players with the best era as a pitcher in the national league in 1998 with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Greg Maddux had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 1998, with an ERA of 2.22.

	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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2.22	251.0	162	1.55	1998	ATL	34	18	9	.667	34	204	9	5	0	201	62	75	13	45	7	0	10	987	4	7.31	1.61	4.53	0.47	20.7	4.6	0.98	.262	2.69	53	2.80	66	7.21	41
2	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2.38	257.0	162	1.59	1998	SDP	36	18	7	.720	35	257	7	3	0	225	68	77	8	49	10	0	4	1,032	10	9.00	1.72	5.24	0.28	24.9	4.7	1.07	.306	2.70	60	2.22	53	7.88	57
3	Al Leiter A. Leiter	2.47	193.0	162	1.19	1998	NYM	28	17	6	.739	28	174	4	2	0	151	53	55	8	71	11	0	2	789	4	8.11	3.31	2.45	0.37	22.1	9.0	1.15	.272	2.56	61	3.14	75	7.04	22.5
4	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	2.47	229.1	162	1.42	1998	ATL	33	20	6	.769	33	157	4	3	0	202	63	67	13	74	2	0	2	934	3	6.16	2.90	2.12	0.51	16.8	7.9	1.20	.275	2.63	59	3.49	82	7.93	19.6
5	Omar Daal O. Daal	2.88	162.2	162	1	1998	ARI	33	8	12	.400	23	132	3	1	0	146	52	60	12	51	3	4	3	664	0	7.30	2.82	2.59	0.66	19.9	7.7	1.21	.288	3.32	67	3.46	80	8.08	15.8
6	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	2.90	167.2	162	1.03	1998	ATL	26	17	3	.850	26	173	2	2	0	145	54	58	10	44	4	0	2	681	3	9.29	2.36	3.93	0.54	25.4	6.5	1.13	.300	3.11	69	2.70	63	7.78	29.2
7	Dustin Hermanson D. Hermanson	3.13	187.0	162	1.15	1998	MON	32	14	11	.560	30	154	1	0	0	163	65	80	21	56	3	0	3	768	4	7.41	2.70	2.75	1.01	20.1	7.3	1.17	.266	3.85	74	3.89	90	7.84	8.5
8	Pete Harnisch P. Harnisch	3.14	209.0	162	1.29	1998	CIN	32	14	7	.667	32	157	2	1	0	176	73	79	24	64	6	0	4	854	4	6.76	2.76	2.45	1.03	18.4	7.5	1.15	.252	3.40	73	4.13	94	7.58	6.1
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.25	268.2	162	1.66	1998	PHI	35	15	14	.517	35	300	15	2	0	236	97	101	23	61	6	0	3	1,089	12	10.05	2.04	4.92	0.77	27.5	5.6	1.11	.305	3.38	76	2.76	65	7.91	45.1
10	Francisco Cordova F. Cordova	3.31	220.1	163	1.35	1998	PIT	33	13	14	.481	33	157	3	2	0	204	81	91	22	69	3	0	5	921	1	6.41	2.82	2.28	0.90	17.0	7.5	1.24	.272	3.72	77	3.98	94	8.33	6.7
11	Andy Ashby A. Ashby	3.34	226.2	162	1.4	1998	SDP	33	17	9	.654	33	151	5	1	0	223	84	90	23	58	7	0	8	939	7	6.00	2.30	2.60	0.91	16.1	6.2	1.24	.286	3.57	84	3.98	95	8.85	4.7
12	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	3.36	211.2	162	1.31	1998	HOU	32	11	7	.611	32	137	1	1	0	227	79	92	18	81	5	0	1	917	4	5.83	3.44	1.69	0.77	14.9	8.8	1.46	.309	3.91	84	4.16	103	9.65	-3.6
13	Kerry Wood K. Wood	3.40	166.2	163	1.02	1998	CHC	26	13	6	.684	26	233	1	1	0	117	63	69	14	85	11	0	1	699	6	12.58	4.59	2.74	0.76	33.3	12.2	1.21	.289	3.73	80	3.16	73	6.32	21.9
14	Rick Reed R. Reed	3.48	212.1	162	1.31	1998	NYM	31	16	11	.593	31	153	2	1	0	208	82	84	30	29	6	0	2	845	1	6.49	1.23	5.28	1.27	18.1	3.4	1.12	.284	3.56	86	4.02	96	8.82	3.4
15	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	3.51	233.1	162	1.44	1998	HOU	35	19	8	.704	35	209	3	1	0	257	91	99	25	53	2	0	2	986	5	8.06	2.04	3.94	0.96	21.2	5.4	1.33	.333	3.82	88	3.44	85	9.91	16
16	Denny Neagle D. Neagle	3.55	210.1	162	1.3	1998	ATL	32	16	11	.593	31	165	5	2	0	196	83	91	25	60	6	0	3	861	6	7.06	2.57	2.75	1.07	19.2	7.0	1.22	.283	3.89	85	4.05	95	8.39	4.9
17	Carlos Perez C. Perez	3.59	241.0	162	1.49	1998	TOT	34	11	14	.440	34	128	7	2	0	244	96	109	21	63	3	0	4	1,009	7	4.78	2.35	2.03	0.78	12.7	6.2	1.27	.281	4.07	87	4.02	94	9.11	6.6
18	Jose Lima J. Lima	3.70	233.1	162	1.44	1998	HOU	33	16	8	.667	33	169	3	1	0	229	96	100	34	32	7	0	1	950	4	6.52	1.23	5.28	1.31	17.8	3.4	1.12	.275	3.86	93	4.08	101	8.83	-1.6
19	Chan Ho Park C. Ho Park	3.71	220.2	162	1.36	1998	LAD	34	15	9	.625	34	191	2	0	0	199	91	101	16	97	11	0	1	946	6	7.79	3.96	1.97	0.65	20.2	10.3	1.34	.290	4.12	94	3.81	90	8.12	9.9
20	Sean Bergman S. Bergman	3.72	172.0	162	1.06	1998	HOU	31	12	9	.571	27	100	1	0	0	183	71	81	20	42	5	1	3	733	8	5.23	2.20	2.38	1.05	13.6	5.7	1.31	.288	4.24	93	4.30	106	9.58	-5.7
21	Sterling Hitchcock S. Hitchcock	3.93	176.1	162	1.09	1998	SDP	39	9	7	.563	27	158	2	1	1	169	77	83	29	48	9	3	2	743	11	8.06	2.45	3.29	1.48	21.3	6.5	1.23	.281	4.24	99	4.45	107	8.63	-5.8
22	Masato Yoshii M. Yoshii	3.93	171.2	162	1.06	1998	NYM	29	6	8	.429	29	117	1	0	0	166	75	79	22	53	6	0	5	724	5	6.13	2.78	2.21	1.15	16.2	7.3	1.28	.274	4.14	97	4.47	107	8.70	-6
23	Andy Benes A. Benes	3.97	231.1	162	1.43	1998	ARI	34	14	13	.519	34	164	1	0	0	221	102	111	25	74	6	0	3	979	9	6.38	2.88	2.22	0.97	16.8	7.6	1.28	.276	4.32	92	4.16	96	8.60	4.9
24	Ismael Valdez I. Valdez	3.98	174.0	162	1.07	1998	LAD	27	11	10	.524	27	122	2	2	0	171	77	82	17	66	2	0	4	745	4	6.31	3.41	1.85	0.88	16.4	8.9	1.36	.286	4.24	101	4.17	99	8.84	0.7
25	Darren Dreifort D. Dreifort	4.00	180.0	162	1.11	1998	LAD	32	8	12	.400	26	168	1	1	0	171	80	84	12	57	10	0	2	752	9	8.40	2.85	2.95	0.60	22.3	7.6	1.27	.315	4.20	102	3.25	77	8.55	19.6