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
BSA BSA
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
NYY NYY
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
NYY NYY
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
WSH WSH
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
CWS CWS
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
CWS CWS
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
NYY NYY
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
CWS CWS
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
CLE CLE
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
NYY NYY
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
CWS CWS
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
NYY NYY
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
CLE CLE
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
DET DET
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
CLE CLE
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
BSA BSA
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
BSA BSA
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
PHA PHA
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
BSA BSA
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
WSH WSH
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
CWS CWS
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
PHA PHA
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
DET DET
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
SLA SLA
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
11.6

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