which player had the lowest era in 1940s minimum 500 innings pitched

Between the 1940 and 1949 seasons, Spud Chandler had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.67.

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	2.67	1211.2	165	85	34	.714	151	543	89	22	6	1,039	359	425	49	387	16	9	4,939	18	4.03	2.87	1.40	0.36	11.0	7.8	1.18	.251	3.16	72	3.14	87	7.72	61
2	Max Lanier M. Lanier	2.68	1030.2	194	77	47	.621	128	588	63	16	11	922	307	373	23	365	10	39	4,258	9	5.13	3.19	1.61	0.20	13.8	8.6	1.25	.275	3.26	73	2.77	75	8.05	102.2
3	Joe Beggs J. Beggs	2.73	635.1	224	45	33	.577	32	170	19	4	29	619	193	243	32	169	4	124	2,638	4	2.41	2.39	1.01	0.45	6.4	6.4	1.24	.259	3.44	77	3.43	97	8.77	5.9
4	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.74	1388.0	216	105	59	.640	172	666	101	22	12	1,242	422	480	68	378	27	30	5,662	14	4.32	2.45	1.76	0.44	11.8	6.7	1.17	.260	3.11	72	3.06	80	8.05	115.8
5	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	2.84	2453.1	377	170	118	.590	305	1,579	181	31	15	2,127	774	927	84	1,068	10	56	10,360	52	5.79	3.92	1.48	0.31	15.2	10.3	1.30	.268	3.40	72	3.01	77	7.80	237.2
6	Bob Feller B. Feller	2.90	1897.0	266	137	82	.626	231	1,396	155	28	16	1,539	611	677	95	827	22	27	7,880	30	6.62	3.92	1.69	0.45	17.7	10.5	1.25	.261	3.21	76	3.11	83	7.30	133.9
7	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	2.93	1606.1	246	114	68	.626	210	772	120	31	9	1,441	523	598	77	462	25	26	6,627	24	4.33	2.59	1.67	0.43	11.6	7.0	1.18	.258	3.35	79	3.09	84	8.07	101
8	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	2.94	1693.2	258	111	85	.566	207	646	130	21	12	1,704	554	665	65	426	17	38	7,149	17	3.43	2.26	1.52	0.35	9.0	6.0	1.26	.273	3.53	84	3.07	87	9.05	88.7
9	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	2.94	1375.2	225	96	54	.640	156	693	99	19	17	1,270	450	504	77	372	11	51	5,663	5	4.53	2.43	1.86	0.50	12.2	6.6	1.19	.265	3.30	79	3.01	82	8.31	98.8
10	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	2.97	834.2	149	57	34	.626	90	389	49	13	7	669	275	313	39	431	13	38	3,510	15	4.19	4.65	0.90	0.42	11.1	12.3	1.32	.239	3.38	78	3.82	100	7.21	-2.2
11	Bucky Walters B. Walters	2.97	1868.1	246	122	90	.575	238	677	153	28	3	1,724	616	726	92	631	24	6	7,778	28	3.26	3.04	1.07	0.44	8.7	8.1	1.26	.257	3.50	84	3.53	99	8.30	5.6
12	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	2.97	596.2	69	39	28	.582	69	195	61	7	0	592	197	241	39	109	6	0	2,478	11	2.94	1.64	1.79	0.59	7.9	4.4	1.17	.260	3.64	74	3.40	88	8.93	32
13	Howie Pollet H. Pollet	2.99	1157.0	204	83	49	.629	145	508	82	18	8	1,107	385	449	52	397	17	26	4,875	21	3.95	3.09	1.28	0.40	10.4	8.1	1.30	.270	3.49	78	3.27	86	8.61	69.6
14	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	3.01	2026.1	374	129	119	.520	239	930	132	27	22	1,944	678	821	74	746	21	93	8,587	36	4.13	3.31	1.25	0.33	10.8	8.7	1.33	.274	3.65	78	3.21	85	8.63	133.3
15	Hank Wyse H. Wyse	3.03	1063.0	198	69	54	.561	133	321	63	11	8	1,105	358	432	50	268	15	38	4,452	9	2.72	2.27	1.20	0.42	7.2	6.0	1.29	.278	3.66	85	3.29	93	9.36	25.5
16	Whit Wyatt W. Wyatt	3.04	1014.2	151	72	49	.595	144	498	71	15	1	903	343	406	47	280	16	5	4,191	3	4.42	2.48	1.78	0.42	11.9	6.7	1.17	.256	3.60	84	3.09	84	8.01	66.3
17	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.04	990.1	142	65	41	.613	126	462	72	14	5	897	335	388	67	294	6	12	4,089	17	4.20	2.67	1.57	0.61	11.3	7.2	1.20	.255	3.53	81	3.38	89	8.15	47.4
18	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	3.05	743.1	115	44	36	.550	96	467	44	8	2	660	252	300	43	290	6	15	3,132	18	5.65	3.51	1.61	0.52	14.9	9.3	1.28	.265	3.63	75	3.27	81	7.99	61
19	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	3.06	761.1	127	48	36	.571	96	263	46	6	3	733	259	319	49	184	6	20	3,137	5	3.11	2.18	1.43	0.58	8.4	5.9	1.20	.260	3.77	83	3.52	93	8.67	21.4
20	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	3.06	1551.0	231	103	72	.589	193	478	110	21	9	1,501	528	580	117	287	9	27	6,284	4	2.77	1.67	1.67	0.68	7.6	4.6	1.15	.257	3.37	83	3.46	94	8.71	37.9
21	Al Brazle A. Brazle	3.07	772.0	175	57	34	.626	91	299	36	6	5	791	263	314	34	243	10	37	3,258	15	3.49	2.83	1.23	0.40	9.2	7.5	1.34	.283	3.66	79	3.28	84	9.22	52.8
22	Bill Bevens B. Bevens	3.08	642.1	96	40	36	.526	84	289	46	6	0	598	220	253	40	236	4	8	2,692	4	4.05	3.31	1.22	0.56	10.7	8.8	1.30	.263	3.54	88	3.50	99	8.38	1.5
23	Ewell Blackwell E. Blackwell	3.10	685.2	120	43	35	.551	82	463	37	12	2	604	236	266	30	263	15	25	2,839	10	6.08	3.45	1.76	0.39	16.3	9.3	1.26	.278	3.49	81	2.93	77	7.93	66.3
24	Johnny Niggeling J. Niggeling	3.12	1208.1	172	61	68	.473	156	599	79	11	0	1,056	419	504	58	502	32	12	5,133	33	4.46	3.74	1.19	0.43	11.7	9.8	1.29	.253	3.75	84	3.50	96	7.87	21.4
25	Thornton Lee T. Lee	3.13	1235.2	176	65	74	.468	152	521	97	8	2	1,171	430	528	62	421	27	11	5,199	14	3.79	3.07	1.24	0.45	10.0	8.1	1.29	.266	3.85	85	3.50	94	8.53	31.2

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