who had the best era in the al in 1988

Allan Anderson had the best ERA in the AL in a season in 1988, with an ERA of 2.45.

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1Allan Anderson
A. Anderson
2.45
1988
MIN MIN
30
16
9
.640
30
83
3
1
0
202.1
199
55
70
14
37
7
0
1
815
1
3.69
1.65
2.24
0.62
10.2
4.5
1.17
.274
3.11
59
3.49
88
8.85
10.4
2Teddy Higuera
T. Higuera
2.45
1988
MIL MIL
31
16
9
.640
31
192
8
1
0
227.1
168
62
66
15
59
6
0
4
895
0
7.60
2.34
3.25
0.59
21.5
6.6
1.00
.246
2.61
62
2.79
72
6.65
27.7
3Frank Viola
F. Viola
2.64
1988
MIN MIN
35
24
7
.774
35
193
7
2
0
255.1
236
75
80
20
54
3
0
2
1,031
5
6.80
1.90
3.57
0.70
18.7
5.2
1.14
.284
2.82
64
2.94
74
8.32
28.7
4Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
2.70
1988
KCR KCR
35
20
8
.714
35
183
8
4
0
269.2
237
81
94
11
83
6
0
3
1,111
12
6.11
2.77
2.20
0.37
16.5
7.5
1.19
.273
3.14
68
2.92
77
7.91
26.6
5Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
2.93
1988
BOS BOS
35
18
12
.600
35
291
14
8
0
264.0
217
86
93
17
62
6
0
4
1,063
4
9.92
2.11
4.69
0.58
27.4
5.8
1.06
.291
3.17
72
2.17
56
7.40
50.5
6Jeff Robinson
J. Robinson
2.98
1988
DET DET
24
13
6
.684
23
114
6
2
0
172.0
121
57
61
19
72
3
0
5
698
8
5.97
3.77
1.58
0.99
16.3
10.3
1.12
.208
3.19
78
4.18
106
6.33
-4.2
7Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
3.04
1988
TOR TOR
32
16
8
.667
31
147
8
4
0
207.1
157
70
76
15
79
13
1
0
844
4
6.38
3.43
1.86
0.65
17.4
9.4
1.14
.241
3.30
76
3.61
93
6.82
6
8Charlie Leibrandt
C. Leibrandt
3.19
1988
KCR KCR
35
13
12
.520
35
125
7
2
0
243.0
244
86
98
20
62
4
0
3
1,002
10
4.63
2.30
2.02
0.74
12.5
6.2
1.26
.283
3.63
80
3.62
95
9.04
4.7
9Greg Swindell
G. Swindell
3.20
1988
CLE CLE
33
18
14
.563
33
180
12
4
0
242.0
234
86
97
18
45
1
0
3
988
5
6.69
1.67
4.00
0.67
18.2
4.6
1.15
.290
3.61
80
2.81
71
8.70
30.6
10Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
3.23
1988
OAK OAK
37
21
12
.636
37
192
14
2
0
275.2
240
99
111
14
110
3
0
5
1,156
14
6.27
3.59
1.75
0.46
16.6
9.5
1.27
.270
3.62
87
3.26
87
7.84
15.4
11Tom Candiotti
T. Candiotti
3.28
1988
CLE CLE
31
14
8
.636
31
137
11
1
0
216.2
225
79
86
15
53
6
0
3
903
5
5.69
2.20
2.58
0.62
15.2
5.9
1.28
.303
3.57
82
3.21
81
9.35
17.8
12Charlie Hough
C. Hough
3.32
1988
TEX TEX
34
15
16
.484
34
174
10
0
0
252.0
202
93
111
20
126
12
0
1
1,067
10
6.21
4.50
1.38
0.71
16.3
11.8
1.30
.248
3.96
83
4.05
104
7.21
-3.9
13Mark Langston
M. Langston
3.34
1988
SEA SEA
35
15
11
.577
35
235
9
3
0
261.1
222
97
108
32
110
3
0
2
1,078
7
8.09
3.79
2.14
1.10
21.8
10.2
1.27
.272
3.72
81
3.85
94
7.65
7.7
14Chris Bosio
C. Bosio
3.36
1988
MIL MIL
38
7
15
.318
22
84
9
1
6
182.0
190
68
80
13
38
2
15
6
766
1
4.15
1.88
2.21
0.64
11.0
5.0
1.25
.281
3.96
85
3.42
88
9.40
9.1
15Mike Boddicker
M. Boddicker
3.39
1988
TOT
36
13
15
.464
35
156
5
1
0
236.0
234
89
102
17
77
14
0
6
1,001
6
5.95
2.94
2.03
0.65
15.6
7.7
1.32
.294
3.89
86
3.53
90
8.92
10.4
16Dave LaPoint
D. LaPoint
3.40
1988
CWS CWS
25
10
11
.476
25
79
1
1
0
161.1
151
61
69
10
47
2
0
1
677
1
4.41
2.62
1.68
0.56
11.7
6.9
1.23
.262
3.85
86
3.50
91
8.42
6
17Jerry Reuss
J. Reuss
3.44
1988
CWS CWS
32
13
9
.591
29
73
2
0
0
183.0
183
70
79
15
43
3
1
1
751
3
3.59
2.11
1.70
0.74
9.7
5.7
1.23
.272
3.89
87
3.78
99
9.00
0.9
18Bob Welch
B. Welch
3.64
1988
OAK OAK
36
17
9
.654
36
158
4
2
0
244.2
237
99
107
22
81
10
0
1
1,034
3
5.81
2.98
1.95
0.81
15.3
7.8
1.30
.282
3.94
98
3.75
100
8.72
-0.4
19Bruce Hurst
B. Hurst
3.66
1988
BOS BOS
33
18
6
.750
32
166
7
1
0
216.2
222
88
98
21
65
2
0
1
922
5
6.90
2.70
2.55
0.87
18.0
7.0
1.32
.301
4.07
90
3.42
88
9.22
11.1
20Jose Guzman
J. Guzman
3.70
1988
TEX TEX
30
11
13
.458
30
157
6
2
0
206.2
180
85
99
20
82
5
0
3
876
10
6.84
3.57
1.91
0.87
17.9
9.4
1.27
.261
4.31
92
3.76
96
7.84
3.5
21Storm Davis
S. Davis
3.70
1988
OAK OAK
33
16
7
.696
33
127
1
0
0
201.2
211
83
86
16
91
1
0
2
872
16
5.67
4.06
1.40
0.71
14.6
10.4
1.50
.306
3.84
99
3.90
104
9.42
-3.7
22Mike Moore
M. Moore
3.78
1988
SEA SEA
37
9
15
.375
32
182
9
3
1
228.2
196
96
104
24
63
3
3
6
918
4
7.16
2.48
2.89
0.94
19.8
6.9
1.13
.266
4.09
92
3.40
83
7.71
17.7
23Melido Perez
M. Perez
3.79
1988
CWS CWS
32
12
10
.545
32
138
3
1
0
197.0
186
83
105
26
72
2
0
0
836
13
6.30
3.29
1.92
1.19
16.5
8.6
1.31
.268
4.80
96
4.20
110
8.50
-8.4
24Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
3.80
1988
KCR KCR
35
14
16
.467
35
171
9
0
0
260.2
271
110
122
18
59
4
0
5
1,089
9
5.90
2.04
2.90
0.62
15.7
5.4
1.27
.302
4.21
96
3.07
81
9.36
21.3
25Jeff Russell
J. Russell
3.82
1988
TEX TEX
34
10
9
.526
24
88
5
0
0
188.2
183
80
86
15
66
7
1
3
793
5
4.20
3.15
1.33
0.72
11.1
8.3
1.32
.272
4.10
95
4.02
103
8.73
-2.3
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