who had the best era in the nl in 1986

Mike Scott had the lowest ERA in the NL in 1986, with an ERA of 2.22.

Interpreted as:
Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the nl in 1986?
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 Mike Scott
M. Scott
2.22
1986
HOU HOU
37
18
10
.643
37
306
7
5
0
275.1
182
68
73
17
72
2
0
6
1,065
3
10.00
2.35
4.25
0.56
28.7
6.8
0.92
.247
2.39
63
2.15
61
5.95
43.6
2 Bob Ojeda
B. Ojeda
2.57
1986
NYM NYM
32
18
5
.783
30
148
7
2
0
217.1
185
62
72
15
52
2
1
3
871
2
6.13
2.15
2.85
0.62
17.0
6.0
1.09
.260
2.98
72
3.04
84
7.66
14.3
3 Ron Darling
R. Darling
2.81
1986
NYM NYM
34
15
6
.714
34
184
4
2
0
237.0
203
74
84
21
81
3
0
2
967
7
6.99
3.08
2.27
0.80
19.0
8.4
1.20
.268
3.19
79
3.42
94
7.71
5.2
4 Rick Rhoden
R. Rhoden
2.84
1986
PIT PIT
34
15
12
.556
34
159
12
1
0
253.2
211
80
82
17
76
2
0
8
1,015
6
5.64
2.70
2.09
0.60
15.7
7.5
1.13
.255
2.91
76
3.30
87
7.49
13.4
5 Dwight Gooden
D. Gooden
2.84
1986
NYM NYM
33
17
6
.739
33
200
12
2
0
250.0
197
79
92
17
80
4
0
3
1,020
4
7.20
2.88
2.50
0.61
19.6
7.8
1.11
.250
3.31
80
3.05
84
7.09
16.1
6 Danny Cox
D. Cox
2.90
1986
STL STL
32
12
13
.480
32
108
8
0
0
220.0
189
71
85
14
60
2
0
6
881
3
4.42
2.45
1.80
0.57
12.3
6.8
1.13
.251
3.48
79
3.45
95
7.73
4.1
7 John Tudor
J. Tudor
2.92
1986
STL STL
30
13
7
.650
30
107
3
0
0
219.0
197
71
81
22
53
1
0
5
879
2
4.40
2.18
2.02
0.90
12.2
6.0
1.14
.251
3.33
79
3.83
106
8.10
-5.4
8 Mike Krukow
M. Krukow
3.05
1986
SFG SFG
34
20
9
.690
34
178
10
2
0
245.0
204
83
90
24
55
4
0
4
987
4
6.54
2.02
3.24
0.88
18.0
5.6
1.06
.248
3.31
85
3.30
89
7.49
10.9
9 Scott Garrelts
S. Garrelts
3.11
1986
SFG SFG
53
13
9
.591
18
125
2
0
10
173.2
144
60
65
17
74
2
27
11
717
9
6.48
3.83
1.69
0.88
17.4
10.3
1.26
.255
3.37
87
3.91
105
7.46
-4.1
10 Bob Knepper
B. Knepper
3.14
1986
HOU HOU
40
17
12
.586
38
143
8
5
0
258.0
232
90
100
19
62
4
1
13
1,053
5
4.99
2.16
2.31
0.66
13.6
5.9
1.14
.258
3.49
89
3.38
96
8.09
3.4
11 Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
3.14
1986
LAD LAD
34
21
11
.656
34
242
20
3
0
269.1
226
94
104
18
85
1
0
5
1,102
13
8.09
2.84
2.85
0.60
22.0
7.7
1.15
.275
3.48
87
2.79
77
7.55
25.4
12 Bob Forsch
B. Forsch
3.25
1986
STL STL
33
14
10
.583
33
104
3
0
0
230.0
211
83
91
19
68
2
0
11
939
7
4.07
2.66
1.53
0.74
11.1
7.2
1.21
.257
3.56
88
3.84
106
8.26
-6
13 Bob Welch
B. Welch
3.28
1986
LAD LAD
33
7
13
.350
33
183
7
3
0
235.2
227
86
95
14
55
7
0
6
981
2
6.99
2.10
3.33
0.53
18.7
5.6
1.20
.295
3.63
91
2.77
76
8.67
22.8
14 Rick Honeycutt
R. Honeycutt
3.32
1986
LAD LAD
32
11
9
.550
28
100
0
0
0
171.0
164
63
71
9
45
3
2
4
713
4
5.26
2.37
2.22
0.47
14.0
6.3
1.22
.279
3.74
92
3.12
86
8.63
9.7
15 Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
3.34
1986
HOU HOU
30
12
8
.600
30
194
1
0
0
178.0
119
66
72
14
82
4
0
5
729
15
9.81
4.15
2.37
0.71
26.6
11.2
1.13
.241
3.64
95
3.05
87
6.02
9.2
16 Bill Gullickson
B. Gullickson
3.38
1986
CIN CIN
37
15
12
.556
37
121
6
2
0
244.2
245
92
103
24
60
2
0
10
1,014
3
4.45
2.21
2.02
0.88
11.9
5.9
1.25
.274
3.79
88
3.81
99
9.01
1.6
17 Sid Fernandez
S. Fernandez
3.52
1986
NYM NYM
32
16
6
.727
31
200
2
1
1
204.1
161
80
82
13
91
2
1
1
855
6
8.81
4.01
2.20
0.57
23.4
10.6
1.23
.270
3.61
99
3.00
83
7.09
14.5
18 Floyd Youmans
F. Youmans
3.53
1986
MON MON
33
13
12
.520
32
202
6
2
0
219.0
145
86
93
14
118
4
1
4
905
10
8.30
4.85
1.71
0.58
22.3
13.0
1.20
.231
3.82
96
3.42
91
5.96
7.8
19 Michael LaCoss
M. LaCoss
3.57
1986
SFG SFG
37
10
13
.435
31
86
4
1
0
204.1
179
81
99
14
70
6
1
8
842
5
3.79
3.08
1.23
0.62
10.2
8.3
1.22
.248
4.36
100
3.93
106
7.88
-5.2
20 David Palmer
D. Palmer
3.65
1986
ATL ATL
35
11
10
.524
35
170
2
0
0
209.2
181
85
98
17
102
5
0
8
889
9
7.30
4.38
1.67
0.73
19.1
11.5
1.35
.276
4.21
92
3.72
96
7.77
4.1
21 Tom Browning
T. Browning
3.81
1986
CIN CIN
39
14
13
.519
39
147
4
2
0
243.1
225
103
123
26
70
1
0
6
1,016
3
5.44
2.59
2.10
0.96
14.5
6.9
1.21
.258
4.55
99
3.82
99
8.32
1.3
22 Orel Hershiser
O. Hershiser
3.85
1986
LAD LAD
35
14
14
.500
35
153
8
1
0
231.1
213
99
112
13
86
5
0
11
988
12
5.95
3.35
1.78
0.51
15.5
8.7
1.29
.274
4.36
107
3.35
92
8.29
7
23 Bryn Smith
B. Smith
3.94
1986
MON MON
30
10
8
.556
30
105
1
0
0
187.1
182
82
101
15
63
6
0
6
807
4
5.04
3.03
1.67
0.72
13.0
7.8
1.31
.270
4.85
107
3.79
101
8.74
-0.9
24 Rick Reuschel
R. Reuschel
3.96
1986
PIT PIT
35
9
16
.360
34
125
4
2
0
215.2
232
95
106
20
57
8
0
2
930
6
5.22
2.38
2.19
0.83
13.4
6.1
1.34
.294
4.42
107
3.71
98
9.68
1.7
25 Jay Tibbs
J. Tibbs
3.97
1986
MON MON
35
7
9
.438
31
117
3
2
0
190.1
181
84
96
12
70
3
2
3
797
7
5.53
3.31
1.67
0.57
14.7
8.8
1.32
.284
4.54
108
3.50
94
8.56
5.1

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