yankees starting pitchers lowest era in history min 200 ip since 1940

Since 1940, Spud Chandler has the lowest ERA by a Yankees starting pitcher when pitching at least 200 innings, with an ERA of 2.61.

NAMEERAIPGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Spud Chandler
S. Chandler
2.61
1188.2
151
85
34
.714
151
536
89
22
0
1,020
345
411
48
379
16
0
4,845
17
4.06
2.87
1.41
0.36
11.1
7.8
1.18
.251
3.11
7.72
2Butch Wensloff
B. Wensloff
2.63
246.1
32
15
12
.556
32
111
19
1
0
197
72
90
11
83
1
0
1,006
2
4.06
3.03
1.34
0.40
11.0
8.3
1.14
.233
3.29
7.20
3Whitey Ford
W. Ford
2.71
3038.0
438
227
99
.696
438
1,857
156
45
0
2,647
916
1,050
220
1,014
27
0
39
12,468
72
5.50
3.00
1.83
0.65
14.9
8.1
1.21
.260
3.11
7.84
4Bobby Shantz
B. Shantz
2.75
285.0
38
17
12
.586
38
142
14
3
0
266
87
104
21
68
6
0
6
1,163
7
4.48
2.15
2.09
0.66
12.2
5.8
1.17
.265
3.28
8.40
5Tiny Bonham
T. Bonham
2.79
1143.0
141
77
50
.606
141
335
91
17
0
1,084
354
395
70
193
4
0
4,601
3
2.64
1.52
1.74
0.55
7.3
4.2
1.12
.254
3.11
8.54
6Hank Borowy
H. Borowy
2.81
747.1
96
54
30
.643
96
314
53
11
0
667
233
279
37
274
3
0
3,112
18
3.78
3.30
1.15
0.45
10.1
8.8
1.26
.254
3.36
8.03
7Max Fried
M. Fried
2.87
254.0
41
23
7
.767
41
237
0
0
0
202
81
92
15
69
12
0
0
1,028
8
8.40
2.44
3.43
0.53
23.1
6.7
1.07
.269
3.26
7.16
8Steve Kline
S. Kline
2.96
651.0
94
40
37
.519
94
209
33
6
0
607
214
256
47
139
12
0
19
2,657
6
2.89
1.92
1.50
0.65
7.9
5.2
1.15
.249
3.54
8.39
9Mel Stottlemyre
M. Stottlemyre
2.96
2654.2
356
164
138
.543
356
1,254
152
40
0
2,428
874
999
170
804
44
0
75
10,942
57
4.25
2.73
1.56
0.58
11.5
7.3
1.22
.260
3.39
8.23
10Bill Bevens
B. Bevens
3.06
617.0
84
39
34
.534
84
275
46
6
0
568
210
242
34
216
4
0
2,568
4
4.01
3.15
1.27
0.50
10.7
8.4
1.27
.262
3.53
8.29
11Dock Ellis
D. Ellis
3.07
231.1
35
18
9
.667
35
70
9
1
0
213
79
92
15
84
4
0
1
971
5
2.72
3.27
0.83
0.58
7.2
8.7
1.28
.248
3.58
8.29
12Stan Bahnsen
S. Bahnsen
3.12
955.1
139
54
49
.524
139
509
36
8
0
874
331
373
85
297
9
0
25
3,957
29
4.80
2.80
1.71
0.80
12.9
7.5
1.23
.258
3.51
8.23
13Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
3.12
759.0
125
59
28
.678
125
915
6
4
0
593
263
279
102
185
19
0
2
3,018
13
10.85
2.19
4.95
1.21
30.3
6.1
1.03
.273
3.31
7.03
14Fritz Peterson
F. Peterson
3.13
1814.1
265
104
104
.500
265
866
81
18
0
1,759
630
735
136
322
31
0
59
7,388
30
4.30
1.60
2.69
0.67
11.7
4.4
1.15
.269
3.65
8.73
15Rudy May
R. May
3.16
675.2
102
43
35
.551
102
446
30
5
0
564
237
274
42
235
8
0
6
2,761
22
5.94
3.13
1.90
0.56
16.2
8.5
1.18
.257
3.65
7.51
16Red Ruffing
R. Ruffing
3.19
753.2
96
56
29
.659
96
280
61
12
0
700
267
302
51
214
8
0
3,120
2
3.34
2.56
1.31
0.61
9.0
6.9
1.21
.253
3.61
8.36
17Ed Lopat
E. Lopat
3.21
1461.2
202
111
57
.661
202
493
91
20
0
1,476
521
609
114
392
28
0
1
6,089
8
3.04
2.41
1.26
0.70
8.1
6.4
1.28
.269
3.75
9.09
18Al Downing
A. Downing
3.24
1167.2
175
69
55
.556
175
967
46
12
0
963
421
469
91
491
11
0
18
4,874
36
7.45
3.78
1.97
0.70
19.8
10.1
1.25
.263
3.61
7.42
19Tom Morgan
T. Morgan
3.25
287.2
46
21
11
.656
46
99
13
7
0
282
104
114
21
78
8
0
0
1,192
3
3.10
2.44
1.27
0.66
8.3
6.5
1.25
.265
3.57
8.82
20Art Ditmar
A. Ditmar
3.29
547.2
85
37
24
.607
85
209
20
2
0
520
200
233
60
135
15
0
4
2,260
4
3.43
2.22
1.55
0.99
9.2
6.0
1.20
.250
3.83
8.55
21Marius Russo
M. Russo
3.31
530.0
73
35
29
.547
73
242
39
4
0
502
195
229
33
196
5
0
2,232
5
4.11
3.33
1.23
0.56
10.8
8.8
1.32
.267
3.89
8.52
22Ron Guidry
R. Guidry
3.32
2307.2
323
167
89
.652
323
1,700
95
26
0
2,122
850
923
222
614
12
0
24
9,454
53
6.63
2.39
2.77
0.87
18.0
6.5
1.19
.275
3.60
8.28
23Dave Righetti
D. Righetti
3.32
509.1
76
33
23
.589
76
421
13
2
0
424
188
213
25
214
8
0
5
2,136
19
7.44
3.78
1.97
0.44
19.7
10.0
1.25
.272
3.76
7.49
24Tom Sturdivant
T. Sturdivant
3.33
407.2
59
29
21
.580
59
253
13
4
0
363
151
167
36
159
10
0
3
1,710
7
5.59
3.51
1.59
0.79
14.8
9.3
1.28
.261
3.69
8.01
25Allie Reynolds
A. Reynolds
3.34
1521.1
209
116
51
.695
209
849
96
27
0
1,371
565
634
106
732
34
0
6,501
39
5.02
4.33
1.16
0.63
13.1
11.3
1.38
.265
3.75
8.11
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.436
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.447
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