who had the best era in the al in 2004

Johan Santana had the best ERA in the AL in 2004, with an ERA of 2.61.

Interpreted as:
Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the al in 2004?
NAMEERASEASONTMGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Johan Santana
J. Santana
2.61
2004
MIN MIN
34
20
6
.769
34
265
1
1
0
228.0
156
66
70
24
54
9
0
0
881
7
10.46
2.13
4.91
0.95
30.1
6.1
0.92
.250
2.76
56
2.91
66
6.16
38.1
2Curt Schilling
C. Schilling
3.26
2004
BOS BOS
32
21
6
.778
32
203
3
0
0
226.2
206
82
84
23
35
5
0
0
910
3
8.06
1.39
5.80
0.91
22.3
3.8
1.06
.284
3.34
69
3.10
71
8.18
33.1
3Jake Westbrook
J. Westbrook
3.38
2004
CLE CLE
33
14
9
.609
30
116
5
1
0
215.2
208
81
95
19
61
5
2
3
895
4
4.84
2.55
1.90
0.79
13.0
6.8
1.25
.272
3.96
75
4.03
92
8.68
8.5
4Brad Radke
B. Radke
3.48
2004
MIN MIN
34
11
8
.579
34
143
1
1
0
219.2
229
85
92
23
26
6
0
1
901
2
5.86
1.07
5.50
0.94
15.9
2.9
1.16
.293
3.77
75
3.54
81
9.38
21
5Tim Hudson
T. Hudson
3.53
2004
OAK OAK
27
12
6
.667
27
103
3
2
0
188.2
194
74
82
8
44
12
0
3
793
4
4.91
2.10
2.34
0.38
13.0
5.5
1.26
.297
3.91
77
3.39
75
9.25
23.7
6Rodrigo Lopez
R. Lopez
3.59
2004
BAL BAL
37
14
9
.609
23
121
1
1
0
170.2
164
68
71
21
54
2
3
2
714
4
6.38
2.85
2.24
1.11
16.9
7.6
1.28
.277
3.74
79
4.21
90
8.65
8.5
7Freddy Garcia
F. Garcia
3.81
2004
TOT
31
13
11
.542
31
184
1
0
0
210.0
192
89
92
22
64
7
0
3
878
8
7.89
2.74
2.88
0.94
21.0
7.3
1.22
.283
3.94
83
3.66
80
8.23
21.4
8Mark Buehrle
M. Buehrle
3.89
2004
CWS CWS
35
16
10
.615
35
165
4
1
0
245.1
257
106
119
33
51
8
0
2
1,016
0
6.05
1.87
3.24
1.21
16.2
5.0
1.26
.295
4.37
82
4.17
88
9.43
15.6
9Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
3.90
2004
BOS BOS
33
16
9
.640
33
227
1
1
0
217.0
193
94
99
26
61
16
0
0
903
2
9.41
2.53
3.72
1.08
25.1
6.8
1.17
.291
4.11
83
3.57
81
8.00
19.9
10Kelvim Escobar
K. Escobar
3.93
2004
ANA ANA
33
11
12
.478
33
191
0
0
0
208.1
192
91
91
21
76
7
0
2
878
9
8.25
3.28
2.51
0.91
21.8
8.7
1.29
.293
3.93
88
3.71
84
8.29
16.7
11Rich Harden
R. Harden
3.99
2004
OAK OAK
31
11
7
.611
31
167
0
0
0
189.2
171
84
90
16
81
3
0
6
803
4
7.92
3.84
2.06
0.76
20.8
10.1
1.33
.289
4.27
87
3.70
82
8.11
17.2
12Bronson Arroyo
B. Arroyo
4.03
2004
BOS BOS
32
10
9
.526
29
142
0
0
0
178.2
171
80
99
17
47
20
0
3
764
5
7.15
2.37
3.02
0.86
18.6
6.2
1.22
.286
4.99
85
3.81
87
8.61
11.4
13Ted Lilly
T. Lilly
4.06
2004
TOR TOR
32
12
10
.545
32
168
2
1
0
197.1
171
89
92
26
89
6
0
2
845
6
7.66
4.06
1.89
1.19
19.9
10.5
1.32
.261
4.20
85
4.49
98
7.80
2.6
14CC Sabathia
CC Sabathia
4.12
2004
CLE CLE
30
11
10
.524
30
139
1
1
0
188.0
176
86
90
20
72
7
0
3
787
1
6.65
3.45
1.93
0.96
17.7
9.1
1.32
.284
4.31
92
4.21
96
8.43
3.6
15Ryan Drese
R. Drese
4.20
2004
TEX TEX
34
14
10
.583
33
98
2
0
0
207.2
233
97
104
16
58
11
1
6
897
1
4.25
2.51
1.69
0.69
10.9
6.5
1.40
.304
4.51
85
4.09
88
10.10
12.8
16Carlos Silva
C. Silva
4.21
2004
MIN MIN
33
14
8
.636
33
76
1
1
0
203.0
255
95
100
23
35
5
0
2
869
5
3.37
1.55
2.17
1.02
8.7
4.0
1.43
.318
4.43
91
4.36
99
11.31
0.4
17Mike Maroth
M. Maroth
4.31
2004
DET DET
33
11
13
.458
33
108
2
1
0
217.0
244
104
112
25
59
7
0
1
928
10
4.48
2.45
1.83
1.04
11.6
6.4
1.40
.300
4.65
96
4.45
100
10.12
0.4
18Jon Lieber
J. Lieber
4.33
2004
NYY NYY
27
14
8
.636
27
102
0
0
0
176.2
216
85
95
20
18
2
0
2
749
7
5.20
0.92
5.67
1.02
13.6
2.4
1.32
.323
4.84
95
3.70
83
11.00
15.3
19Mark Mulder
M. Mulder
4.43
2004
OAK OAK
33
17
8
.680
33
140
5
1
0
225.2
223
111
119
25
83
12
0
1
952
10
5.58
3.31
1.69
1.00
14.7
8.7
1.36
.286
4.75
97
4.50
100
8.89
0.4
20Barry Zito
B. Zito
4.48
2004
OAK OAK
34
11
11
.500
34
163
0
0
0
213.0
216
106
116
28
81
9
0
2
926
4
6.89
3.42
2.01
1.18
17.6
8.7
1.39
.291
4.90
98
4.49
99
9.13
0.8
21Mike Mussina
M. Mussina
4.59
2004
NYY NYY
27
12
9
.571
27
132
1
0
0
164.2
178
84
91
22
40
2
0
1
697
5
7.21
2.19
3.30
1.20
18.9
5.7
1.32
.311
4.97
101
3.94
88
9.73
9.8
22John Lackey
J. Lackey
4.67
2004
ANA ANA
33
14
13
.519
32
144
1
1
0
198.1
215
103
108
22
60
8
0
4
855
11
6.53
2.72
2.40
1.00
16.8
7.0
1.39
.311
4.90
104
4.06
92
9.76
8.1
23Mark Redman
M. Redman
4.71
2004
OAK OAK
32
11
12
.478
32
102
2
0
0
191.0
218
100
110
28
68
6
0
6
832
6
4.81
3.20
1.50
1.32
12.3
8.2
1.50
.303
5.18
103
5.04
112
10.27
-11.1
24Kenny Rogers
K. Rogers
4.76
2004
TEX TEX
35
18
9
.667
35
126
2
1
0
211.2
248
112
117
24
66
9
0
0
935
2
5.36
2.81
1.91
1.02
13.5
7.1
1.48
.315
4.97
96
4.39
94
10.54
6.4
25Miguel Batista
M. Batista
4.80
2004
TOR TOR
38
10
13
.435
31
104
2
1
5
198.2
206
106
115
22
96
3
7
1
867
12
4.71
4.35
1.08
1.00
12.0
11.1
1.52
.287
5.21
101
4.93
107
9.33
-6.7

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HR

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R

678

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SO

1,372

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ERA

4.55

24th

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TEAMWLPCTGB
Guardians Guardians
88
74
.543
Tigers Tigers
87
75
.537
1.0
Royals Royals
82
80
.506
6.0
Twins Twins
70
92
.432
18.0
White Sox White Sox
60
102
.370
28.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
3:05 PM
Sat
3/28
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
4:05 PM
Sun
3/29
MIN MIN
@
BAL BAL
1:35 PM
Mon
3/30
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:00 AM
Wed
4/1
MIN MIN
@
KCR KCR
4:00 AM
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NL EastWLPCTGB
Phillies Phillies
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66
.593
Mets Mets
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79
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NL CentralWLPCTGB
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Cubs Cubs
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70
.568
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NL WestWLPCTGB
Dodgers Dodgers
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Tigers Tigers
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72
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75
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Tue
9/16
ATL ATL
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WSH WSH
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Tue
9/16
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TOR TOR
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TBR TBR
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DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
NYY NYY
@
SFG SFG
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
ATH ATH
@
TOR TOR
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
LAA LAA
@
HOU HOU
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
KCR KCR
@
ATL ATL
4:00 AM
Thu
3/26
PIT PIT
@
NYM NYM
4:00 AM