record for lowest era by a player in mlb history in the live ball era

Since 1920, Cam Schlittler has the best ERA, with an ERA of 2.23.

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	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.23	47	18	9	.667	47	323	0	0	0	266.2	187	66	76	24	80	11	0	0	1,065	3	10.90	2.70	4.04	0.81	30.3	7.5	1.00	.260	2.57	54	2.88	68	6.31	39.5
2	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	2.50	47	5	3	.625	3	82	0	0	4	101.0	74	28	32	8	52	8	17	5	423	4	7.31	4.63	1.58	0.71	19.4	12.3	1.25	.242	2.85	61	4.32	101	6.59	-0.6
3	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.52	1,070	143	122	.540	52	1,610	20	5	228	2254.1	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.2
5	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.56	44	20	8	.714	43	334	1	1	0	235.1	145	67	77	22	73	12	0	0	919	6	12.77	2.79	4.58	0.84	36.3	7.9	0.93	.257	2.94	62	2.57	62	5.55	41.6
6	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	38	17	.691	76	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
7	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.58	38	15	10	.600	38	229	0	0	0	223.0	189	64	68	21	54	4	0	2	896	8	9.24	2.18	4.24	0.85	25.6	6.0	1.09	.286	2.74	63	3.05	75	7.63	25.3
8	Butch Wensloff B. Wensloff	2.60	41	16	13	.552	32	125	19	1	1	276.2	222	80	99	11	95	1	5		1,128	2	4.07	3.09	1.32	0.36	11.1	8.4	1.15	.235	3.22	77	3.09	89	7.22	10.6
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.61	76	33	19	.635	76	488	1	0	0	448.2	310	130	140	41	123	11	0	1	1,760	9	9.79	2.47	3.97	0.82	27.7	7.0	0.97	.245	2.81	63	3.03	71	6.22	59.4
10	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.62	87	31	24	.564	87	586	1	0	0	495.0	376	144	158	41	123	23	0	0	1,959	6	10.65	2.24	4.76	0.75	29.9	6.3	1.01	.282	2.87	61	2.72	66	6.84	78.1
11	Spencer Miles S. Miles	2.63	49	6	2	.750	8	93	0	0	2	95.2	80	28	31	5	25	1	9	1	388	1	8.75	2.35	3.72	0.47	24.0	6.4	1.10	.284	2.92	64	2.65	63	7.53	16.2
12	Bob Lee B. Lee	2.71	269	25	23	.521	7	315	0	0	64	492.0	402	148	177	31	196	5	152	35	2,044	12	5.76	3.59	1.61	0.57	15.4	9.6	1.22	.248	3.24	81	3.30	98	7.35	5.7
13	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.72	498	49	33	.598	2	444	0	0	102	699.1	624	211	251	49	219	21	262	71	2,906	25	5.71	2.82	2.03	0.63	15.3	7.5	1.21	.265	3.23	75	3.45	93	8.03	19.9
14	Arnold Carter A. Carter	2.72	46	13	11	.542	24	37	11	4	3	195.1	197	59	75	3	53	5	15		826	1	1.70	2.44	0.70	0.14	4.5	6.4	1.28	.266	3.46	76	3.25	92	9.08	6.2
15	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.73	279	107	76	.585	279	2,052	4	2	0	1702.1	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
16	Ray Fisher R. Fisher	2.73	33	10	11	.476	21	56	10	1	1	201.0	189	61	86	5	50	8	8		846	1	2.51	2.24	1.12	0.22	6.6	5.9	1.19	.253	3.85	91	3.38	107	8.46	-6.2
17	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	498	236	106	.690	438	1,956	156	45	11	3170.1	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
18	Bob Locker B. Locker	2.75	576	57	39	.594	0	577	0	0	95	879.0	776	269	329	40	257	36	288	80	3,643	37	5.91	2.63	2.25	0.41	15.8	7.1	1.18	.269	3.37	82	2.79	80	7.95	68.1
19	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.76	674	56	46	.549	0	379	0	0	244	1043.1	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
20	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	397	165	87	.655	314	2,396	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
21	Dick Hughes D. Hughes	2.79	68	20	9	.690	34	230	13	4	8	307.0	221	95	101	29	76	7	17	12	1,205	8	6.74	2.23	3.03	0.85	19.1	6.3	0.97	.222	2.96	86	3.05	97	6.48	3.4
22	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	2.79	737	79	74	.516	1	687	0	0	178	1174.2	1,097	364	442	50	468	24	458	121	5,023	28	5.26	3.59	1.47	0.38	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.39	82	3.17	93	8.40	30.6
23	Dick Lines D. Lines	2.83	107	7	7	.500	0	103	0	0	6	168.2	146	53	66	10	48	1	41	13	696	6	5.50	2.56	2.15	0.53	14.8	6.9	1.15	.255	3.52	87	2.97	87	7.79	8.1
24	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.83	160	46	22	.676	111	602	0	0	2	632.2	497	199	211	55	151	16	17	3	2,509	23	8.56	2.15	3.99	0.78	24.0	6.0	1.02	.262	3.00	70	3.15	77	7.07	66.4
25	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	2.83	661	68	71	.489	0	861	0	0	300	1042.0	879	328	370	77	309	13	512	83	4,251	37	7.44	2.67	2.79	0.67	20.3	7.3	1.14	.268	3.20	75	2.93	80	7.59	88

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Red Sox	87	74	.540	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	19.0
Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0

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Sun 9/27	BAL	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Tue 9/29	BOS	@	NYY	4:00 AM
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Strikeout Leaders

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Braves - y	94	67	.584
Phillies	87	74	.540	7.0
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Nationals	76	85	.472	18.0
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NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	102	59	.634
Cubs - w	88	73	.547	14.0
Pirates	81	80	.503	21.0
Cardinals	77	84	.478	25.0
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Dodgers - y	99	62	.615
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Red Sox - w	87	74	.540	11.0
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Blue Jays	78	83	.484	20.0
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White Sox - w	83	78	.516	2.0
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