worst era by american league pitchers this season

Seth Lugo has the worst ERA in the AL this season, with an ERA of 5.04.

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worst era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by american league pitchers this season

	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	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	5.04	2026	KCR	29	6	8	.429	29	119	0	0	0	159.0	178	89	97	18	51	7	0	0	685	2	6.74	2.89	2.33	1.02	17.4	7.4	1.44	.327	5.49	118	4.16	99	10.08	0.5
2	MacKenzie Gore M. Gore	4.51	2026	TEX	30	8	10	.444	30	170	0	0	0	157.2	148	79	79	18	63	7	0	2	684	2	9.70	3.60	2.70	1.03	24.9	9.2	1.34	.305	4.51	111	3.75	91	8.45	6.9
3	Tanner Bibee T. Bibee	4.22	2026	CLE	30	5	15	.250	30	133	0	0	0	170.2	152	80	84	27	52	6	0	0	704	4	7.01	2.74	2.56	1.42	18.9	7.4	1.20	.257	4.43	102	4.61	113	8.02	-10.7
4	George Kirby G. Kirby	4.18	2026	SEA	27	9	11	.450	27	133	1	0	0	159.1	177	74	79	20	37	3	0	1	667	1	7.51	2.09	3.59	1.13	19.9	5.5	1.34	.331	4.46	108	3.81	96	10.00	2.9
5	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	4.17	2026	DET	28	9	10	.474	28	119	0	0	0	157.2	157	73	81	15	58	14	0	0	688	4	6.79	3.31	2.05	0.86	17.3	8.4	1.36	.295	4.62	100	4.19	100	8.96	0
6	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	4.15	2026	BAL	27	10	9	.526	27	138	0	0	0	151.2	147	70	75	16	37	3	0	0	629	2	8.19	2.20	3.73	0.95	21.9	5.9	1.21	.301	4.45	102	3.43	83	8.72	12
7	Shane Baz S. Baz	4.05	2026	BAL	29	6	15	.286	29	150	1	0	0	169.0	167	76	86	14	58	6	0	1	721	6	7.99	3.09	2.59	0.75	20.8	8.0	1.33	.310	4.58	100	3.53	85	8.89	11.6
8	Bryan Woo B. Woo	4.03	2026	SEA	27	11	9	.550	27	158	0	0	0	156.1	132	70	75	18	33	7	0	1	633	3	9.10	1.90	4.79	1.04	25.0	5.2	1.06	.273	4.32	105	3.33	84	7.60	11.4
9	Taj Bradley T. Bradley	3.95	2026	MIN	28	11	6	.647	28	184	0	0	0	159.1	133	70	70	23	68	4	0	0	675	6	10.39	3.84	2.71	1.30	27.3	10.1	1.26	.278	3.95	95	4.01	98	7.51	1.5
10	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	3.93	2026	KCR	28	9	8	.529	27	145	1	1	0	160.1	142	70	75	16	51	4	1	1	669	3	8.14	2.86	2.84	0.90	21.7	7.6	1.20	.278	4.21	92	3.61	86	7.97	10.2
11	Kyle Bradish K. Bradish	3.91	2026	BAL	28	7	13	.350	28	140	0	0	0	152.0	148	66	78	18	68	3	0	1	652	9	8.29	4.03	2.06	1.07	21.5	10.4	1.42	.307	4.62	96	4.19	101	8.76	-0.8
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	3.80	2026	TEX	28	10	9	.526	28	186	0	0	0	149.1	123	63	63	19	38	0	0	3	601	4	11.21	2.29	4.89	1.15	30.9	6.3	1.08	.291	3.80	93	3.02	73	7.41	18.7
13	Gavin Williams G. Williams	3.78	2026	CLE	29	13	7	.650	29	228	0	0	0	169.0	132	71	75	27	53	4	0	0	681	8	12.14	2.82	4.30	1.44	33.5	7.8	1.09	.285	3.99	91	3.48	86	7.03	11
14	Logan Gilbert L. Gilbert	3.72	2026	SEA	29	12	9	.571	29	187	0	0	0	172.0	137	71	71	27	44	6	0	1	686	4	9.78	2.30	4.25	1.41	27.3	6.4	1.05	.261	3.72	96	3.83	96	7.17	2.7
15	Sean Burke S. Burke	3.58	2026	CWS	29	8	7	.533	25	169	0	0	0	156.0	131	62	64	18	56	8	1	0	649	11	9.75	3.23	3.02	1.04	26.0	8.6	1.20	.284	3.69	86	3.66	86	7.56	9.8
16	Keider Montero K. Montero	3.55	2026	DET	30	9	8	.529	24	98	0	0	1	147.0	117	58	62	17	34	6	3	2	593	1	6.00	2.08	2.88	1.04	16.5	5.7	1.03	.228	3.80	85	4.08	97	7.16	1.8
17	José Soriano J. Soriano	3.48	2026	TOT	29	12	7	.632	29	154	0	0	0	163.0	138	63	68	16	71	7	0	1	681	4	8.50	3.92	2.17	0.88	22.6	10.4	1.28	.282	3.75	84	3.91	95	7.62	3.8
18	Reid Detmers R. Detmers	3.32	2026	LAA	29	5	8	.385	29	191	0	0	0	168.0	129	62	65	17	45	5	0	0	672	4	10.23	2.41	4.24	0.91	28.4	6.7	1.04	.271	3.48	80	3.03	74	6.91	20.2
19	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	3.25	2026	KCR	29	9	8	.529	29	147	0	0	0	182.2	154	66	70	24	48	6	0	1	736	5	7.24	2.36	3.06	1.18	20.0	6.5	1.11	.254	3.45	76	4.08	97	7.59	2.3
20	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	2.92	2026	TBR	28	14	4	.778	28	98	1	0	0	166.1	154	54	54	19	24	3	0	0	663	5	5.30	1.30	4.08	1.03	14.8	3.6	1.07	.260	2.92	70	3.89	93	8.33	5.6
21	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.88	2026	TBR	27	14	5	.737	27	156	0	0	0	153.1	112	49	51	14	27	7	0	0	598	3	9.16	1.58	5.78	0.82	26.1	4.5	0.91	.249	2.99	69	2.91	69	6.57	21.6
22	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2.69	2026	BOS	26	17	4	.810	26	135	0	0	0	150.2	135	45	46	15	40	5	0	0	611	1	8.06	2.39	3.38	0.90	22.1	6.5	1.16	.288	2.75	63	3.49	84	8.06	11
23	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.53	2026	CLE	28	11	9	.550	28	173	0	0	0	167.0	128	47	51	16	45	2	0	2	663	6	9.32	2.43	3.84	0.86	26.1	6.8	1.04	.262	2.75	61	3.11	77	6.90	17.9
24	Dylan Cease D. Cease	2.40	2026	TOR	27	10	5	.667	27	227	1	1	0	161.1	101	43	49	11	67	3	0	0	644	5	12.66	3.74	3.39	0.61	35.2	10.4	1.04	.268	2.73	58	2.47	59	5.63	30.6
25	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.01	2026	NYY	30	13	6	.684	30	220	0	0	0	178.2	122	40	47	16	42	6	0	0	701	0	11.08	2.12	5.24	0.81	31.4	6.0	0.92	.254	2.37	49	2.60	61	6.15	31.8

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Twins	69	77	.473	6.0
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Fri 9/11	KCR	@	BOS	7:10 PM
Sat 9/12	KCR	@	BOS	4:10 PM
Sun 9/13	KCR	@	BOS	1:35 PM
Tue 9/15	KCR	@	HOU	8:10 PM
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Nationals	67	81	.453	19.5
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Fri 9/11	COL	@	DET	6:40 PM
Fri 9/11	LAA	@	WSH	6:45 PM
Fri 9/11	NYM	@	NYY	7:05 PM
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Seth Lugo has the worst ERA in the AL this season, with an ERA of 5.04.

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