which national league rookie left handed starting pitcher has the lowest era with at least 70 innings pitched in a season since 1990

Since 1990, Zach Duke has the lowest ERA by a left-handed rookie NL starting pitcher with 70.0+ innings pitched, with an ERA of 1.81 in 2005.

NAME ERA IP 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 H/9
1 Zach Duke
Z. Duke
1.81
84.2
2005
PIT PIT
14
8
2
.800
14
58
0
0
0
79
17
20
3
23
2
0
2
341
1
6.17
2.44
2.52
0.32
17.0
6.7
1.20
.298
2.13
8.40
2 Randy Tomlin
R. Tomlin
2.55
77.2
1990
PIT PIT
12
4
4
.500
12
42
2
0
0
62
22
24
5
12
1
0
1
297
1
4.87
1.39
3.50
0.58
14.1
4.0
0.95
.241
2.78
7.18
3 Trevor Rogers
T. Rogers
2.64
133.0
2021
MIA MIA
25
7
8
.467
25
157
0
0
0
107
39
46
6
46
5
0
2
550
4
10.62
3.11
3.41
0.41
28.5
8.4
1.15
.301
3.11
7.24
4 Jaime Garcia
J. Garcia
2.70
163.1
2010
STL STL
28
13
8
.619
28
132
1
1
0
151
49
64
9
64
3
0
4
695
4
7.27
3.53
2.06
0.50
19.0
9.2
1.32
.292
3.53
8.32
5 Kirk Rueter
K. Rueter
2.73
85.2
1993
MON MON
14
8
0
1.000
14
31
1
0
0
85
26
33
5
18
0
0
1
341
0
3.26
1.89
1.72
0.53
9.1
5.3
1.20
.279
3.47
8.93
6 Tony Cingrani
T. Cingrani
2.77
97.1
2013
CIN CIN
18
7
4
.636
18
109
0
0
0
65
30
33
14
36
2
0
1
385
4
10.08
3.33
3.03
1.29
28.3
9.4
1.04
.228
3.05
6.01
7 Chris Nabholz
C. Nabholz
2.83
70.0
1990
MON MON
11
6
2
.750
11
53
1
1
0
43
22
23
6
32
2
0
1
282
1
6.81
4.11
1.66
0.77
18.8
11.3
1.07
.196
2.96
5.53
8 Shota Imanaga
S. Imanaga
2.91
173.1
2024
CHC CHC
29
15
3
.833
29
174
0
0
0
149
56
66
27
28
3
0
0
694
3
9.03
1.45
6.21
1.40
25.1
4.0
1.02
.264
3.43
7.74
9 J.A. Happ
J.A. Happ
2.99
144.1
2009
PHI PHI
23
10
4
.714
23
102
3
2
0
135
48
49
19
47
4
0
2
596
0
6.36
2.93
2.17
1.18
17.1
7.9
1.26
.274
3.06
8.42
10 Hyun Jin Ryu
H. Jin Ryu
3.00
192.0
2013
LAD LAD
30
14
8
.636
30
154
2
1
0
182
64
67
15
49
1
0
4
783
5
7.22
2.30
3.14
0.70
19.7
6.3
1.20
.296
3.14
8.53
11 Madison Bumgarner
M. Bumgarner
3.00
111.0
2010
SFG SFG
18
7
6
.538
18
86
0
0
0
119
37
40
11
26
5
0
2
472
1
6.97
2.11
3.31
0.89
18.2
5.5
1.31
.314
3.24
9.65
12 Dontrelle Willis
D. Willis
3.30
160.2
2003
FLA FLA
27
14
6
.700
27
142
2
2
0
148
59
61
13
58
3
0
0
668
7
7.95
3.25
2.45
0.73
21.3
8.7
1.28
.299
3.42
8.29
13 Cory Luebke
C. Luebke
3.31
100.2
2011
SDP SDP
17
5
8
.385
17
111
0
0
0
81
37
39
11
29
2
0
2
407
3
9.92
2.59
3.83
0.98
27.3
7.1
1.09
.276
3.49
7.24
14 Wade Miley
W. Miley
3.34
186.0
2012
ARI ARI
29
15
11
.577
29
142
0
0
0
186
69
76
13
33
2
0
0
769
6
6.87
1.60
4.30
0.63
18.5
4.3
1.18
.299
3.68
9.00
15 Steven Matz
S. Matz
3.40
132.1
2016
NYM NYM
22
9
8
.529
22
129
0
0
0
129
50
53
14
31
5
0
2
547
3
8.77
2.11
4.16
0.95
23.6
5.7
1.21
.313
3.60
8.77
16 Brent Suter
B. Suter
3.45
70.1
2017
MIL MIL
14
3
2
.600
14
54
0
0
0
70
27
28
8
16
1
0
1
290
0
6.91
2.05
3.38
1.02
18.6
5.5
1.22
.294
3.58
8.96
17 Noah Lowry
N. Lowry
3.48
88.0
2004
SFG SFG
14
6
0
1.000
14
71
2
1
0
80
34
36
9
25
0
0
1
360
2
7.26
2.56
2.84
0.92
19.7
6.9
1.19
.278
3.68
8.18
18 Damian Moss
D. Moss
3.50
175.0
2002
ATL ATL
29
12
6
.667
29
107
0
0
0
135
68
76
19
89
6
0
5
726
13
5.50
4.58
1.20
0.98
14.7
12.3
1.28
.230
3.91
6.94
19 Travis Wood
T. Wood
3.51
102.2
2010
CIN CIN
17
5
4
.556
17
86
0
0
0
85
40
45
9
26
4
0
1
419
0
7.54
2.28
3.31
0.79
20.5
6.2
1.08
.259
3.94
7.45
20 Robbie Ray
R. Ray
3.52
127.2
2015
ARI ARI
23
5
12
.294
23
119
0
0
0
121
50
56
9
49
8
0
3
545
2
8.39
3.45
2.43
0.63
21.8
9.0
1.33
.311
3.95
8.53
21 Rick Ankiel
R. Ankiel
3.54
173.0
2000
STL STL
30
11
7
.611
30
192
0
0
0
136
68
80
21
88
6
0
2
726
12
9.99
4.58
2.18
1.09
26.4
12.1
1.29
.274
4.16
7.08
22 Oliver Perez
O. Perez
3.54
89.0
2002
SDP SDP
15
4
5
.444
15
91
0
0
0
70
35
37
13
48
5
0
1
383
3
9.20
4.85
1.90
1.31
23.8
12.5
1.33
.252
3.74
7.08
23 Tyler Anderson
T. Anderson
3.54
114.1
2016
COL COL
19
5
6
.455
19
99
0
0
0
119
45
50
12
28
3
0
2
478
4
7.79
2.20
3.54
0.94
20.7
5.9
1.29
.318
3.94
9.37
24 Braxton Garrett
B. Garrett
3.58
88.0
2022
MIA MIA
17
3
7
.300
17
90
0
0
0
86
35
38
9
24
10
0
1
373
2
9.20
2.45
3.75
0.92
24.1
6.4
1.25
.321
3.89
8.80
25 Shawn Estes
S. Estes
3.60
70.0
1996
SFG SFG
11
3
5
.375
11
60
0
0
0
63
28
30
3
39
2
0
3
305
4
7.71
5.01
1.54
0.39
19.7
12.8
1.46
.299
3.86
8.10
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