Wilbur Wood had the highest ERA in 1978, with an ERA of 5.20.

Interpreted as:

worst era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game pitcher in MLB in 1978

	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	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	5.20	1978	CWS	28	10	10	.500	27	69	4	0	0	168.0	187	97	103	23	74	3	1	1	753	9	3.70	3.96	0.93	1.23	9.2	9.8	1.55	.281	5.52	138	4.91	132	10.02	-22.7
2	Ray Burris R. Burris	4.75	1978	CHC	40	7	13	.350	32	94	4	1	1	199.0	210	105	112	15	79	10	3	11	870	6	4.25	3.57	1.19	0.68	10.8	9.1	1.45	.290	5.07	121	3.95	106	9.50	-3.7
3	Nino Espinosa N. Espinosa	4.73	1978	NYM	32	11	15	.423	32	76	6	1	0	203.2	230	107	117	24	75	3	0	10	888	0	3.36	3.31	1.01	1.06	8.6	8.4	1.50	.290	5.17	138	4.51	129	10.16	-23.2
4	Pete Broberg P. Broberg	4.62	1978	OAK	35	10	12	.455	26	94	2	0	0	165.2	174	85	101	16	65	3	4	5	730	1	5.11	3.53	1.45	0.87	12.9	8.9	1.44	.286	5.49	128	3.93	103	9.45	-2.3
5	Jerry Augustine J. Augustine	4.54	1978	MIL	35	13	12	.520	30	59	9	2	0	188.1	204	95	100	14	61	4	2	2	810	2	2.82	2.92	0.97	0.67	7.3	7.5	1.41	.283	4.78	122	3.95	106	9.75	-5
6	Bill Travers B. Travers	4.41	1978	MIL	28	12	11	.522	28	66	8	3	0	175.2	184	86	93	20	58	6	0	1	760	6	3.38	2.97	1.14	1.02	8.7	7.6	1.38	.269	4.76	118	4.40	118	9.43	-13.6
7	Jesse Jefferson J. Jefferson	4.38	1978	TOR	31	7	16	.304	30	97	9	2	0	211.2	214	103	109	28	86	3	1	5	907	4	4.12	3.66	1.13	1.19	10.7	9.5	1.42	.268	4.63	112	4.64	120	9.10	-17.4
8	Steve Stone S. Stone	4.37	1978	CWS	30	12	12	.500	30	118	6	1	0	212.0	196	103	110	19	84	3	0	1	898	2	5.01	3.57	1.40	0.81	13.1	9.4	1.32	.263	4.67	116	3.86	104	8.32	-3.4
9	Rick Wise R. Wise	4.34	1978	CLE	33	9	19	.321	31	106	9	1	0	211.2	226	102	116	22	59	3	1	3	903	1	4.51	2.51	1.80	0.94	11.7	6.5	1.35	.286	4.93	115	3.80	99	9.61	0.9
10	Jim Rooker J. Rooker	4.24	1978	PIT	28	9	11	.450	28	76	1	0	0	163.1	160	77	94	13	81	3	0	4	717	1	4.19	4.46	0.94	0.72	10.6	11.3	1.48	.270	5.18	116	4.22	117	8.82	-10.8
11	Chris Knapp C. Knapp	4.21	1978	CAL	30	14	8	.636	29	126	6	0	0	188.1	178	88	94	25	67	2	1	6	797	3	6.02	3.20	1.88	1.19	15.8	8.4	1.30	.265	4.49	116	4.06	109	8.51	-7.4
12	Paul Mitchell P. Mitchell	4.18	1978	SEA	29	8	14	.364	29	75	4	2	0	168.0	173	78	86	21	79	2	0	1	735	4	4.02	4.23	0.95	1.13	10.2	10.7	1.50	.272	4.61	109	4.75	118	9.27	-12.3
13	Tom Hume T. Hume	4.14	1978	CIN	42	8	11	.421	23	90	3	0	1	174.0	198	80	89	12	50	4	8	9	750	6	4.66	2.59	1.80	0.62	12.0	6.7	1.43	.313	4.60	115	3.37	94	10.24	3.9
14	Jim Slaton J. Slaton	4.12	1978	DET	35	17	11	.607	34	92	11	2	0	233.2	235	107	117	27	85	8	0	1	1,003	10	3.54	3.27	1.08	1.04	9.2	8.5	1.37	.263	4.51	106	4.48	115	9.05	-14
15	Gary Serum G. Serum	4.10	1978	MIN	34	9	9	.500	23	80	6	1	1	184.1	188	84	88	14	44	3	4	2	774	5	3.91	2.15	1.82	0.68	10.3	5.7	1.26	.275	4.30	107	3.46	91	9.18	7
16	Tom Underwood T. Underwood	4.10	1978	TOR	31	6	14	.300	30	139	7	1	0	197.2	201	90	105	23	87	2	0	4	864	7	6.33	3.96	1.60	1.05	16.1	10.1	1.46	.290	4.78	105	4.03	104	9.15	-3.1
17	Eric Rasmussen E. Rasmussen	4.09	1978	TOT	37	14	15	.483	34	91	5	3	0	206.2	215	94	104	20	63	1	0	8	868	3	3.96	2.74	1.44	0.87	10.5	7.3	1.35	.281	4.53	120	3.88	113	9.36	-11.1
18	Jim Clancy J. Clancy	4.09	1978	TOR	31	10	12	.455	30	106	7	0	0	193.2	199	88	96	10	91	1	0	1	846	10	4.93	4.23	1.16	0.46	12.5	10.8	1.50	.296	4.46	104	3.58	92	9.25	6.5
19	Ken Kravec K. Kravec	4.08	1978	CWS	30	11	16	.407	30	154	7	2	0	203.0	188	92	104	22	95	10	0	1	890	7	6.83	4.21	1.62	0.98	17.3	10.7	1.39	.273	4.61	108	4.02	108	8.33	-7
20	Francisco Barrios F. Barrios	4.05	1978	CWS	33	9	15	.375	32	79	9	2	0	195.2	180	88	93	13	85	7	1	2	843	3	3.63	3.91	0.93	0.60	9.4	10.1	1.35	.253	4.28	108	4.04	109	8.28	-7.2
21	Mike Flanagan M. Flanagan	4.03	1978	BAL	40	19	15	.559	40	167	17	2	0	281.1	271	126	128	22	87	3	0	2	1,160	8	5.34	2.78	1.92	0.70	14.4	7.5	1.27	.283	4.09	113	3.36	90	8.67	11.2
22	Don Aase D. Aase	4.03	1978	CAL	29	11	8	.579	29	93	6	1	0	178.2	185	80	88	14	80	2	0	4	773	3	4.68	4.03	1.16	0.71	12.0	10.3	1.48	.293	4.43	112	3.93	105	9.32	-4.3
23	Roger Erickson R. Erickson	3.96	1978	MIN	37	14	13	.519	37	121	14	0	0	265.2	268	117	129	19	79	8	0	1	1,120	8	4.10	2.68	1.53	0.64	10.8	7.1	1.31	.279	4.37	103	3.58	94	9.08	6.6
24	Randy Lerch R. Lerch	3.96	1978	PHI	33	11	8	.579	28	96	5	0	0	184.0	183	81	89	15	70	1	3	3	784	5	4.70	3.42	1.37	0.73	12.2	8.9	1.38	.279	4.35	109	3.75	104	8.95	-2.7
25	Mike Torrez M. Torrez	3.96	1978	BOS	36	16	13	.552	36	120	15	2	0	250.0	272	110	122	19	99	3	0	10	1,091	7	4.32	3.56	1.21	0.68	11.0	9.1	1.48	.298	4.39	98	3.83	98	9.79	2.8