Vida Blue had the lowest ERA in the AL in 1971, with an ERA of 1.82.

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Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the al in 1971?

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.82	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
2	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	1.91	1971	CWS	44	22	13	.629	42	210	22	7	1	334.0	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	53	2.63	71	7.33	38.9
3	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.68	1971	BAL	37	20	9	.690	37	184	20	3	0	282.0	231	84	94	19	106	4	0	6	1,165	8	5.87	3.38	1.74	0.61	15.8	9.1	1.20	.249	3.00	77	3.19	90	7.37	11.5
4	Mike Hedlund M. Hedlund	2.71	1971	KCR	32	15	8	.652	30	76	7	1	0	205.2	168	62	68	15	72	1	1	1	833	2	3.33	3.15	1.06	0.66	9.1	8.6	1.17	.229	2.98	78	3.72	105	7.35	-3.8
5	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2.81	1971	MIN	38	16	15	.516	38	224	17	5	0	278.1	267	87	95	21	59	5	0	1	1,126	5	7.24	1.91	3.80	0.68	19.9	5.2	1.17	.301	3.07	80	2.51	69	8.63	34.2
6	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.87	1971	NYY	35	16	12	.571	35	132	19	7	0	269.2	234	86	100	16	69	4	0	6	1,091	5	4.41	2.30	1.91	0.53	12.1	6.3	1.12	.251	3.34	87	3.05	90	7.81	9.6
7	Dave McNally D. McNally	2.89	1971	BAL	30	21	5	.808	30	91	11	1	0	224.1	188	72	75	24	58	5	0	2	899	5	3.65	2.33	1.57	0.96	10.1	6.5	1.10	.227	3.01	83	3.87	109	7.54	-7.8
8	Pat Dobson P. Dobson	2.90	1971	BAL	38	20	8	.714	37	187	18	4	1	282.1	248	91	104	24	63	2	1	2	1,134	6	5.96	2.01	2.97	0.77	16.5	5.6	1.10	.261	3.32	84	2.92	82	7.91	20
9	Sonny Siebert S. Siebert	2.91	1971	BOS	32	16	10	.615	32	131	12	4	0	235.1	220	76	84	20	60	3	0	5	975	4	5.01	2.29	2.18	0.76	13.4	6.2	1.19	.263	3.21	79	3.24	86	8.41	13.7
10	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2.92	1971	DET	45	25	14	.641	45	308	29	4	0	376.0	336	122	133	36	92	7	0	2	1,538	7	7.37	2.20	3.35	0.86	20.0	6.0	1.14	.274	3.18	83	2.84	78	8.04	32.5
11	Bart Johnson B. Johnson	2.93	1971	CWS	53	12	10	.545	16	153	4	0	14	178.0	148	58	67	9	111	6	24	6	784	11	7.74	5.61	1.38	0.46	19.5	14.2	1.46	.275	3.39	81	3.36	91	7.48	6.8
12	Lew Krausse L. Krausse	2.94	1971	MIL	43	8	12	.400	22	92	1	0	0	180.1	164	59	67	23	62	5	4	10	760	1	4.59	3.09	1.48	1.15	12.1	8.2	1.25	.244	3.34	85	4.20	118	8.18	-12.9
13	Steve Kline S. Kline	2.96	1971	NYY	31	12	13	.480	30	81	15	1	0	222.1	206	73	87	21	37	0	0	7	888	3	3.28	1.50	2.19	0.85	9.1	4.2	1.09	.247	3.52	90	3.44	102	8.34	-2.3
14	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2.96	1971	OAK	37	21	11	.656	37	181	16	4	0	273.2	225	90	103	27	80	4	0	7	1,109	2	5.95	2.63	2.26	0.89	16.3	7.2	1.11	.242	3.39	91	3.33	100	7.40	-0.4
15	Tom Bradley T. Bradley	2.96	1971	CWS	45	15	15	.500	39	206	7	6	2	285.2	273	94	111	16	74	2	3	5	1,198	6	6.49	2.33	2.78	0.50	17.2	6.2	1.21	.286	3.50	82	2.53	68	8.60	36.2
16	Dick Drago D. Drago	2.98	1971	KCR	35	17	11	.607	34	109	15	4	0	241.1	251	80	84	14	46	9	0	1	977	4	4.06	1.72	2.37	0.52	11.2	4.7	1.23	.297	3.13	86	2.98	84	9.36	15.4
17	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.99	1971	CAL	38	20	13	.606	38	179	14	4	0	276.2	224	92	112	16	121	7	0	6	1,170	9	5.82	3.94	1.48	0.52	15.3	10.3	1.25	.246	3.64	91	3.29	97	7.29	2.1
18	Clyde Wright C. Wright	2.99	1971	CAL	37	16	17	.485	37	135	10	2	0	276.2	225	92	105	17	82	3	0	10	1,107	7	4.39	2.67	1.65	0.55	12.2	7.4	1.11	.239	3.42	91	3.19	94	7.32	5.3
19	Rudy May R. May	3.02	1971	CAL	32	11	12	.478	31	156	7	2	0	208.1	160	70	74	12	87	2	1	6	852	0	6.74	3.76	1.79	0.52	18.3	10.2	1.19	.249	3.20	92	2.98	88	6.91	9.2
20	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	3.05	1971	NYY	37	15	13	.536	35	139	16	4	1	274.0	269	93	106	25	42	4	2	7	1,104	6	4.57	1.38	3.31	0.82	12.6	3.8	1.14	.273	3.48	93	3.12	92	8.84	7.5
21	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.08	1971	BAL	38	20	9	.690	38	124	21	4	0	292.1	250	100	111	30	78	1	0	1	1,166	3	3.82	2.40	1.59	0.92	10.6	6.7	1.12	.236	3.42	89	3.74	105	7.70	-6.1
22	Marty Pattin M. Pattin	3.13	1971	MIL	36	14	14	.500	36	169	9	5	0	264.2	225	92	100	29	73	4	0	11	1,057	1	5.75	2.48	2.32	0.99	16.0	6.9	1.13	.251	3.40	90	3.47	98	7.65	2.6
23	Joe Coleman J. Coleman	3.15	1971	DET	39	20	9	.690	38	236	16	3	0	286.0	241	100	106	17	96	7	0	3	1,174	7	7.43	3.02	2.46	0.53	20.1	8.2	1.18	.274	3.34	89	2.65	73	7.58	30.7
24	Bill Parsons B. Parsons	3.20	1971	MIL	36	13	17	.433	35	139	12	4	0	244.2	219	87	95	19	93	4	0	10	1,022	5	5.11	3.42	1.49	0.70	13.6	9.1	1.28	.261	3.49	92	3.51	99	8.06	1.3
25	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	3.32	1971	MIN	39	13	14	.481	38	137	15	4	0	260.1	275	96	104	16	47	6	0	9	1,098	8	4.74	1.62	2.91	0.55	12.5	4.3	1.24	.290	3.60	94	2.80	77	9.51	23.6

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