the best nl left handed pitchers in the 1980s

Mark Langston had the best ERA by an NL left-hander in the 1980s, with an ERA of 2.39.

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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	Mark Langston M. Langston	2.39	24	12	9	.571	24	175	6	4	0	176.2	138	47	57	13	93	0	0	6	740	5	8.92	4.74	1.88	0.66	23.6	12.6	1.31	.272	2.90	69	3.31	93	7.03	4.9
2	John Franco J. Franco	2.49	393	42	30	.583	0	367	0	0	148	528.0	460	146	174	27	210	5	286	41	2,196	15	6.26	3.58	1.75	0.46	16.7	9.6	1.27	.273	2.97	66	3.26	86	7.84	31.7
3	Bruce Hurst B. Hurst	2.69	33	15	11	.577	33	179	10	2	0	244.2	214	73	84	16	66	0	0	7	990	8	6.58	2.43	2.71	0.59	18.1	6.7	1.14	.272	3.09	78	2.95	81	7.87	18.4
4	John Tudor J. Tudor	2.70	150	66	36	.647	147	543	28	12	0	1014.0	912	304	338	77	237	9	1	19	4,083	8	4.82	2.10	2.29	0.68	13.3	5.8	1.13	.260	3.00	74	3.39	94	8.09	22.6
5	Mitch Williams M. Williams	2.76	76	4	4	.500	0	67	0	0	36	81.2	71	25	27	6	52	8	61	4	365	6	7.38	5.73	1.29	0.66	18.4	14.2	1.51	.280	2.98	75	4.27	115	7.82	-4.9
6	Al Holland A. Holland	2.79	336	33	29	.532	10	449	0	0	78	565.1	471	175	196	45	199	5	200	51	2,357	11	7.15	3.17	2.26	0.72	19.0	8.4	1.19	.257	3.12	79	3.23	92	7.50	17.5
7	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	2.89	85	32	25	.561	83	328	17	8	0	570.1	509	183	213	20	183	18	1	17	2,370	31	5.18	2.89	1.79	0.32	13.8	7.7	1.21	.269	3.36	79	3.15	86	8.03	31.8
8	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	2.92	334	24	38	.387	18	335	0	0	58	549.0	507	178	214	33	186	5	174	60	2,290	16	5.49	3.05	1.80	0.54	14.6	8.1	1.26	.274	3.51	85	3.31	93	8.31	13.9
9	Craig Lefferts C. Lefferts	3.00	472	32	39	.451	5	422	0	0	54	683.2	600	228	257	62	205	8	183	40	2,786	21	5.56	2.70	2.06	0.82	15.1	7.4	1.18	.258	3.38	83	3.64	97	7.90	7.7
10	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	3.00	297	30	29	.508	3	326	0	0	53	458.1	426	153	178	22	149	4	153	49	1,910	9	6.40	2.93	2.19	0.43	17.1	7.8	1.25	.287	3.50	87	2.92	84	8.37	29.3
11	Bob Ojeda B. Ojeda	3.02	102	44	34	.564	97	397	17	9	0	646.0	567	217	252	42	173	8	1	11	2,639	7	5.53	2.41	2.29	0.59	15.0	6.6	1.15	.260	3.51	88	3.22	90	7.90	24.4
12	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.13	226	64	57	.529	146	558	28	9	10	1062.2	968	370	421	97	315	16	37	26	4,368	10	4.73	2.67	1.77	0.82	12.8	7.2	1.21	.258	3.57	87	3.82	102	8.20	-9.4
13	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.16	208	94	66	.588	208	1,317	51	13	0	1507.1	1,361	529	614	100	515	8	0	45	6,265	67	7.86	3.07	2.56	0.60	21.0	8.2	1.24	.292	3.67	86	2.87	79	8.13	122.6
14	Jerry Reuss J. Reuss	3.19	221	79	60	.568	187	612	40	15	5	1282.1	1,258	454	528	73	285	14	21	47	5,299	26	4.30	2.00	2.15	0.51	11.5	5.4	1.20	.275	3.71	90	3.20	90	8.83	49.8
15	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	3.19	298	128	103	.554	287	1,644	102	27	2	2144.2	1,876	760	869	133	838	16	5	54	8,957	81	6.90	3.52	1.96	0.56	18.4	9.4	1.27	.276	3.65	91	3.21	90	7.87	84
16	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.22	169	69	45	.605	163	972	15	5	1	1033.0	764	370	399	87	424	25	1	19	4,243	17	8.47	3.69	2.29	0.76	22.9	10.0	1.15	.248	3.48	92	3.28	91	6.66	36.8
17	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.25	110	40	34	.541	97	395	12	3	0	636.1	551	230	254	57	272	2	5	15	2,664	23	5.59	3.85	1.45	0.81	14.8	10.2	1.29	.255	3.59	94	3.92	111	7.79	-29.1
18	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.35	190	56	48	.538	133	605	13	2	13	914.2	915	340	374	75	198	11	34	18	3,743	5	5.95	1.95	3.06	0.74	16.2	5.3	1.22	.294	3.68	91	3.16	87	9.00	49.5
19	Jim Deshaies J. Deshaies	3.35	119	49	35	.583	116	514	11	6	0	731.2	618	272	296	73	267	8	0	22	3,032	13	6.32	3.28	1.93	0.90	17.0	8.8	1.21	.251	3.64	95	3.80	108	7.60	-28.1
20	Frank Viola F. Viola	3.38	12	5	5	.500	12	73	2	1	0	85.1	75	32	35	5	27	1	0	3	351	3	7.70	2.85	2.70	0.53	20.8	7.7	1.20	.286	3.69	100	2.79	79	7.91	7
21	Don Hood D. Hood	3.39	33	4	6	.400	8	35	1	0	0	82.1	90	31	39	2	34	2	4	5	359	5	3.83	3.72	1.03	0.22	9.7	9.5	1.51	.308	4.26	93	3.52	100	9.84	0
22	Ricky Horton R. Horton	3.43	241	25	16	.610	44	273	2	1	12	522.0	524	199	212	46	164	9	61	36	2,194	12	4.71	2.83	1.66	0.79	12.4	7.5	1.32	.281	3.66	94	3.86	106	9.03	-13.7
23	Atlee Hammaker A. Hammaker	3.45	189	54	54	.500	138	555	18	6	5	940.2	902	361	409	82	237	12	17	47	3,907	22	5.31	2.27	2.34	0.78	14.2	6.1	1.21	.271	3.91	98	3.50	95	8.63	17.1
24	John Smiley J. Smiley	3.46	137	31	24	.564	60	319	13	2	4	497.0	432	191	214	46	149	7	21	17	2,048	16	5.78	2.70	2.14	0.83	15.6	7.3	1.17	.253	3.88	97	3.63	99	7.82	1.7
25	Rick Honeycutt R. Honeycutt	3.58	128	33	45	.423	108	352	9	3	1	651.1	664	259	314	45	203	10	4	30	2,772	11	4.86	2.81	1.73	0.62	12.7	7.3	1.33	.286	4.34	100	3.56	99	9.18	2.9

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Abrams

RBI

106

Abrams

AVG

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García

Team Pitching Leaders

13

Cavalli

200

Cavalli

ERA

3.02

Cavalli

Team Rankings

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821

3rd

1,283

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4.67

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	94	68	.580
Phillies	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0

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Final

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MLB 2026 Batting Leaders

HR Leaders

45

Crow-Armstrong

45

Schwarber

43

Alonso

RBI Leaders

116

Burleson

113

Alonso

111

Stewart

Batting Average Leaders

.316

Alvarez

.311

Moreno

.310

Arraez

Hit Leaders

191

Lopez

185

Arraez

181

Tatis

Run Leaders

119

Crow-Armstrong

113

Arozarena

106

Vargas

OBP Leaders

.432

Alvarez

.390

Rumfield

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Bauers

SLG Leaders

.601

Alvarez

.570

Crow-Armstrong

.534

Rice

SB Leaders

49

Nuñez

46

Simpson

45

Witt

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Win Leaders

18

Sánchez

18

Gray

16

Misiorowski

Strikeout Leaders

252

Misiorowski

248

Williams

239

Schlittler

ERA Leaders

1.80

Misiorowski

1.95

Schlittler

2.16

Sale

WHIP Leaders

0.80

Misiorowski

0.87

Yamamoto

0.91

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K/9 Leaders

12.98

Misiorowski

12.73

Cease

12.11

Williams

K/BB Leaders

6.45

Sale

5.73

Misiorowski

5.44

Rasmussen

Walk Leaders

26

Martinez

31

Sale

32

Rasmussen

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FanDuel Points Leaders

2,357.3

Crow-Armstrong

2,289.3

Ohtani

2,096

Alvarez

DraftKings Points Leaders

1,789

Crow-Armstrong

1,613.6

Ohtani

1,571

Alvarez

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92-70

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88-74

87-75

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
Padres - w	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays - y	98	64	.605
Yankees - w	93	68	.578	4.5
Red Sox - w	87	75	.537	11.0
Orioles	79	82	.491	18.5
Blue Jays	79	83	.488	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	85	77	.525
White Sox - w	84	78	.519	1.0
Twins	77	85	.475	8.0
Tigers	76	86	.469	9.0
Royals	69	93	.426	16.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros - y	81	81	.500
Rangers	80	82	.494	1.0
Mariners	76	86	.469	5.0
Athletics	64	98	.395	17.0
Angels	62	100	.383	19.0