players with the best era as a pitcher in the national league in 1996 with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Kevin Brown had the best ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1996, with an ERA of 1.89.

	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	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1.89	233.0	162	1.44	1996	FLA	32	17	11	.607	32	159	5	3	0	187	49	60	8	33	16	0	2	906	6	6.14	1.27	4.82	0.31	17.5	3.6	0.94	.259	2.32	46	2.88	68	7.22	35.8
2	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2.72	245.0	162	1.51	1996	ATL	35	15	11	.577	35	172	5	1	0	225	74	85	11	28	3	0	11	978	4	6.32	1.03	6.14	0.40	17.6	2.9	1.03	.280	3.12	64	2.72	62	8.27	44.4
3	Al Leiter A. Leiter	2.93	215.1	162	1.33	1996	FLA	33	16	12	.571	33	200	2	1	0	153	70	74	14	119	11	0	3	896	5	8.36	4.97	1.68	0.59	22.3	13.3	1.26	.252	3.09	71	3.96	93	6.39	6.8
4	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2.94	253.2	162	1.57	1996	ATL	35	24	8	.750	35	276	6	2	0	199	83	93	19	55	2	0	3	995	10	9.79	1.95	5.02	0.67	27.7	5.5	1.00	.280	3.30	69	2.63	60	7.06	48.4
5	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2.98	235.1	162	1.45	1996	ATL	36	15	10	.600	36	181	1	0	0	222	78	91	14	85	0	0	7	994	4	6.92	3.25	2.13	0.54	18.2	8.6	1.30	.291	3.48	70	3.48	80	8.49	23.2
6	Steve Trachsel S. Trachsel	3.03	205.0	162	1.27	1996	CHC	31	13	9	.591	31	132	3	2	0	181	69	82	30	62	8	0	3	845	5	5.80	2.72	2.13	1.32	15.6	7.3	1.19	.246	3.60	71	4.80	111	7.95	-10.4
7	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.19	183.1	162	1.13	1996	PHI	26	9	10	.474	26	182	8	2	0	149	65	69	16	50	3	0	5	732	5	8.93	2.45	3.64	0.79	24.9	6.8	1.09	.277	3.39	75	3.18	74	7.31	22.7
8	Hideo Nomo H. Nomo	3.19	228.1	162	1.41	1996	LAD	33	16	11	.593	33	234	3	2	0	180	81	93	23	85	2	0	6	932	11	9.22	3.35	2.75	0.91	25.1	9.1	1.16	.267	3.67	82	3.57	86	7.09	15.3
9	Jeff Fassero J. Fassero	3.30	231.2	162	1.43	1996	MON	34	15	11	.577	34	222	5	1	0	217	85	95	20	55	3	0	3	967	5	8.62	2.14	4.04	0.78	23.0	5.7	1.17	.295	3.69	78	3.12	74	8.43	28.3
10	Ismael Valdez I. Valdez	3.32	225.0	162	1.39	1996	LAD	33	15	7	.682	33	173	0	0	0	219	83	94	20	54	3	0	10	945	1	6.92	2.16	3.20	0.80	18.3	5.7	1.21	.286	3.76	86	3.54	85	8.76	15.7
11	Ramon Martinez R. Martinez	3.42	168.2	162	1.04	1996	LAD	28	15	6	.714	27	133	2	2	0	153	64	76	12	86	8	1	5	732	2	7.10	4.59	1.55	0.64	18.2	11.7	1.42	.286	4.06	88	4.18	100	8.16	-0.6
12	Mark Clark M. Clark	3.43	212.1	162	1.31	1996	NYM	32	14	11	.560	32	142	2	0	0	217	81	98	20	48	3	0	8	883	6	6.02	2.03	2.96	0.85	16.1	5.4	1.25	.294	4.15	84	3.77	89	9.20	11.3
13	Pedro Astacio P. Astacio	3.44	211.2	162	1.31	1996	LAD	35	9	8	.529	32	130	0	0	0	207	81	86	18	67	9	0	9	885	6	5.53	2.85	1.94	0.77	14.7	7.6	1.29	.286	3.66	89	4.12	99	8.80	0.8
14	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	3.50	221.1	162	1.37	1996	TOT	33	16	9	.640	33	149	2	0	0	226	86	93	26	48	3	0	2	910	3	6.06	1.95	3.10	1.06	16.4	5.3	1.24	.292	3.78	82	4.03	94	9.19	6.8
15	Donovan Osborne D. Osborne	3.53	198.2	162	1.23	1996	STL	30	13	9	.591	30	134	2	1	0	191	78	87	22	57	1	0	5	822	6	6.07	2.58	2.35	1.00	16.3	6.9	1.25	.278	3.94	85	4.13	96	8.65	3.6
16	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	3.62	171.2	162	1.06	1996	SDP	33	13	8	.619	31	95	0	0	0	177	69	78	17	67	0	0	2	741	7	4.98	3.51	1.42	0.89	12.8	9.0	1.42	.285	4.09	91	4.51	106	9.28	-5.2
17	John Smiley J. Smiley	3.64	217.1	162	1.34	1996	CIN	35	13	14	.481	34	171	2	2	0	207	88	100	20	54	4	0	5	889	7	7.08	2.24	3.17	0.83	19.2	6.1	1.20	.292	4.14	86	3.59	83	8.57	18
18	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	3.65	239.0	162	1.48	1996	HOU	35	16	10	.615	35	204	4	1	0	227	97	103	20	44	8	0	3	981	5	7.68	1.66	4.64	0.75	20.8	4.5	1.13	.294	3.88	91	3.20	78	8.55	24
19	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	3.70	216.2	162	1.34	1996	MON	33	13	10	.565	33	222	4	1	0	189	89	100	19	70	3	0	3	901	6	9.22	2.91	3.17	0.79	24.6	7.8	1.20	.290	4.15	88	3.26	78	7.85	22.9
20	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	3.77	164.2	162	1.02	1996	TOT	34	10	11	.476	25	96	0	0	0	160	69	79	16	27	12	1	3	677	3	5.25	1.48	3.56	0.87	14.2	4.0	1.14	.274	4.32	90	3.97	94	8.74	4.5
21	Andy Benes A. Benes	3.83	230.1	162	1.42	1996	STL	36	18	10	.643	34	160	3	1	1	215	98	107	28	77	6	1	7	963	6	6.25	3.01	2.08	1.09	16.6	8.0	1.27	.270	4.18	92	4.43	103	8.40	-3.7
22	Dave Burba D. Burba	3.83	195.0	162	1.2	1996	CIN	34	11	13	.458	33	148	0	0	0	179	83	96	18	97	2	0	9	849	9	6.83	4.48	1.53	0.83	17.4	11.4	1.42	.276	4.43	91	4.37	101	8.26	-0.6
23	Todd Stottlemyre T. Stottlemyre	3.87	223.1	162	1.38	1996	STL	34	14	11	.560	33	194	5	2	0	191	96	100	30	93	4	0	8	944	8	7.82	3.75	2.09	1.21	20.6	9.9	1.27	.258	4.03	93	4.47	104	7.70	-4.5
24	Jaime Navarro J. Navarro	3.92	236.2	162	1.46	1996	CHC	35	15	12	.556	35	158	4	1	0	244	103	116	25	72	10	0	5	1,007	10	6.01	2.74	2.19	0.95	15.7	7.1	1.34	.295	4.41	92	4.24	98	9.28	2.6
25	Joey Hamilton J. Hamilton	4.17	211.2	162	1.31	1996	SDP	34	15	9	.625	33	184	3	1	0	206	98	100	19	83	9	0	3	908	14	7.82	3.53	2.22	0.81	20.3	9.1	1.37	.305	4.25	105	3.90	92	8.76	8.3