what pitcher had the lowest era in the mlb in the 80s

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, J.R. Richard had the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.90.

Interpreted as:
What pitcher had the lowest era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game in the MLB in the 80s?
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 J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
1.90
17
10
4
.714
17
119
4
4
0
113.2
65
24
31
2
40
0
0
1
438
2
9.42
3.17
2.98
0.16
27.2
9.1
0.92
.227
2.45
56
1.93
56
5.15
19.9
2 Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
2.44
200
25
16
.610
0
180
0
0
38
380.0
350
103
122
18
99
8
106
26
1,557
5
4.26
2.34
1.82
0.43
11.6
6.4
1.18
.265
2.89
60
3.22
81
8.29
33.1
3 Tim Burke
T. Burke
2.48
330
37
19
.661
2
323
0
0
76
479.1
405
132
147
32
154
14
177
53
1,971
17
6.06
2.89
2.10
0.60
16.4
7.8
1.17
.258
2.76
69
3.33
91
7.60
19.7
4 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
5 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
2.64
177
100
39
.719
175
1,168
52
19
1
1291.0
1,053
379
423
65
379
18
1
17
5,215
26
8.14
2.64
3.08
0.45
22.4
7.3
1.11
.276
2.95
75
2.52
70
7.34
155.6
6 Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
2.67
637
53
43
.552
0
364
0
0
239
996.2
1,009
296
328
53
152
7
530
63
4,047
3
3.29
1.37
2.39
0.48
9.0
3.8
1.16
.275
2.96
67
3.17
81
9.11
83.5
7 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
2.69
231
98
64
.605
191
1,011
58
23
5
1457.0
1,240
435
508
75
434
31
18
53
5,957
51
6.25
2.68
2.33
0.46
17.0
7.3
1.15
.264
3.14
76
3.00
84
7.66
94.8
8 Todd Burns
T. Burns
2.71
67
14
7
.667
16
106
2
0
9
199.0
159
60
65
11
62
2
25
6
799
7
4.79
2.80
1.71
0.50
13.3
7.8
1.11
.239
2.94
73
3.38
91
7.19
7.1
9 Tim Belcher
T. Belcher
2.82
81
31
20
.608
62
375
14
9
5
443.2
355
139
157
30
138
9
12
12
1,791
11
7.61
2.80
2.72
0.61
20.9
7.7
1.11
.262
3.18
83
2.95
84
7.20
27.7
10 Mike Henneman
M. Henneman
2.85
180
31
13
.705
0
202
0
0
37
278.0
242
88
105
19
105
10
114
30
1,164
15
6.54
3.40
1.92
0.62
17.4
9.0
1.25
.269
3.40
71
3.47
84
7.83
20.4
11 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
12 Roger McDowell
R. McDowell
2.91
324
36
32
.529
2
260
0
0
103
525.0
469
170
199
24
176
12
230
32
2,189
21
4.46
3.02
1.48
0.41
11.9
8.0
1.23
.259
3.41
82
3.43
94
8.04
11.3
13 Alejandro Pena
A. Pena
2.92
281
38
38
.500
72
571
12
7
32
769.1
693
250
301
44
244
11
104
43
3,200
13
6.68
2.85
2.34
0.51
17.8
7.6
1.22
.279
3.52
83
3.01
84
8.11
46.7
14 Lee Smith
L. Smith
2.96
586
50
57
.467
6
836
0
0
234
835.2
716
275
304
51
334
7
449
73
3,481
37
9.00
3.60
2.50
0.55
24.0
9.6
1.26
.295
3.27
75
2.75
72
7.71
100.2
15 Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
2.97
687
59
68
.465
0
466
0
0
101
896.1
846
296
339
42
301
10
424
120
3,771
9
4.68
3.02
1.55
0.42
12.4
8.0
1.28
.272
3.40
80
3.35
91
8.49
34.2
16 Al Holland
A. Holland
3.00
379
34
30
.531
11
505
0
0
78
636.2
541
212
239
55
227
5
216
54
2,670
12
7.14
3.21
2.22
0.78
18.9
8.5
1.21
.259
3.38
83
3.34
93
7.65
17.5
17 Greg Minton
G. Minton
3.00
626
52
55
.486
1
418
0
0
146
963.1
925
321
369
38
414
10
386
118
4,106
41
3.91
3.87
1.01
0.36
10.2
10.1
1.39
.275
3.45
83
3.70
101
8.64
-1.2
18 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
19 Scott Garrelts
S. Garrelts
3.01
313
56
41
.577
55
615
5
2
48
757.2
600
253
290
53
334
10
160
45
3,149
41
7.31
3.97
1.84
0.63
19.5
10.6
1.23
.256
3.44
86
3.41
93
7.13
21.7
20 Gary Lucas
G. Lucas
3.01
409
29
44
.397
18
410
0
0
63
669.0
618
224
274
41
227
7
206
65
2,795
24
5.52
3.05
1.81
0.55
14.7
8.1
1.26
.273
3.69
84
3.35
91
8.31
25.5
21 Jeff Reardon
J. Reardon
3.06
629
56
60
.483
0
712
0
0
264
871.2
745
296
314
80
292
18
507
54
3,621
16
7.35
3.01
2.44
0.83
19.7
8.1
1.19
.264
3.24
81
3.36
90
7.69
35.3
22 Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
3.06
175
95
45
.679
174
1,215
58
21
0
1284.2
1,088
437
476
95
371
32
0
16
5,243
31
8.51
2.60
3.27
0.67
23.2
7.1
1.14
.281
3.33
73
2.79
69
7.62
178.3
23 Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
3.08
466
73
59
.553
73
884
13
2
188
1066.1
941
365
417
55
437
14
332
35
4,509
31
7.46
3.69
2.02
0.46
19.6
9.7
1.29
.284
3.52
78
3.01
76
7.94
114.9
24 David Cone
D. Cone
3.11
101
39
17
.696
74
492
16
6
1
573.0
477
198
219
43
211
14
8
15
2,374
29
7.73
3.31
2.33
0.68
20.7
8.9
1.20
.269
3.44
89
3.21
89
7.49
23.6
25 Jaime Navarro
J. Navarro
3.12
19
7
8
.467
17
56
1
0
0
109.2
119
38
47
6
32
1
1
3
470
3
4.60
2.63
1.75
0.49
11.9
6.8
1.38
.301
3.86
80
3.35
89
9.77
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