who had the best era in the al in 1989

Bret Saberhagen had the best ERA in the AL in 1989, with an ERA of 2.16.

Interpreted as:
Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the al in 1989?
NAMEERASEASONTMGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Bret Saberhagen
B. Saberhagen
2.16
1989
KCR KCR
36
23
6
.793
35
193
12
4
0
262.1
209
63
74
13
43
2
0
6
1,021
8
6.62
1.48
4.49
0.45
18.9
4.2
0.96
.255
2.54
56
2.44
66
7.17
36.9
2Chuck Finley
C. Finley
2.57
1989
CAL CAL
29
16
9
.640
29
156
9
1
0
199.2
171
57
64
13
82
2
0
0
827
4
7.03
3.70
1.90
0.59
18.9
9.9
1.27
.275
2.88
68
3.30
85
7.71
12.6
3Mike Moore
M. Moore
2.61
1989
OAK OAK
35
19
11
.633
35
172
6
3
0
241.2
193
70
82
14
83
2
0
1
976
17
6.41
3.09
2.07
0.52
17.6
8.5
1.14
.254
3.05
71
3.14
86
7.19
13.6
4Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
2.73
1989
CAL CAL
33
17
5
.773
33
131
8
5
0
241.0
225
73
76
14
44
8
0
2
973
2
4.89
1.64
2.98
0.52
13.5
4.5
1.12
.272
2.84
72
3.07
79
8.40
21.3
5Kirk McCaskill
K. McCaskill
2.93
1989
CAL CAL
32
15
10
.600
32
107
6
4
0
212.0
202
69
73
16
59
3
0
1
864
7
4.54
2.50
1.81
0.68
12.4
6.8
1.23
.274
3.10
78
3.60
93
8.58
6.4
6Chris Bosio
C. Bosio
2.95
1989
MIL MIL
33
15
10
.600
33
173
8
2
0
234.2
225
77
90
16
48
6
0
1
969
4
6.63
1.84
3.60
0.61
17.9
5.0
1.16
.288
3.45
75
2.86
76
8.63
23.6
7Bob Welch
B. Welch
3.00
1989
OAK OAK
33
17
8
.680
33
137
1
0
0
209.2
191
70
82
13
78
6
0
3
884
5
5.88
3.35
1.76
0.56
15.5
8.8
1.28
.274
3.52
82
3.46
95
8.20
4.1
8Mark Gubicza
M. Gubicza
3.04
1989
KCR KCR
36
15
11
.577
36
173
8
2
0
255.0
252
86
100
10
63
5
0
8
1,060
9
6.11
2.22
2.75
0.35
16.3
5.9
1.24
.299
3.53
78
2.71
74
8.89
28.1
9John Cerutti
J. Cerutti
3.07
1989
TOR TOR
33
11
11
.500
31
69
3
1
0
205.1
214
70
90
19
53
6
1
2
856
4
3.02
2.32
1.30
0.83
8.1
6.2
1.30
.275
3.94
78
4.15
106
9.38
-5
10Tom Candiotti
T. Candiotti
3.10
1989
CLE CLE
31
13
10
.565
31
124
4
0
0
206.0
188
71
80
10
55
4
0
5
847
4
5.42
2.40
2.25
0.44
14.6
6.5
1.18
.272
3.50
79
3.04
81
8.21
16.5
11Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
3.13
1989
BOS BOS
35
17
11
.607
35
230
8
3
0
253.1
215
88
101
20
93
8
0
5
1,044
7
8.17
3.30
2.47
0.71
22.0
8.9
1.22
.281
3.59
77
3.16
83
7.64
17.9
12Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
3.20
1989
TEX TEX
32
16
10
.615
32
301
6
2
0
239.1
162
85
96
17
98
9
0
3
988
19
11.32
3.69
3.07
0.64
30.5
9.9
1.09
.258
3.61
82
2.50
65
6.09
35.1
13Dave Stewart
D. Stewart
3.32
1989
OAK OAK
36
21
9
.700
36
155
8
0
0
257.2
260
95
105
23
69
6
0
0
1,081
13
5.41
2.41
2.25
0.80
14.3
6.4
1.28
.286
3.67
91
3.58
98
9.08
1.2
14Scott Bankhead
S. Bankhead
3.34
1989
SEA SEA
33
14
6
.700
33
140
3
2
0
210.1
187
78
84
19
63
3
0
1
862
2
5.99
2.70
2.22
0.81
16.2
7.3
1.19
.264
3.59
83
3.54
91
8.00
8.7
15Kevin Brown
K. Brown
3.35
1989
TEX TEX
28
12
9
.571
28
104
7
0
0
191.0
167
71
81
10
70
4
0
2
798
7
4.90
3.30
1.49
0.47
13.0
8.8
1.24
.257
3.82
85
3.51
92
7.87
6.9
16Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
3.35
1989
TOR TOR
33
17
8
.680
33
101
3
2
0
206.2
164
77
83
12
76
13
0
2
850
3
4.40
3.31
1.33
0.52
11.9
8.9
1.16
.235
3.61
86
3.82
98
7.14
2.2
17Bud Black
B. Black
3.36
1989
CLE CLE
33
12
11
.522
32
88
6
3
0
222.1
213
83
95
14
52
1
0
0
912
13
3.56
2.10
1.69
0.57
9.6
5.7
1.19
.263
3.85
86
3.50
93
8.62
6.4
18Greg Swindell
G. Swindell
3.37
1989
CLE CLE
28
13
6
.684
28
129
5
2
0
184.1
170
69
71
16
51
0
0
1
749
3
6.30
2.49
2.53
0.78
17.2
6.8
1.20
.278
3.47
86
3.31
88
8.30
9.1
19Jeff Ballard
J. Ballard
3.43
1989
BAL BAL
35
18
8
.692
35
62
4
1
0
215.1
240
82
95
16
57
4
0
5
912
3
2.59
2.38
1.09
0.67
6.8
6.3
1.38
.290
3.97
90
3.99
105
10.03
-4.7
20Frank Tanana
F. Tanana
3.58
1989
DET DET
33
10
14
.417
33
147
6
1
0
223.2
227
89
105
21
74
8
0
8
955
8
5.92
2.98
1.99
0.85
15.4
7.7
1.35
.292
4.23
93
3.76
97
9.13
2.9
21John Farrell
J. Farrell
3.63
1989
CLE CLE
31
9
14
.391
31
132
7
2
0
208.0
196
84
97
14
71
7
0
4
895
4
5.71
3.07
1.86
0.61
14.7
7.9
1.28
.271
4.20
93
3.49
93
8.48
6.3
22Tom Gordon
T. Gordon
3.64
1989
KCR KCR
49
17
9
.654
16
153
1
1
1
163.0
122
66
67
10
86
1
16
4
677
12
8.45
4.75
1.78
0.55
22.6
12.7
1.28
.262
3.70
94
3.28
89
6.74
7.3
23Bob Milacki
B. Milacki
3.74
1989
BAL BAL
37
14
12
.538
36
113
3
2
0
243.0
233
101
105
21
88
2
1
4
1,022
1
4.19
3.26
1.28
0.78
11.1
8.6
1.32
.266
3.89
98
4.06
107
8.63
-7.1
24Frank Viola
F. Viola
3.79
1989
MIN MIN
24
8
12
.400
24
138
7
1
0
175.2
171
74
80
17
47
3
0
1
731
5
7.07
2.41
2.94
0.87
18.9
6.4
1.24
.293
4.10
95
3.30
87
8.76
9.8
25Allan Anderson
A. Anderson
3.80
1989
MIN MIN
33
17
10
.630
33
69
4
1
0
196.2
214
83
97
15
53
7
0
1
846
5
3.16
2.43
1.30
0.69
8.2
6.3
1.36
.283
4.44
95
3.96
104
9.79
-3.6
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