who had the best era in the al in 1938

Lefty Grove had the lowest ERA in the AL in 1938, with an ERA of 3.08.

Interpreted as:
Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the al in 1938?
NAMEERASEASONTMGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Lefty Grove
L. Grove
3.08
1938
24
14
4
.778
21
99
12
1
1
163.2
169
56
65
8
52
1
3
706
3
5.44
2.86
1.90
0.44
14.0
7.4
1.35
.295
3.57
62
3.32
70
9.29
25.3
2Red Ruffing
R. Ruffing
3.31
1938
31
21
7
.750
31
127
22
3
0
247.1
246
91
104
16
82
0
0
1,043
1
4.62
2.98
1.55
0.58
12.2
7.9
1.33
.281
3.78
72
3.73
85
8.95
18.7
3Lefty Gomez
L. Gomez
3.35
1938
32
18
12
.600
32
129
20
4
0
239.0
239
89
110
7
99
1
0
1,034
5
4.86
3.73
1.30
0.26
12.5
9.6
1.41
.291
4.14
73
3.48
79
9.00
25.1
4Dutch Leonard
D. Leonard
3.43
1938
33
12
15
.444
31
68
15
3
0
223.1
221
85
109
11
53
7
1
939
11
2.74
2.14
1.28
0.44
7.2
5.6
1.23
.263
4.39
75
3.76
86
8.91
14.9
5Thornton Lee
T. Lee
3.49
1938
33
13
12
.520
30
77
18
1
1
245.1
252
95
123
12
94
3
3
1,074
2
2.82
3.45
0.82
0.44
7.2
8.8
1.41
.270
4.51
73
4.12
90
9.24
13.1
6Johnny Rigney
J. Rigney
3.56
1938
38
9
9
.500
12
84
7
1
1
167.0
164
66
74
16
72
2
19
728
7
4.53
3.88
1.17
0.86
11.5
9.9
1.41
.267
3.99
74
4.49
98
8.84
1.9
7Bump Hadley
B. Hadley
3.60
1938
29
9
8
.529
17
61
8
1
1
167.1
165
67
79
13
66
3
5
728
6
3.28
3.55
0.92
0.70
8.4
9.1
1.38
.260
4.25
78
4.44
101
8.87
-1.1
8Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
3.70
1938
23
9
11
.450
23
54
17
1
0
194.2
238
80
93
13
52
0
0
862
1
2.50
2.40
1.04
0.60
6.3
6.0
1.49
.303
4.30
77
4.04
88
11.00
12.1
9Mel Harder
M. Harder
3.83
1938
38
17
10
.630
29
102
15
2
4
240.0
257
102
115
16
62
5
6
1,026
1
3.83
2.33
1.65
0.60
9.9
6.0
1.33
.287
4.31
81
3.78
83
9.64
20.7
10Monte Pearson
M. Pearson
3.97
1938
28
16
7
.696
27
98
17
1
0
202.0
198
89
107
12
113
0
1
888
9
4.37
5.03
0.87
0.53
11.0
12.7
1.54
.280
4.77
86
4.40
100
8.82
-0.4
11Monty Stratton
M. Stratton
4.01
1938
26
15
9
.625
22
82
17
0
2
186.1
186
83
95
18
56
7
3
797
2
3.96
2.70
1.46
0.87
10.3
7.0
1.30
.265
4.59
84
4.31
94
8.98
5.9
12Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
4.03
1938
23
14
5
.737
23
36
14
2
0
172.0
183
77
86
7
47
2
0
737
0
1.88
2.46
0.77
0.37
4.9
6.4
1.34
.273
4.50
88
3.89
88
9.58
9.9
13Bob Feller
B. Feller
4.08
1938
39
17
11
.607
36
240
20
2
1
277.2
225
126
136
13
208
7
3
1,248
5
7.78
6.74
1.15
0.42
19.2
16.7
1.56
.272
4.41
86
4.13
91
7.29
13
14George Gill
G. Gill
4.12
1938
24
12
9
.571
23
30
13
1
0
164.0
195
75
82
15
50
2
1
719
0
1.65
2.74
0.60
0.82
4.2
7.0
1.49
.289
4.50
83
4.70
98
10.70
1.9
15Johnny Allen
J. Allen
4.19
1938
30
14
8
.636
27
112
13
0
0
200.0
189
93
107
15
81
3
3
855
7
5.04
3.65
1.38
0.68
13.1
9.5
1.35
.270
4.82
88
4.04
89
8.51
11.4
16Jack Knott
J. Knott
4.19
1938
TOT
27
6
12
.333
22
43
9
0
0
161.0
170
75
89
11
69
0
3
705
0
2.40
3.86
0.62
0.61
6.1
9.8
1.48
.273
4.98
87
4.56
98
9.50
1.5
17Jim Bagby
J. Bagby
4.21
1938
43
15
11
.577
25
73
10
1
2
198.2
218
93
110
9
90
3
12
873
5
3.31
4.08
0.81
0.41
8.4
10.3
1.55
.299
4.98
85
4.18
88
9.88
12.3
18Jack Wilson
J. Wilson
4.30
1938
37
15
15
.500
27
96
11
3
1
194.2
200
93
108
16
91
2
7
869
2
4.44
4.21
1.05
0.74
11.0
10.5
1.49
.277
4.99
87
4.44
94
9.25
6.7
19George Caster
G. Caster
4.35
1938
42
16
20
.444
40
112
20
2
1
281.1
310
136
156
25
117
3
2
1,250
5
3.58
3.74
0.96
0.80
9.0
9.4
1.52
.287
4.99
90
4.56
98
9.92
2.7
20Fritz Ostermueller
F. Ostermueller
4.58
1938
31
13
5
.722
18
46
10
1
2
176.2
199
90
98
15
58
3
8
795
5
2.34
2.95
0.79
0.76
5.8
7.3
1.45
.273
4.99
93
4.54
96
10.14
4.1
21Pete Appleton
P. Appleton
4.60
1938
43
7
9
.438
10
62
5
0
5
164.1
175
84
99
12
61
1
23
722
8
3.40
3.34
1.02
0.66
8.6
8.4
1.44
.278
5.42
101
4.25
97
9.58
1.6
22John Whitehead
J. Whitehead
4.76
1938
32
10
11
.476
24
38
10
2
2
183.1
218
97
108
12
80
3
6
830
1
1.87
3.93
0.48
0.59
4.6
9.6
1.63
.296
5.30
99
4.72
103
10.70
-2.5
23Bud Thomas
B. Thomas
4.92
1938
42
9
14
.391
29
48
7
1
0
212.1
259
116
138
23
62
2
9
945
5
2.03
2.63
0.77
0.97
5.1
6.6
1.51
.291
5.85
102
4.78
103
10.98
-3.1
24Vern Kennedy
V. Kennedy
5.06
1938
33
12
9
.571
26
53
11
0
2
190.1
215
107
123
13
113
1
6
877
7
2.51
5.34
0.47
0.61
6.0
12.9
1.72
.290
5.82
102
5.05
106
10.17
-4.9
25Bobo Newsom
B. Newsom
5.08
1938
44
20
16
.556
40
226
31
0
1
329.2
334
186
205
30
192
5
3
1,475
3
6.17
5.24
1.18
0.82
15.3
13.0
1.60
.297
5.60
101
4.53
94
9.12
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