which pitcher had the best era in the 80s with 2000 innings

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 3.14.

Interpreted as:
Which pitcher had the best era in the 80s with 2000 or more innings?
NAME ERA IP 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 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
3.14
2094.0
314
122
104
.540
314
2,167
44
15
0
1,603
730
835
128
894
53
0
34
8,704
123
9.31
3.84
2.42
0.55
24.9
10.3
1.19
.270
3.59
90
2.82
81
6.89
159.5
2 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
3.19
2144.2
298
128
103
.554
287
1,644
102
27
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
3 Bob Welch
B. Welch
3.21
2082.1
313
137
93
.596
311
1,457
47
22
0
1,885
743
821
155
666
49
0
40
8,655
43
6.30
2.88
2.19
0.67
16.8
7.7
1.23
.273
3.55
90
3.34
92
8.15
63.4
4 Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
3.32
2328.2
339
140
109
.562
331
1,380
92
27
1
2,019
859
954
183
825
104
4
29
9,654
39
5.33
3.19
1.67
0.71
14.3
8.5
1.22
.256
3.69
80
3.77
93
7.80
77.5
5 Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
3.64
2078.1
291
123
103
.544
288
1,480
94
21
0
1,984
841
919
212
557
73
1
26
8,623
44
6.41
2.41
2.66
0.92
17.2
6.5
1.22
.281
3.98
89
3.56
88
8.59
109.6
6 Jack Morris
J. Morris
3.66
2443.2
332
162
119
.577
332
1,629
133
20
0
2,212
995
1,085
264
858
23
0
66
10,208
124
6.00
3.16
1.90
0.97
16.0
8.4
1.26
.262
4.00
92
3.89
94
8.15
66.7
7 Charlie Hough
C. Hough
3.67
2121.2
331
128
114
.529
282
1,363
93
11
2
1,842
864
999
218
867
80
22
18
8,942
98
5.78
3.68
1.57
0.92
15.2
9.7
1.28
.253
4.24
90
4.14
103
7.81
-28.2
8 Bob Knepper
B. Knepper
3.70
2005.1
332
105
118
.471
306
1,068
50
20
1
2,045
824
946
167
597
36
8
52
8,484
39
4.79
2.68
1.79
0.75
12.6
7.0
1.32
.284
4.25
107
3.70
107
9.18
-64.6
9 Doyle Alexander
D. Alexander
3.85
2004.1
300
112
98
.533
289
1,029
51
10
0
2,065
858
930
223
503
32
7
28
8,423
34
4.62
2.26
2.05
1.00
12.2
6.0
1.28
.278
4.18
97
3.96
100
9.27
3.7
10 Jim Clancy
J. Clancy
4.09
2017.2
329
119
126
.486
317
1,145
61
10
1
1,996
918
1,017
207
711
27
8
30
8,582
72
5.11
3.17
1.61
0.92
13.3
8.3
1.34
.276
4.54
100
4.04
100
8.90
1.9

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