Tommy Bond had the lowest ERA in the NL in 1879, with an ERA of 1.96.

Interpreted as:

Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the nl in 1879?

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Tommy Bond T. Bond	1.96	1879	BOS	64	43	19	.694	64	155	59	11	0	555.1	543	121	206	8	24	1	2,189	13	2.51	0.39	6.46	0.13	7.1	1.1	1.02	3.34	79	2.50	101	8.80	-3.4
2	Will White W. White	1.99	1879	CIN	76	43	31	.581	75	232	75	4	0	680.0	676	150	404	10	68	1	2,906	49	3.07	0.90	3.41	0.13	8.0	2.3	1.09	5.35	84	2.55	107	8.95	-25.2
3	John Ward J. Ward	2.15	1879	PRO	70	47	19	.712	60	239	58	2	1	587.0	571	140	270	5	36	10	2,425	29	3.66	0.55	6.64	0.08	9.9	1.5	1.03	4.14	89	2.22	92	8.75	7.9
4	Harry Salisbury H. Salisbury	2.22	1879	TRO	10	4	6	.400	10	31	9	0	0	89.0	103	22	72	0	11	0	400	8	3.13	1.11	2.82	0.00	7.8	2.8	1.28	7.28	90	2.41	98	10.42	0.3
5	Pud Galvin P. Galvin	2.28	1879	BUF	66	37	27	.578	66	136	65	6	0	593.0	585	150	299	3	31	0	2,436	23	2.06	0.47	4.39	0.05	5.6	1.3	1.04	4.54	89	2.50	98	8.88	6.4
6	Bobby Mathews B. Mathews	2.29	1879	PRO	27	12	6	.667	25	90	15	1	1	189.0	194	48	85	4	26	2	779	17	4.29	1.24	3.46	0.19	11.6	3.3	1.16	4.05	94	2.47	102	9.24	-3
7	Jim McCormick J. McCormick	2.42	1879	CLE	62	20	40	.333	60	197	59	3	0	546.1	582	147	308	3	74	1	2,325	30	3.25	1.22	2.66	0.05	8.5	3.2	1.20	5.07	101	2.50	104	9.59	-13.4
8	Terry Larkin T. Larkin	2.44	1879	CWS	58	31	23	.574	58	142	57	4	0	513.1	514	139	277	5	30	0	2,176	20	2.49	0.53	4.73	0.09	6.5	1.4	1.06	4.86	95	2.49	97	9.01	9.3
9	Frank Hankinson F. Hankinson	2.50	1879	CWS	26	15	10	.600	25	69	25	2	0	230.2	248	64	134	0	27	1	1,000	4	2.69	1.05	2.56	0.00	6.9	2.7	1.19	5.23	97	2.49	97	9.68	4.1
10	Curry Foley C. Foley	2.51	1879	BOS	21	9	9	.500	16	57	16	1	0	161.2	175	45	111	1	15	4	709	9	3.17	0.84	3.80	0.06	8.0	2.1	1.18	6.18	101	2.39	97	9.74	0.9
11	Bill McGunnigle B. McGunnigle	2.63	1879	BUF	14	9	5	.643	13	62	13	2	0	120.0	113	35	66	0	16	1	496	2	4.65	1.20	3.88	0.00	12.5	3.2	1.08	4.95	103	2.11	83	8.48	6.5
12	George Bradley G. Bradley	2.85	1879	TRO	54	13	40	.245	54	133	53	3	0	487.0	590	154	361	12	26	0	2,170	43	2.46	0.48	5.12	0.22	6.1	1.2	1.26	6.67	115	2.67	108	10.90	-12.6
13	Harry McCormick H. McCormick	2.99	1879	SYR	54	18	33	.353	54	96	49	5	0	457.1	517	152	291	3	31	4	1,975	31	1.89	0.61	3.10	0.06	4.9	1.6	1.20	5.73	126	2.61	110	10.17	-20.1
14	Bobby Mitchell B. Mitchell	3.28	1879	CLE	23	7	15	.318	22	90	20	0	0	194.2	236	71	153	1	42	2	876	26	4.16	1.94	2.14	0.05	10.3	4.8	1.43	7.07	137	2.53	106	10.91	-5.5
15	Blondie Purcell B. Purcell	3.78	1879	TOT	24	4	17	.190	19	31	17	0	0	197.2	272	83	180	1	21	3	905	34	1.41	0.96	1.48	0.05	3.4	2.3	1.48	8.20	159	2.81	118	12.38	-13.4