lowest era red sox pitcher 1901 to 2025 ip more than 499

Since 1901, Joe Wood had the best ERA for the Red Sox when pitching over 499 innings, with an ERA of 1.99.

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Joe Wood J. Wood	1.99	1416.0	218	117	56	.676	157	986	121	28	8	1,117	313	485	10	412	49	51		5,564	43	6.27	2.62	2.39	0.06	17.7	7.4	1.08	.270	3.08	68	2.24	78	7.10	106.6
2	Cy Young C. Young	2.00	2728.1	327	192	112	.632	297	1,341	275	38	9	2,347	606	872	34	299	57	27		10,434	35	4.42	0.99	4.48	0.11	12.9	2.9	0.97	.266	2.88	69	2.08	73	7.74	238.6
3	Ernie Shore E. Shore	2.12	839.0	125	58	33	.637	103	272	51	9	3	732	198	279	6	204	25	16		3,332	14	2.92	2.19	1.33	0.06	8.2	6.1	1.12	.257	2.99	79	2.61	95	7.85	11
4	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	2.13	1361.1	211	90	64	.584	161	771	96	25	11	1,134	322	425	16	412	41	40		5,375	32	5.10	2.72	1.87	0.11	14.3	7.7	1.14	.270	2.81	79	2.39	86	7.50	54.5
5	Babe Ruth B. Ruth	2.19	1190.1	158	89	46	.659	143	483	105	17	4	934	290	378	9	425	29	11		4,749	25	3.65	3.21	1.14	0.07	10.2	8.9	1.14	.243	2.86	80	2.76	100	7.06	-4.3
6	Carl Mays C. Mays	2.21	1105.0	173	72	51	.585	112	399	87	14	12	918	271	365	8	290	44	47		4,353	21	3.25	2.36	1.38	0.07	9.2	6.7	1.09	.252	2.97	81	2.59	94	7.48	16
7	Rube Foster R. Foster	2.36	842.1	138	58	33	.637	103	294	60	15	3	726	221	302	6	305	29	27		3,359	19	3.14	3.26	0.96	0.06	8.8	9.1	1.22	.264	3.23	86	2.97	107	7.76	-20
8	Jesse Tannehill J. Tannehill	2.50	885.2	116	62	38	.620	106	342	85	14	1	836	246	332	24	154	41	10		3,526	11	3.48	1.56	2.22	0.24	9.7	4.4	1.12	.274	3.37	94	2.64	101	8.50	-1.9
9	Ray Collins R. Collins	2.51	1336.0	199	84	62	.575	151	511	90	19	4	1,246	373	493	15	269	10	36		5,184	11	3.44	1.81	1.90	0.10	9.9	5.2	1.13	.281	3.32	88	2.54	88	8.39	50.9
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.52	1383.2	203	117	37	.760	201	1,683	22	8	0	1,044	387	428	103	309	77	1	5	5,498	30	10.95	2.01	5.45	0.67	30.6	5.6	0.98	.283	2.78	53	2.44	55	6.79	316.2
11	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	2.65	557.1	286	49	34	.590	0	627	0	0	102	420	164	174	45	213	21	244	37	2,300	11	10.13	3.44	2.94	0.73	27.3	9.3	1.14	.269	2.81	69	2.62	66	6.78	81.7
12	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.69	885.2	146	52	46	.531	102	407	65	7	3	822	265	389	9	289	30	36		3,591	31	4.14	2.94	1.41	0.09	11.3	8.0	1.25	.285	3.95	98	2.68	100	8.35	1.2
13	Bill Dinneen B. Dinneen	2.81	1501.0	180	85	85	.500	174	602	156	16	3	1,372	469	611	39	338	24	5		5,980	22	3.61	2.03	1.78	0.23	10.1	5.7	1.14	.268	3.66	97	2.81	98	8.23	14
14	Charley Hall C. Hall	2.89	690.2	147	46	32	.590	57	336	33	2	10	625	222	323	13	278	26	73		2,842	6	4.38	3.62	1.21	0.17	11.8	9.8	1.31	.280	4.21	97	3.18	109	8.14	-19.5
15	George Winter G. Winter	2.91	1599.2	213	82	97	.458	176	543	141	9	3	1,503	518	741	32	370	41	35		6,424	16	3.06	2.08	1.47	0.18	8.5	5.8	1.17	.271	4.17	102	2.85	101	8.46	1.5
16	Norwood Gibson N. Gibson	2.93	609.0	85	34	32	.515	72	258	56	3	0	525	198	304	21	208	16	12		2,473	18	3.81	3.07	1.24	0.31	10.4	8.4	1.20	.256	4.49	106	3.25	119	7.76	-34
17	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	2.94	1375.2	225	96	54	.640	156	693	99	19	17	1,270	450	504	77	372	11	51		5,663	5	4.53	2.43	1.86	0.50	12.2	6.6	1.19	.265	3.30	79	3.01	82	8.31	98.8
18	Hugh Bedient H. Bedient	3.05	667.1	126	43	35	.551	72	314	41	2	9	648	226	294	10	167	14	42		2,676	8	4.23	2.25	1.88	0.13	11.7	6.2	1.22	.294	3.97	104	2.69	91	8.74	19.6
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.06	2776.0	383	192	111	.634	382	2,590	100	38	0	2,359	943	1,045	194	856	86	0	43	11,384	72	8.40	2.78	3.03	0.63	22.8	7.5	1.16	.283	3.39	70	2.93	70	7.65	386.6
20	Bullet Joe Bush B. Joe Bush	3.25	777.2	110	46	39	.541	97	311	65	10	5	781	281	340	16	282	19	11		3,276	17	3.60	3.26	1.10	0.19	9.5	8.6	1.37	.289	3.93	94	3.31	97	9.04	2.9
21	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.27	670.2	115	46	30	.605	115	945	2	1	0	527	244	266	80	156	48	0	1	2,713	12	12.68	2.09	6.06	1.07	34.8	5.8	1.02	.301	3.57	71	2.82	65	7.07	113.5
22	Ellis Kinder E. Kinder	3.28	1142.1	365	86	52	.623	89	557	45	8	93	1,086	416	466	92	403	9	200	4	4,845	9	4.39	3.18	1.38	0.72	11.5	8.3	1.30	.263	3.67	74	3.68	84	8.56	88.9
23	Lefty Grove L. Grove	3.34	1539.2	214	105	62	.629	190	743	119	15	4	1,587	571	665	78	447	14	17		6,573	15	4.34	2.61	1.66	0.46	11.3	6.8	1.32	.285	3.89	71	3.60	78	9.28	174.5
24	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	3.36	1774.2	274	122	81	.601	238	1,075	113	26	3	1,630	663	709	170	501	26	17	21	7,289	10	5.45	2.54	2.15	0.86	14.7	6.9	1.20	.265	3.60	85	3.50	91	8.27	70.1
25	Sad Sam Jones S. Sam Jones	3.39	1045.0	157	64	59	.520	124	307	83	18	4	1,069	394	474	16	338	25	30		4,334	20	2.64	2.91	0.91	0.14	7.1	7.8	1.35	.289	4.08	101	3.33	101	9.21	-1