Howie Pollet had the lowest ERA in the NL in 1946, with an ERA of 2.10.

Interpreted as:

Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the nl in 1946?

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Howie Pollet H. Pollet	2.10	1946	SLN	40	21	10	.677	32	107	22	4	5	266.0	228	62	84	12	86	5	7	1,083	1	3.62	2.91	1.24	0.41	9.9	7.9	1.18	.247	2.84	61	3.19	92	7.71	8.4
2	Johnny Sain J. Sain	2.21	1946	BSN	37	20	14	.588	34	129	24	3	2	265.0	225	65	80	8	87	2	3	1,086	3	4.38	2.95	1.48	0.27	11.9	8.0	1.18	.252	2.72	65	2.81	82	7.64	18.6
3	Joe Beggs J. Beggs	2.32	1946	CIN	28	12	10	.545	22	38	14	2	1	190.0	175	49	63	15	39	1	4	760	0	1.80	1.85	0.97	0.71	5.0	5.1	1.13	.240	2.98	70	3.64	108	8.29	-6.3
4	Ewell Blackwell E. Blackwell	2.45	1946	CIN	33	9	13	.409	25	100	10	5	0	194.1	160	53	62	1	79	4	5	803	4	4.63	3.66	1.27	0.05	12.5	9.8	1.23	.257	2.87	74	2.70	80	7.41	14.5
5	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.49	1946	SLN	36	15	15	.500	30	117	14	5	3	231.1	212	64	73	8	67	4	3	954	1	4.55	2.61	1.75	0.31	12.3	7.0	1.21	.269	2.84	73	2.74	79	8.25	18.8
6	Johnny Schmitz J. Schmitz	2.61	1946	CHC	41	11	11	.500	31	135	14	2	2	224.1	184	65	77	6	94	2	8	945	3	5.42	3.77	1.44	0.24	14.3	9.9	1.24	.251	3.09	79	2.81	83	7.38	13.9
7	Hank Wyse H. Wyse	2.68	1946	CHC	40	14	12	.538	27	52	12	2	1	201.1	206	60	73	7	52	3	10	843	2	2.32	2.32	1.00	0.31	6.2	6.2	1.28	.273	3.26	81	3.14	93	9.21	5
8	Joe Hatten J. Hatten	2.84	1946	BKN	42	14	11	.560	30	85	13	1	2	222.0	207	70	79	10	110	7	7	949	5	3.45	4.46	0.77	0.41	9.0	11.6	1.43	.267	3.20	82	3.79	108	8.39	-6.6
9	Fritz Ostermueller F. Ostermueller	2.84	1946	PIT	27	13	10	.565	25	57	16	2	0	193.1	193	61	70	5	56	3	2	810	1	2.65	2.61	1.02	0.23	7.0	6.9	1.29	.273	3.26	80	3.05	84	8.98	12.2
10	Murry Dickson M. Dickson	2.88	1946	SLN	47	15	6	.714	19	82	12	2	1	184.1	160	59	71	8	56	4	9	756	3	4.00	2.73	1.46	0.39	10.8	7.4	1.17	.251	3.47	84	3.04	87	7.81	9
11	Vic Lombardi V. Lombardi	2.89	1946	BKN	41	13	10	.565	25	60	13	2	3	193.0	170	62	76	10	84	2	10	829	3	2.80	3.92	0.71	0.47	7.2	10.1	1.32	.238	3.54	84	3.77	107	7.93	-5.4
12	Kirby Higbe K. Higbe	3.03	1946	BKN	42	17	8	.680	29	134	11	3	1	210.2	178	71	82	6	107	1	5	904	6	5.72	4.57	1.25	0.26	14.8	11.8	1.35	.262	3.50	88	3.02	86	7.60	11.5
13	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	3.12	1946	BSN	28	13	11	.542	27	83	15	4	1	199.0	181	69	76	16	39	0	1	805	2	3.75	1.76	2.13	0.72	10.3	4.8	1.11	.247	3.44	92	3.18	93	8.19	5.6
14	Johnny Vander Meer J. Vander Meer	3.17	1946	CIN	29	10	12	.455	25	94	11	4	0	204.1	175	72	77	11	78	0	0	847	1	4.14	3.44	1.21	0.48	11.1	9.2	1.24	.247	3.39	96	3.31	98	7.71	1
15	Ed Heusser E. Heusser	3.22	1946	CIN	29	7	14	.333	21	47	9	1	2	167.2	167	60	68	11	39	1	5	692	1	2.52	2.09	1.21	0.59	6.8	5.6	1.23	.263	3.65	97	3.39	101	8.96	-0.7
16	Monty Kennedy M. Kennedy	3.42	1946	NYG	38	9	10	.474	27	71	10	1	1	186.2	153	71	80	14	116	4	5	814	5	3.42	5.59	0.61	0.68	8.7	14.3	1.44	.228	3.86	98	4.53	128	7.38	-19.7
17	Ed Wright E. Wright	3.52	1946	BSN	36	12	9	.571	21	44	9	2	0	176.1	164	69	82	8	71	2	7	744	2	2.25	3.62	0.62	0.41	5.9	9.5	1.33	.252	4.19	104	3.72	108	8.37	-5.6
18	Oscar Judd O. Judd	3.53	1946	PHN	30	11	12	.478	24	65	12	1	2	173.1	169	68	86	6	90	1	3	760	4	3.38	4.67	0.72	0.31	8.6	11.8	1.49	.273	4.47	104	3.66	106	8.78	-4.4
19	Nick Strincevich N. Strincevich	3.58	1946	PIT	32	10	15	.400	22	49	11	3	1	176.0	185	70	77	7	44	4	3	745	1	2.51	2.25	1.11	0.36	6.6	5.9	1.30	.278	3.94	101	3.16	87	9.46	8.9
20	Ken Raffensberger K. Raffensberger	3.63	1946	PHN	39	8	15	.348	23	73	14	2	6	196.0	203	79	89	10	39	1	10	819	2	3.35	1.79	1.87	0.46	8.9	4.8	1.23	.277	4.09	107	2.92	85	9.32	11.4
21	Dave Koslo D. Koslo	3.63	1946	NYG	40	14	19	.424	35	121	17	3	1	265.1	251	107	119	15	101	5	5	1,136	5	4.10	3.43	1.20	0.51	10.7	8.9	1.33	.264	4.04	104	3.41	96	8.51	4.4
22	Bill Voiselle B. Voiselle	3.74	1946	NYG	36	9	15	.375	25	89	10	2	0	178.0	171	74	88	14	85	0	5	784	1	4.50	4.30	1.05	0.71	11.4	10.8	1.44	.263	4.45	107	3.84	108	8.65	-5.5
23	Hank Borowy H. Borowy	3.76	1946	CHC	32	12	10	.545	28	95	8	1	0	201.0	220	84	96	9	61	1	4	881	1	4.25	2.73	1.56	0.40	10.8	6.9	1.40	.295	4.30	114	2.95	87	9.85	9.4
24	Ken Heintzelman K. Heintzelman	3.77	1946	PIT	32	8	12	.400	24	57	6	2	1	157.2	165	66	84	7	86	0	4	708	4	3.25	4.91	0.66	0.40	8.1	12.1	1.59	.283	4.79	106	3.88	107	9.42	-4

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