who had the best era in the nl in 1887

Dan Casey had the best ERA in the NL in 1887, with an ERA of 2.86.

Interpreted as:
Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the nl in 1887?
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 Dan Casey
D. Casey
2.86
1887
PHN PHN
45
28
13
.683
45
119
43
4
0
390.1
377
124
199
15
115
14
0
1,660
16
2.74
2.65
1.03
0.35
7.2
6.9
1.26
.259
4.59
69
4.16
96
8.69
8.7
2 Pete Conway
P. Conway
2.90
1887
DET
17
8
9
.471
17
40
16
0
0
146.0
132
47
95
3
47
5
0
613
11
2.47
2.90
0.85
0.18
6.5
7.7
1.23
.249
5.86
72
4.06
96
8.14
2.7
3 Charlie Ferguson
C. Ferguson
3.00
1887
PHN PHN
37
22
10
.688
33
125
31
2
1
297.1
297
99
154
13
47
11
4
1,227
5
3.78
1.42
2.66
0.39
10.2
3.8
1.16
.275
4.66
73
3.59
83
8.99
25
4 John Clarkson
J. Clarkson
3.08
1887
CWS CWS
60
38
21
.644
59
237
56
2
0
523.0
513
179
283
19
92
8
1
2,183
25
4.08
1.58
2.58
0.33
10.9
4.2
1.16
.270
4.87
71
3.42
75
8.83
69.4
5 Tim Keefe
T. Keefe
3.12
1887
NYG NYG
56
35
19
.648
56
189
54
2
0
476.2
428
165
256
11
108
11
1
1,981
37
3.57
2.04
1.75
0.21
9.5
5.5
1.12
.251
4.83
79
3.53
86
8.08
27.2
6 Jim Whitney
J. Whitney
3.22
1887
WSH WSH
47
24
21
.533
47
146
46
2
0
404.2
430
145
253
16
42
16
0
1,718
14
3.25
0.93
3.48
0.36
8.5
2.4
1.17
.276
5.63
83
3.50
86
9.56
21.8
7 Pud Galvin
P. Galvin
3.29
1887
PIT PIT
49
28
21
.571
48
76
47
3
0
440.2
490
161
259
12
67
11
2
1,897
7
1.55
1.37
1.13
0.25
4.0
3.5
1.26
.276
5.29
86
3.82
96
10.01
0.8
8 Mickey Welch
M. Welch
3.36
1887
NYG NYG
41
22
15
.595
40
115
39
2
0
346.0
339
129
191
7
91
5
1
1,437
16
2.99
2.37
1.26
0.18
8.0
6.3
1.24
.272
4.97
85
3.71
90
8.82
12.8
9 Mark Baldwin
M. Baldwin
3.40
1887
CWS CWS
40
18
17
.514
39
164
35
1
1
334.0
329
126
218
22
122
17
2
1,465
41
4.42
3.29
1.34
0.59
11.2
8.3
1.35
.269
5.87
78
4.40
97
8.87
10.2
10 Henry Boyle
H. Boyle
3.65
1887
IND
38
13
24
.351
38
85
37
0
0
328.0
356
133
204
11
69
12
0
1,424
13
2.33
1.89
1.23
0.30
6.0
4.8
1.30
.277
5.60
90
3.94
93
9.77
10.7
11 Charlie Buffinton
C. Buffinton
3.66
1887
PHN PHN
40
21
17
.553
38
160
35
1
0
332.1
352
135
224
16
92
4
1
1,431
25
4.33
2.49
1.74
0.43
11.2
6.4
1.34
.290
6.07
89
3.81
88
9.53
20.1
12 Pretzels Getzien
P. Getzien
3.73
1887
DET
43
29
13
.690
42
135
41
2
0
366.2
373
152
217
24
106
2
1
1,578
18
3.31
2.60
1.27
0.59
8.6
6.7
1.31
.266
5.33
92
4.28
101
9.16
-1.8
13 Kid Madden
K. Madden
3.79
1887
BSN BSN
37
21
14
.600
37
81
36
3
0
321.0
317
135
203
19
122
20
0
1,404
10
2.27
3.42
0.66
0.53
5.8
8.7
1.37
.256
5.69
95
4.87
117
8.89
-28.1
14 Lady Baldwin
L. Baldwin
3.84
1887
DET
24
13
10
.565
24
60
24
1
0
211.0
225
90
136
7
61
5
0
901
7
2.56
2.60
0.98
0.30
6.7
6.8
1.36
.284
5.80
95
4.08
96
9.60
3.6
15 George Van Haltren
G. Van Haltren
3.86
1887
CWS CWS
20
11
7
.611
18
76
18
1
1
161.0
177
69
113
8
66
16
1
722
9
4.25
3.69
1.15
0.45
10.5
9.1
1.51
.304
6.32
89
4.51
100
9.89
3.1
16 Frank Gilmore
F. Gilmore
3.87
1887
WSH WSH
28
7
20
.259
27
114
27
1
0
234.2
247
101
172
7
92
13
1
1,047
14
4.37
3.53
1.24
0.27
10.9
8.8
1.44
.292
6.60
100
4.04
99
9.47
-1.9
17 Hank O'Day
H. O'Day
4.17
1887
WSH WSH
30
8
20
.286
30
86
29
0
0
254.2
255
118
197
15
109
9
0
1,122
31
3.04
3.85
0.79
0.53
7.7
9.7
1.43
.266
6.96
107
4.76
117
9.01
-23.3
18 Jim McCormick
J. McCormick
4.30
1887
PIT PIT
36
13
23
.361
36
77
36
0
0
322.1
377
154
217
12
84
12
0
1,417
16
2.15
2.35
0.92
0.34
5.4
5.9
1.43
.296
6.06
113
4.18
105
10.53
-13.1
19 Ed Morris
E. Morris
4.31
1887
PIT PIT
38
14
22
.389
38
91
37
1
0
317.2
375
152
225
13
71
8
0
1,392
13
2.58
2.01
1.28
0.37
6.5
5.1
1.40
.299
6.37
113
3.98
100
10.62
-5.6
20 Old Hoss Radbourn
O. Hoss Radbourn
4.55
1887
BSN BSN
50
24
23
.511
50
87
48
1
0
425.0
505
215
305
21
133
14
0
1,915
20
1.84
2.82
0.65
0.44
4.5
6.9
1.50
.292
6.46
115
4.55
110
10.69
-21.7
21 Dick Conway
D. Conway
4.66
1887
BSN BSN
26
9
15
.375
26
45
25
0
0
222.1
249
115
161
10
86
7
0
996
17
1.82
3.48
0.52
0.40
4.5
8.6
1.51
.282
6.52
117
4.71
114
10.08
-15.5
22 Egyptian Healy
E. Healy
5.17
1887
IND
41
12
29
.293
41
75
40
3
0
341.0
415
196
292
24
108
15
0
1,535
39
1.98
2.85
0.69
0.63
4.9
7.0
1.53
.298
7.71
128
4.83
114
10.95
-22.9
23 Stump Wiedman
S. Wiedman
5.18
1887
TOT
22
13
8
.619
22
60
21
0
0
191.0
231
110
138
10
62
9
0
852
7
2.83
2.92
0.97
0.47
7.0
7.3
1.53
.311
6.50
128
4.44
105
10.88
-4.7
24 Dupee Shaw
D. Shaw
6.45
1887
WSH WSH
21
7
13
.350
20
47
20
0
0
181.1
263
130
177
8
46
3
1
852
3
2.33
2.28
1.02
0.40
5.5
5.4
1.70
.341
8.78
166
4.14
102
13.05
-3.7

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