Bob Feller had the best ERA in the AL in 1940, with an ERA of 2.61.

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Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the al in 1940?

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Bob Feller B. Feller	2.61	1940	CLE	43	27	11	.711	37	261	31	4	4	320.1	245	93	102	13	118	5	5	1,304	8	7.33	3.32	2.21	0.37	20.0	9.0	1.13	.256	2.87	65	2.89	73	6.88	39.3
2	Bobo Newsom B. Newsom	2.83	1940	DET	36	21	5	.808	34	164	20	3	0	264.0	235	83	110	19	100	3	1	1,101	2	5.59	3.41	1.64	0.65	14.9	9.1	1.27	.265	3.75	61	3.70	81	8.01	24.5
3	Johnny Rigney J. Rigney	3.11	1940	CWS	39	14	18	.438	33	141	19	2	3	280.2	240	97	117	22	90	2	6	1,152	5	4.52	2.89	1.57	0.71	12.2	7.8	1.18	.243	3.75	72	3.83	90	7.70	12.9
4	Eddie Smith E. Smith	3.21	1940	CWS	32	14	9	.609	28	119	12	0	0	207.1	179	74	92	16	95	3	3	892	4	5.17	4.12	1.25	0.69	13.3	10.7	1.32	.247	3.99	74	4.11	97	7.77	3.1
5	Ken Chase K. Chase	3.23	1940	WSH	35	15	17	.469	34	129	20	1	0	261.2	260	94	120	14	143	5	1	1,165	12	4.44	4.92	0.90	0.48	11.1	12.3	1.54	.281	4.13	77	4.24	103	8.94	-4.4
6	Ted Lyons T. Lyons	3.24	1940	CWS	22	12	8	.600	22	72	17	4	0	186.1	188	67	85	17	37	0	0	789	6	3.48	1.79	1.95	0.82	9.1	4.7	1.21	.258	4.11	75	3.85	90	9.08	8.3
7	Al Milnar A. Milnar	3.27	1940	CLE	37	18	10	.643	33	99	15	4	3	242.1	242	88	120	14	99	1	3	1,049	3	3.68	3.68	1.00	0.52	9.4	9.4	1.41	.273	4.46	81	4.01	101	8.99	-3.1
8	Marius Russo M. Russo	3.28	1940	NYY	30	14	8	.636	24	87	15	0	1	189.1	181	69	79	17	55	1	2	786	1	4.14	2.61	1.58	0.81	11.1	7.0	1.25	.262	3.76	78	3.97	96	8.60	2.7
9	Tommy Bridges T. Bridges	3.37	1940	DET	29	12	9	.571	28	133	12	2	0	197.2	171	74	89	11	88	0	1	843	5	6.06	4.01	1.51	0.50	15.8	10.4	1.31	.262	4.05	73	3.55	78	7.79	21.5
10	Red Ruffing R. Ruffing	3.38	1940	NYY	30	15	12	.556	30	97	20	3	0	226.0	218	85	98	24	76	3	0	954	1	3.86	3.03	1.28	0.96	10.2	8.0	1.30	.257	3.90	80	4.41	107	8.68	-8.1
11	Al Smith A. Smith	3.44	1940	CLE	31	15	7	.682	24	46	11	1	2	183.0	187	70	79	12	55	6	5	761	3	2.26	2.70	0.84	0.59	6.0	7.2	1.32	.273	3.89	85	4.19	106	9.20	-6.3
12	Schoolboy Rowe S. Rowe	3.46	1940	DET	27	16	3	.842	23	61	11	1	0	169.0	170	65	68	15	43	1	4	706	2	3.25	2.29	1.42	0.80	8.6	6.1	1.26	.265	3.62	74	4.05	89	9.05	9.5
13	Thornton Lee T. Lee	3.47	1940	CWS	28	12	13	.480	27	87	24	1	0	228.0	223	88	100	13	56	2	0	948	4	3.43	2.21	1.55	0.51	9.2	5.9	1.22	.266	3.95	80	3.58	84	8.80	17.1
14	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	3.49	1940	WSH	35	14	19	.424	35	124	23	2	0	289.0	328	112	136	19	78	2	0	1,245	10	3.86	2.43	1.59	0.59	10.0	6.3	1.40	.302	4.24	83	3.66	89	10.21	14.5
15	Johnny Babich J. Babich	3.73	1940	PHA	31	14	13	.519	30	94	16	1	0	229.1	222	95	111	16	80	1	1	988	0	3.69	3.14	1.18	0.63	9.5	8.1	1.32	.258	4.36	84	3.98	92	8.71	9.1
16	Elden Auker E. Auker	3.96	1940	SLA	38	16	11	.593	35	78	20	2	0	263.2	299	116	129	17	96	3	0	1,176	0	2.66	3.28	0.81	0.58	6.6	8.2	1.50	.287	4.40	87	4.21	94	10.21	7.9
17	Mel Harder M. Harder	4.06	1940	CLE	31	12	11	.522	25	76	5	0	0	186.1	200	84	96	16	59	5	2	797	2	3.67	2.85	1.29	0.77	9.5	7.4	1.39	.287	4.64	101	4.17	106	9.66	-6
18	Johnny Gorsica J. Gorsica	4.33	1940	DET	29	7	7	.500	20	68	5	2	0	160.0	170	77	85	10	57	4	2	692	2	3.83	3.21	1.19	0.56	9.8	8.2	1.42	.289	4.78	93	3.94	87	9.56	10.8
19	Buck Ross B. Ross	4.38	1940	PHA	24	5	10	.333	19	43	10	0	1	156.1	160	76	91	15	60	0	3	690	4	2.48	3.45	0.72	0.86	6.2	8.7	1.41	.253	5.24	99	4.69	108	9.21	-5.9
20	Nels Potter N. Potter	4.44	1940	PHA	31	9	14	.391	25	73	13	0	0	200.2	213	99	115	18	71	1	5	876	10	3.27	3.18	1.03	0.81	8.3	8.1	1.42	.273	5.16	100	4.35	100	9.55	-0.2
21	Marv Breuer M. Breuer	4.55	1940	NYY	27	8	9	.471	22	71	10	0	0	164.0	175	83	89	20	61	0	2	722	3	3.90	3.35	1.16	1.10	9.8	8.4	1.44	.272	4.88	108	4.67	113	9.60	-10.9
22	Jack Knott J. Knott	4.56	1940	CWS	25	11	9	.550	23	44	4	2	0	158.0	166	80	88	12	52	2	2	686	1	2.51	2.96	0.85	0.68	6.4	7.6	1.38	.267	5.01	105	4.29	101	9.46	-0.9
23	Sid Hudson S. Hudson	4.57	1940	WSH	38	17	16	.515	31	96	19	3	1	252.0	272	128	149	20	81	3	3	1,090	6	3.43	2.89	1.19	0.71	8.8	7.4	1.40	.283	5.32	109	4.11	100	9.71	-0.3
24	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	4.60	1940	NYY	27	8	7	.533	24	56	6	1	0	172.0	184	88	100	12	60	6	2	741	1	2.93	3.14	0.93	0.63	7.6	8.1	1.42	.283	5.23	109	4.24	103	9.63	-2.9
25	Jim Bagby J. Bagby	4.73	1940	BSA	36	10	16	.385	21	57	5	1	2	182.2	217	96	104	15	83	1	12	829	5	2.81	4.09	0.69	0.74	6.9	10.0	1.64	.300	5.12	105	4.66	105	10.69	-4.3

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