Chet Nichols had the lowest ERA in the NL in 1951, with an ERA of 2.88 in his rookie season.

Interpreted as:

Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the nl in 1951?

	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	Chet Nichols C. Nichols	2.88	1951	BSN	33	11	8	.579	19	71	12	3	2	156.0	142	50	61	4	69	1	6	663	8	4.10	3.98	1.03	0.23	10.7	10.4	1.35	.266	3.52	77	3.25	84	8.19	10.6
2	Sal Maglie S. Maglie	2.93	1951	NYG	42	23	6	.793	37	146	22	3	4	298.0	254	97	110	27	86	6	5	1,210	4	4.41	2.60	1.70	0.82	12.1	7.1	1.14	.240	3.32	74	3.60	89	7.67	15
3	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2.98	1951	BSN	39	22	14	.611	36	164	26	7	0	310.2	278	103	111	20	109	1	3	1,289	7	4.75	3.16	1.50	0.58	12.7	8.5	1.25	.259	3.22	79	3.32	86	8.05	18.3
4	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	3.03	1951	PHN	44	21	15	.583	39	127	22	6	2	315.0	284	106	115	20	64	3	4	1,274	4	3.63	1.83	1.98	0.57	10.0	5.0	1.10	.249	3.29	79	3.14	80	8.11	28.2
5	Larry Jansen L. Jansen	3.04	1951	NYG	39	23	11	.676	34	145	18	3	0	278.2	254	94	102	26	56	3	5	1,133	3	4.68	1.81	2.59	0.84	12.8	4.9	1.11	.252	3.29	77	3.29	81	8.20	23.8
6	Preacher Roe P. Roe	3.04	1951	BKN	34	22	3	.880	33	113	19	2	0	257.2	247	87	91	30	64	0	1	1,031	2	3.95	2.24	1.77	1.05	11.0	6.2	1.21	.263	3.18	76	3.86	94	8.63	6.8
7	Vern Bickford V. Bickford	3.12	1951	BSN	25	11	9	.550	20	76	12	3	0	164.2	146	57	68	7	76	6	5	697	0	4.15	4.15	1.00	0.38	10.9	10.9	1.35	.261	3.72	83	3.60	93	7.98	4.3
8	Max Lanier M. Lanier	3.26	1951	SLN	31	11	9	.550	23	59	9	2	1	160.0	149	58	60	14	50	1	6	660	2	3.32	2.81	1.18	0.79	8.9	7.6	1.24	.252	3.38	82	3.84	94	8.38	4.7
9	Ralph Branca R. Branca	3.26	1951	BKN	42	13	12	.520	27	118	13	3	3	204.0	180	74	81	19	85	3	11	855	6	5.21	3.75	1.39	0.84	13.8	9.9	1.30	.256	3.57	82	3.83	93	7.94	6.2
10	Don Newcombe D. Newcombe	3.28	1951	BKN	40	20	9	.690	36	164	18	3	0	272.0	235	99	115	19	91	6	2	1,125	7	5.43	3.01	1.80	0.63	14.6	8.1	1.20	.256	3.81	82	3.25	79	7.78	25.5
11	Ken Raffensberger K. Raffensberger	3.44	1951	CIN	42	16	17	.485	33	81	14	5	5	248.2	232	95	108	29	38	6	8	1,008	3	2.93	1.38	2.13	1.05	8.0	3.8	1.09	.238	3.91	87	3.87	96	8.40	5
12	Ewell Blackwell E. Blackwell	3.44	1951	CIN	38	16	15	.516	32	120	11	2	2	232.2	204	89	110	16	97	9	5	996	5	4.64	3.75	1.24	0.62	12.0	9.7	1.29	.249	4.26	87	3.71	91	7.89	9
13	Russ Meyer R. Meyer	3.48	1951	PHN	28	8	9	.471	24	65	7	2	0	168.0	172	65	69	13	55	2	3	720	9	3.48	2.95	1.18	0.70	9.0	7.6	1.35	.272	3.70	91	3.73	95	9.21	3.7
14	Bubba Church B. Church	3.53	1951	PHN	38	15	11	.577	33	104	15	4	1	247.0	246	97	107	17	90	1	2	1,046	3	3.79	3.28	1.16	0.62	9.9	8.6	1.36	.275	3.90	92	3.64	92	8.96	8
15	Jim Hearn J. Hearn	3.62	1951	NYG	34	17	9	.654	34	66	11	0	0	211.1	204	85	102	21	82	2	0	902	6	2.81	3.49	0.80	0.89	7.3	9.1	1.35	.250	4.34	91	4.34	107	8.69	-6.6
16	Herm Wehmeier H. Wehmeier	3.70	1951	CIN	39	7	10	.412	22	93	10	2	2	184.2	167	76	82	15	89	4	8	796	3	4.53	4.34	1.04	0.73	11.7	11.2	1.39	.255	4.00	94	4.04	100	8.14	0.4
17	Paul Minner P. Minner	3.79	1951	CHC	33	6	17	.261	28	68	14	3	1	201.2	219	85	97	20	64	0	3	861	5	3.03	2.86	1.06	0.89	7.9	7.4	1.40	.281	4.33	95	4.05	99	9.77	1.2
18	Gerry Staley G. Staley	3.81	1951	SLN	42	19	13	.594	30	67	10	4	3	227.0	244	96	108	14	74	8	10	975	1	2.66	2.93	0.91	0.56	6.9	7.6	1.40	.283	4.28	95	3.77	92	9.67	8.2
19	Howie Fox H. Fox	3.83	1951	CIN	40	9	14	.391	30	57	9	4	2	228.0	239	97	105	16	69	2	5	958	2	2.25	2.72	0.83	0.63	5.9	7.2	1.35	.274	4.14	97	3.83	94	9.43	5.8
20	Bob Rush B. Rush	3.83	1951	CHC	37	11	12	.478	29	129	12	2	2	211.1	212	90	108	16	68	3	6	918	7	5.49	2.90	1.90	0.68	14.1	7.4	1.32	.279	4.60	96	3.25	79	9.03	19.8
21	Max Surkont M. Surkont	3.99	1951	BSN	37	12	16	.429	33	110	11	2	1	237.0	230	105	119	21	89	7	3	1,022	5	4.18	3.38	1.24	0.80	10.8	8.7	1.35	.263	4.52	106	3.92	102	8.73	-2.5
22	Murry Dickson M. Dickson	4.02	1951	PIT	45	20	16	.556	35	112	19	3	2	288.2	294	129	151	32	101	6	9	1,241	1	3.49	3.15	1.11	1.00	9.0	8.1	1.37	.265	4.71	97	4.26	100	9.17	0.9
23	Willie Ramsdell W. Ramsdell	4.04	1951	CIN	31	9	17	.346	31	88	10	1	0	196.0	204	88	103	18	70	8	0	857	9	4.04	3.21	1.26	0.83	10.3	8.2	1.40	.276	4.73	102	3.97	98	9.37	1.9
24	Johnny Sain J. Sain	4.21	1951	BSN	26	5	13	.278	22	63	6	1	1	160.1	195	75	88	16	45	3	2	711	0	3.54	2.53	1.40	0.90	8.9	6.3	1.50	.307	4.94	112	3.89	101	10.95	-1.2
25	Cliff Chambers C. Chambers	4.38	1951	TOT	31	14	12	.538	26	64	11	2	0	189.0	184	92	97	18	87	4	1	815	4	3.05	4.14	0.74	0.86	7.9	10.7	1.43	.259	4.62	108	4.48	108	8.76	-6.6