who had the lowest era in the 80s minimum 2000 ip

Between the 1980 and 1989 seasons, Nolan Ryan had the best ERA when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 3.14.

NAMEERAIPGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
3.14
2094.0
314
122
104
.540
314
2,167
44
15
0
1,603
730
835
128
894
53
0
34
8,704
123
9.31
3.84
2.42
0.55
24.9
10.3
1.19
.270
3.59
90
2.82
81
6.89
159.5
2Fernando Valenzuela
F. Valenzuela
3.19
2144.2
298
128
103
.554
287
1,644
102
27
2
1,876
760
869
133
838
16
5
54
8,957
81
6.90
3.52
1.96
0.56
18.4
9.4
1.27
.276
3.65
91
3.21
90
7.87
84
3Bob Welch
B. Welch
3.21
2082.1
313
137
93
.596
311
1,457
47
22
0
1,885
743
821
155
666
49
0
40
8,655
43
6.30
2.88
2.19
0.67
16.8
7.7
1.23
.273
3.55
90
3.34
92
8.15
63.4
4Dave Stieb
D. Stieb
3.32
2328.2
339
140
109
.562
331
1,380
92
27
1
2,019
859
954
183
825
104
4
29
9,654
39
5.33
3.19
1.67
0.71
14.3
8.5
1.22
.256
3.69
80
3.77
93
7.80
77.5
5Bert Blyleven
B. Blyleven
3.64
2078.1
291
123
103
.544
288
1,480
94
21
0
1,984
841
919
212
557
73
1
26
8,623
44
6.41
2.41
2.66
0.92
17.2
6.5
1.22
.281
3.98
89
3.56
88
8.59
109.6
6Jack Morris
J. Morris
3.66
2443.2
332
162
119
.577
332
1,629
133
20
0
2,212
995
1,085
264
858
23
0
66
10,208
124
6.00
3.16
1.90
0.97
16.0
8.4
1.26
.262
4.00
92
3.89
94
8.15
66.7
7Charlie Hough
C. Hough
3.67
2121.2
331
128
114
.529
282
1,363
93
11
2
1,842
864
999
218
867
80
22
18
8,942
98
5.78
3.68
1.57
0.92
15.2
9.7
1.28
.253
4.24
90
4.14
103
7.81
-28.2
8Bob Knepper
B. Knepper
3.70
2005.1
332
105
118
.471
306
1,068
50
20
1
2,045
824
946
167
597
36
8
52
8,484
39
4.79
2.68
1.79
0.75
12.6
7.0
1.32
.284
4.25
107
3.70
107
9.18
-64.6
9Doyle Alexander
D. Alexander
3.85
2004.1
300
112
98
.533
289
1,029
51
10
0
2,065
858
930
223
503
32
7
28
8,423
34
4.62
2.26
2.05
1.00
12.2
6.0
1.28
.278
4.18
97
3.96
100
9.27
3.7
10Jim Clancy
J. Clancy
4.09
2017.2
329
119
126
.486
317
1,145
61
10
1
1,996
918
1,017
207
711
27
8
30
8,582
72
5.11
3.17
1.61
0.92
13.3
8.3
1.34
.276
4.54
100
4.04
100
8.90
1.9

More Astros Stats

Team Batting Leaders

HR

27

Walker

Christian Walker

RBI

88

Walker

Christian Walker

AVG

.304

Peña

Jeremy Peña
Team Pitching Leaders

W

13

Valdez

Framber Valdez

K

206

Brown

Hunter Brown

ERA

2.43

Brown

Hunter Brown
Team Rankings

HR

182

16th

R

686

21st

SO

1,504

2nd

ERA

3.86

11th

2025 Division Standings
TEAMWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
Astros Astros
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0
Schedule
DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Thu
3/26
@
4:10 PM
Fri
3/27
@
8:15 PM
Sat
3/28
@
7:10 PM
Sun
3/29
@
2:10 PM
Mon
3/30
@
8:10 PM
Last Game
HOU Astros

87 - 75

6

Final

2

LAA Angels

72 - 90

Sun 28 Sep 2025

MLB 2025 Batting Leaders

MLB 2025 Pitching Leaders

MLB Fantasy 2025

MLB 2025 Betting

MLB 2025 Standings

NL EastWLPCTGB
96
66
.593
83
79
.512
13.0
79
83
.488
17.0
76
86
.469
20.0
66
96
.407
30.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
97
65
.599
Cubs Cubs - w
92
70
.568
5.0
Reds Reds - w
83
79
.512
14.0
78
84
.481
19.0
71
91
.438
26.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
93
69
.574
90
72
.556
3.0
81
81
.500
12.0
80
82
.494
13.0
43
119
.265
50.0
AL EastWLPCTGB
94
68
.580
94
68
.580
89
73
.549
5.0
77
85
.475
17.0
75
87
.463
19.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
88
74
.543
87
75
.537
1.0
82
80
.506
6.0
70
92
.432
18.0
60
102
.370
28.0
AL WestWLPCTGB
90
72
.556
87
75
.537
3.0
81
81
.500
9.0
76
86
.469
14.0
72
90
.444
18.0

MLB 2025 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Tue
9/16
@
6-2
Tue
9/16
@
9-4
Tue
9/16
@
4-5
Tue
9/16
@
1-2
Tue
9/16
@
5-7

Schedule

DATEMATCHUPTIME (ET)
Wed
3/25
@
8:05 PM
Thu
3/26
@
1:15 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:10 PM
Thu
3/26
@
2:20 PM
Thu
3/26
@
3:05 PM