Nolan Ryan had the lowest ERA in the NL in 1987, with an ERA of 2.76.

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Who had the best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game in the nl in 1987?

	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	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.76	1987	HOU	34	8	16	.333	34	270	0	0	0	211.2	154	65	75	14	87	4	0	2	873	10	11.48	3.70	3.10	0.60	30.9	10.0	1.14	.281	3.19	70	2.46	63	6.55	34.5
2	Mike Dunne M. Dunne	3.03	1987	PIT	23	13	6	.684	23	72	5	1	0	163.1	143	55	66	10	68	1	0	8	680	6	3.97	3.75	1.06	0.55	10.6	10.0	1.29	.251	3.64	74	4.04	97	7.88	2.3
3	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	3.06	1987	LAD	37	16	16	.500	35	190	10	1	1	264.2	247	90	105	17	74	9	2	5	1,093	11	6.46	2.52	2.57	0.58	17.4	6.8	1.21	.286	3.57	79	3.20	82	8.40	21.3
4	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.09	1987	TOT	34	13	9	.591	33	107	12	4	0	227.0	207	78	91	13	42	8	0	3	920	7	4.24	1.67	2.55	0.52	11.6	4.6	1.10	.259	3.61	77	3.32	80	8.21	20.4
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	3.21	1987	NYM	25	15	7	.682	25	148	7	3	0	179.2	162	64	68	11	53	2	0	2	730	1	7.41	2.65	2.79	0.55	20.3	7.3	1.20	.293	3.41	83	2.93	74	8.12	20.9
6	Bob Welch B. Welch	3.22	1987	LAD	35	15	9	.625	35	196	6	4	0	251.2	204	90	94	21	86	4	0	6	1,027	4	7.01	3.08	2.28	0.75	19.1	8.4	1.15	.254	3.36	83	3.46	88	7.30	12.7
7	Mike Scott M. Scott	3.23	1987	HOU	36	16	13	.552	36	233	8	3	0	247.2	199	89	94	21	79	4	0	6	1,010	10	8.47	2.87	2.95	0.76	23.1	7.8	1.12	.264	3.42	82	3.09	80	7.23	22.1
8	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.43	1987	TOT	48	10	12	.455	28	138	5	3	0	191.1	186	73	82	18	64	5	8	7	801	2	6.49	3.01	2.16	0.85	17.2	8.0	1.31	.292	3.86	87	3.72	91	8.75	7.9
9	Joe Magrane J. Magrane	3.54	1987	STL	27	9	7	.563	26	101	4	2	0	170.1	157	67	75	9	60	10	0	6	722	9	5.34	3.17	1.68	0.48	14.0	8.3	1.27	.273	3.96	88	3.59	91	8.30	6.8
10	Atlee Hammaker A. Hammaker	3.58	1987	SFG	31	10	10	.500	27	107	2	0	0	168.1	159	67	73	22	57	3	1	10	706	8	5.72	3.05	1.88	1.18	15.2	8.1	1.28	.265	3.90	92	4.36	108	8.50	-6.1
11	Danny Darwin D. Darwin	3.59	1987	HOU	33	9	10	.474	30	134	3	1	0	195.2	184	78	87	17	69	5	0	12	833	3	6.16	3.17	1.94	0.78	16.1	8.3	1.29	.275	4.00	91	3.75	97	8.46	2.2
12	Kelly Downs K. Downs	3.63	1987	SFG	41	12	9	.571	28	137	4	3	1	186.0	185	75	83	14	67	4	4	11	797	12	6.63	3.24	2.04	0.68	17.2	8.4	1.35	.297	4.02	94	3.51	87	8.95	10.9
13	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	3.68	1987	CHC	34	18	10	.643	34	174	6	1	0	237.1	223	97	106	24	106	4	0	14	1,012	9	6.60	4.02	1.64	0.91	17.2	10.5	1.39	.283	4.02	84	4.10	96	8.46	5.2
14	Michael LaCoss M. LaCoss	3.68	1987	SFG	39	13	10	.565	26	79	2	1	0	171.0	184	70	78	16	63	2	4	12	728	6	4.16	3.32	1.25	0.84	10.9	8.7	1.44	.296	4.11	95	4.29	106	9.68	-5
15	Greg Mathews G. Mathews	3.73	1987	STL	32	11	11	.500	32	108	2	1	0	197.2	184	82	87	17	71	0	0	5	822	7	4.92	3.23	1.52	0.77	13.1	8.6	1.29	.267	3.96	92	3.96	100	8.38	-0.5
16	Eric Show E. Show	3.84	1987	SDP	34	8	16	.333	34	117	5	3	0	206.1	188	88	99	26	85	9	0	7	887	6	5.10	3.71	1.38	1.13	13.2	9.6	1.32	.249	4.32	96	4.73	114	8.20	-12.6
17	Doug Drabek D. Drabek	3.88	1987	PIT	29	11	12	.478	28	120	1	1	0	176.1	165	76	86	22	46	0	0	2	721	5	6.12	2.35	2.61	1.12	16.6	6.4	1.20	.268	4.39	95	3.90	94	8.42	5.1
18	Danny Cox D. Cox	3.88	1987	STL	31	11	9	.550	31	101	2	0	0	199.1	224	86	99	17	71	3	0	6	864	5	4.56	3.21	1.42	0.77	11.7	8.2	1.48	.308	4.47	96	4.07	103	10.11	-2.9
19	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	3.98	1987	LAD	34	14	14	.500	34	190	12	1	0	251.0	254	111	120	25	124	4	0	4	1,116	14	6.81	4.45	1.53	0.90	17.0	11.1	1.51	.296	4.30	103	4.17	107	9.11	-8
20	Zane Smith Z. Smith	4.09	1987	ATL	36	15	10	.600	36	130	9	3	0	242.0	245	110	130	19	91	5	0	6	1,035	5	4.83	3.38	1.43	0.71	12.6	8.8	1.39	.286	4.83	95	4.00	94	9.11	6.8
21	Don Carman D. Carman	4.22	1987	PHI	35	13	11	.542	35	125	3	2	0	211.0	194	99	110	34	69	5	0	7	886	3	5.33	2.94	1.81	1.45	14.1	7.8	1.25	.245	4.69	100	4.82	117	8.27	-16.2
22	Mark Grant M. Grant	4.24	1987	TOT	33	7	9	.438	25	90	2	1	1	163.1	170	77	88	22	73	1	2	8	720	8	4.96	4.02	1.23	1.21	12.5	10.1	1.49	.277	4.85	107	4.87	118	9.37	-13.4
23	Ron Darling R. Darling	4.29	1987	NYM	32	12	8	.600	32	167	2	0	0	207.2	183	99	111	24	96	3	0	3	891	6	7.24	4.16	1.74	1.04	18.7	10.8	1.34	.265	4.81	111	4.18	106	7.93	-5.8
24	Bob Forsch B. Forsch	4.32	1987	STL	33	11	7	.611	30	89	2	1	0	179.0	189	86	90	15	45	4	1	4	755	2	4.47	2.26	1.98	0.75	11.8	6.0	1.31	.289	4.53	107	3.78	95	9.50	3.4
25	Kevin Gross K. Gross	4.35	1987	PHI	34	9	16	.360	33	110	3	1	0	200.2	205	97	107	26	87	10	1	7	878	3	4.93	3.90	1.26	1.17	12.5	9.9	1.46	.278	4.80	104	4.90	119	9.19	-17.1

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