Alejandro Pena had the best ERA in the NL in a season in 1984, with an ERA of 2.48.

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	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	Alejandro Pena A. Pena	2.48	1984	LAD	28	12	6	.667	28	135	8	4	0	199.1	186	55	67	7	46	3	0	7	813	5	6.10	2.08	2.93	0.32	16.6	5.7	1.16	.288	3.03	72	2.60	75	8.40	19.2
2	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.60	1984	NYM	31	17	9	.654	31	276	7	3	0	218.0	161	63	72	7	73	2	0	2	879	3	11.39	3.01	3.78	0.29	31.4	8.3	1.07	.296	2.97	74	1.68	48	6.65	44.6
3	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.66	1984	LAD	45	11	8	.579	20	150	8	4	2	189.2	160	56	65	9	50	4	10	8	771	8	7.12	2.37	3.00	0.43	19.5	6.5	1.11	.271	3.08	77	2.65	77	7.59	17.2
4	Rick Rhoden R. Rhoden	2.72	1984	PIT	33	14	9	.609	33	136	6	3	0	238.1	216	72	81	13	62	1	0	0	961	10	5.14	2.34	2.19	0.49	14.2	6.5	1.17	.271	3.06	74	3.12	87	8.16	12.6
5	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	2.72	1984	PIT	33	12	11	.522	28	133	3	1	2	185.1	179	56	69	19	34	1	4	3	751	1	6.46	1.65	3.91	0.92	17.7	4.5	1.15	.284	3.35	74	3.23	90	8.69	7.7
6	Rick Honeycutt R. Honeycutt	2.84	1984	LAD	29	10	9	.526	28	75	6	2	0	183.2	180	58	72	11	51	2	0	11	762	1	3.68	2.50	1.47	0.54	9.8	6.7	1.26	.271	3.53	83	3.59	104	8.82	-3.1
7	Charlie Lea C. Lea	2.89	1984	MON	30	15	10	.600	30	123	8	0	0	224.1	198	72	82	19	68	3	0	3	918	6	4.93	2.73	1.81	0.76	13.4	7.4	1.19	.254	3.29	82	3.72	104	7.94	-3.8
8	Larry McWilliams L. McWilliams	2.93	1984	PIT	34	12	11	.522	32	149	7	2	1	227.1	226	74	86	18	78	2	1	7	957	3	5.90	3.09	1.91	0.71	15.6	8.2	1.34	.293	3.40	80	3.54	98	8.95	1.7
9	Mark Thurmond M. Thurmond	2.97	1984	SDP	32	14	8	.636	29	57	1	1	0	178.2	174	59	70	12	55	0	1	3	750	2	2.87	2.77	1.04	0.60	7.6	7.3	1.28	.259	3.53	85	3.92	109	8.76	-6.2
10	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	3.03	1984	LAD	34	12	17	.414	34	240	12	2	0	261.0	218	88	109	14	106	2	0	4	1,078	11	8.28	3.66	2.26	0.48	22.3	9.8	1.24	.285	3.76	88	2.86	83	7.52	17.3
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.04	1984	HOU	30	12	11	.522	30	197	5	2	0	183.2	143	62	78	12	69	4	0	2	760	6	9.65	3.38	2.86	0.59	25.9	9.1	1.15	.274	3.82	88	2.66	79	7.01	15.1
12	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	3.04	1984	HOU	38	16	12	.571	38	127	6	1	0	248.1	223	84	104	16	89	4	0	4	1,027	12	4.60	3.23	1.43	0.58	12.4	8.7	1.26	.262	3.77	88	3.70	109	8.08	-9.9
13	Rick Mahler R. Mahler	3.12	1984	ATL	38	13	10	.565	29	106	9	1	0	222.0	209	77	86	13	62	3	1	7	918	3	4.30	2.51	1.71	0.53	11.5	6.8	1.22	.267	3.49	82	3.45	92	8.47	7.5
14	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	3.20	1984	HOU	35	15	10	.600	34	140	11	3	0	233.2	223	83	93	26	55	1	0	5	954	2	5.39	2.12	2.55	1.00	14.7	5.8	1.19	.269	3.58	93	3.73	110	8.59	-10.1
15	Ed Whitson E. Whitson	3.24	1984	SDP	31	14	8	.636	31	103	1	0	0	189.0	181	68	72	16	42	3	0	1	773	3	4.90	2.00	2.45	0.76	13.3	5.4	1.18	.271	3.43	93	3.49	97	8.62	2.4
16	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	3.25	1984	PHI	36	14	15	.483	34	137	3	1	0	224.0	232	81	95	8	60	3	0	5	950	6	5.50	2.41	2.28	0.32	14.4	6.3	1.30	.302	3.82	91	2.85	81	9.32	17
17	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.27	1984	PIT	32	12	11	.522	32	117	6	1	0	212.0	200	77	81	19	56	1	0	2	881	1	4.97	2.38	2.09	0.81	13.3	6.4	1.21	.263	3.44	89	3.63	101	8.49	-0.6
18	Bryn Smith B. Smith	3.32	1984	MON	28	12	13	.480	28	101	4	2	0	179.0	178	66	72	15	51	3	0	7	751	2	5.08	2.56	1.98	0.75	13.4	6.8	1.28	.281	3.62	94	3.63	102	8.95	-1.3
19	Joaquin Andujar J. Andujar	3.34	1984	STL	36	20	14	.588	36	147	12	4	0	261.1	218	97	104	20	70	7	0	13	1,052	6	5.06	2.41	2.10	0.69	14.0	6.7	1.10	.245	3.58	94	3.52	101	7.51	-1
20	Eric Show E. Show	3.40	1984	SDP	32	15	9	.625	32	104	3	1	0	206.2	175	78	88	18	88	4	0	4	862	6	4.53	3.83	1.18	0.78	12.1	10.2	1.27	.242	3.83	98	4.22	117	7.62	-14.1
21	Steve Trout S. Trout	3.41	1984	CHC	32	13	7	.650	31	81	6	2	0	190.0	205	72	80	7	59	2	1	7	797	7	3.84	2.79	1.37	0.33	10.2	7.4	1.39	.306	3.79	89	3.35	89	9.71	9
22	Walt Terrell W. Terrell	3.52	1984	NYM	33	11	12	.478	33	114	3	1	0	215.0	232	84	99	16	80	4	0	1	926	6	4.77	3.35	1.43	0.67	12.3	8.6	1.45	.303	4.14	100	3.84	110	9.71	-8.8
23	Mario Soto M. Soto	3.53	1984	CIN	33	18	7	.720	33	185	13	0	0	237.1	181	93	102	26	87	5	0	6	971	3	7.02	3.30	2.13	0.99	19.1	9.0	1.13	.232	3.87	95	3.79	104	6.86	-3.8
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.58	1984	PHI	33	13	7	.650	33	163	1	0	0	229.0	214	91	104	14	79	0	0	7	964	11	6.41	3.10	2.06	0.55	16.9	8.2	1.28	.282	4.09	100	3.17	90	8.41	9.1
25	Bill Gullickson B. Gullickson	3.61	1984	MON	32	12	9	.571	32	100	3	0	0	226.2	230	91	100	27	37	1	0	7	919	5	3.97	1.47	2.70	1.07	10.9	4.0	1.18	.269	3.97	103	3.93	110	9.13	-9.3

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