.643	34	174	6	1	0	223	97	106	24	106	4	0	14	1,012	9	6.60	4.02	1.64	0.91	17.2	10.5	1.39	.283	4.02	84	4.10	96	8.46	5.2
14	Michael LaCoss M. LaCoss	3.68	171.0	162	1.06	1987	SFG	39	13	10	.565	26	79	2	1	0	184	70	78	16	63	2	4	12	728	6	4.16	3.32	1.25	0.84	10.9	8.7	1.44	.296	4.11	95	4.29	106	9.68	-5
15	Greg Mathews G. Mathews	3.73	197.2	162	1.22	1987	STL	32	11	11	.500	32	108	2	1	0	184	82	87	17	71	0	0	5	822	7	4.92	3.23	1.52	0.77	13.1	8.6	1.29	.267	3.96	92	3.96	100	8.38	-0.5
16	Eric Show E. Show	3.84	206.1	162	1.27	1987	SDP	34	8	16	.333	34	117	5	3	0	188	88	99	26	85	9	0	7	887	6	5.10	3.71	1.38	1.13	13.2	9.6	1.32	.249	4.32	96	4.73	114	8.20	-12.6
17	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	3.88	176.1	162	1.09	1987	PIT	29	11	12	.478	28	120	1	1	0	165	76	86	22	46	0	0	2	721	5	6.12	2.35	2.61	1.12	16.6	6.4	1.20	.268	4.39	95	3.90	94	8.42	5.1
18	Danny Cox D. Cox	3.88	199.1	162	1.23	1987	STL	31	11	9	.550	31	101	2	0	0	224	86	99	17	71	3	0	6	864	5	4.56	3.21	1.42	0.77	11.7	8.2	1.48	.308	4.47	96	4.07	103	10.11	-2.9
19	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	3.98	251.0	162	1.55	1987	LAD	34	14	14	.500	34	190	12	1	0	254	111	120	25	124	4	0	4	1,116	14	6.81	4.45	1.53	0.90	17.0	11.1	1.51	.296	4.30	103	4.17	107	9.11	-8
20	Zane Smith Z. Smith	4.09	242.0	161	1.5	1987	ATL	36	15	10	.600	36	130	9	3	0	245	110	130	19	91	5	0	6	1,035	5	4.83	3.38	1.43	0.71	12.6	8.8	1.39	.286	4.83	95	4.00	94	9.11	6.8
21	Don Carman D. Carman	4.22	211.0	162	1.3	1987	PHI	35	13	11	.542	35	125	3	2	0	194	99	110	34	69	5	0	7	886	3	5.33	2.94	1.81	1.45	14.1	7.8	1.25	.245	4.69	100	4.82	117	8.27	-16.2
22	Mark Grant M. Grant	4.24	163.1	162	1.01	1987	TOT	33	7	9	.438	25	90	2	1	1	170	77	88	22	73	1	2	8	720	8	4.96	4.02	1.23	1.21	12.5	10.1	1.49	.277	4.85	107	4.87	118	9.37	-13.4
23	Ron Darling R. Darling	4.29	207.2	162	1.28	1987	NYM	32	12	8	.600	32	167	2	0	0	183	99	111	24	96	3	0	3	891	6	7.24	4.16	1.74	1.04	18.7	10.8	1.34	.265	4.81	111	4.18	106	7.93	-5.8
24	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	4.32	179.0	162	1.1	1987	STL	33	11	7	.611	30	89	2	1	0	189	86	90	15	45	4	1	4	755	2	4.47	2.26	1.98	0.75	11.8	6.0	1.31	.289	4.53	107	3.78	95	9.50	3.4
25	Kevin Gross K. Gross	4.35	200.2	162	1.24	1987	PHI	34	9	16	.360	33	110	3	1	0	205	97	107	26	87	10	1	7	878	3	4.93	3.90	1.26	1.17	12.5	9.9	1.46	.278	4.80	104	4.90	119	9.19	-17.1