Between the 1976 and 1985 seasons, Dwight Gooden had the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 2.00.

Interpreted as:

Lowest MLB era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player from 1976 to 1985

	NAME	ERA	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	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	2.00	66	41	13	.759	66	544	23	11	0	494.2	359	110	123	20	142	4	0	6	1,944	9	9.90	2.58	3.83	0.36	28.0	7.3	1.01	.275	2.24	57	1.93	54	6.53	90.2
2	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.33	89	30	11	.732	54	312	17	9	3	437.1	346	113	143	18	124	10	15	13	1,761	14	6.42	2.55	2.52	0.37	17.7	7.0	1.07	.253	2.94	67	2.74	78	7.12	37.7
3	Joe Hesketh J. Hesketh	2.34	36	12	7	.632	30	145	3	2	1	200.1	163	52	64	12	60	0	2	5	800	4	6.51	2.70	2.42	0.54	18.1	7.5	1.11	.259	2.88	66	2.93	80	7.32	15.8
4	John Franco J. Franco	2.37	121	18	5	.783	0	116	0	0	16	178.1	157	47	55	8	76	3	63	12	742	6	5.85	3.84	1.53	0.40	15.6	10.2	1.31	.276	2.78	64	3.33	90	7.92	7.2
5	Brian Fisher B. Fisher	2.38	55	4	4	.500	0	85	0	0	14	98.1	77	26	32	4	29	0	23	3	391	3	7.78	2.65	2.93	0.37	21.7	7.4	1.08	.267	2.93	59	2.36	58	7.05	18.5
6	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.39	78	9	4	.692	0	87	0	0	8	120.1	86	32	32	9	44	7	31	14	483	7	6.51	3.29	1.98	0.67	18.0	9.1	1.08	.229	2.39	68	3.48	95	6.43	2.4
7	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.48	444	44	35	.557	0	259	0	0	217	764.2	737	211	237	47	100	3	397	41	3,048	3	3.05	1.18	2.59	0.55	8.5	3.3	1.09	.261	2.79	61	3.24	82	8.67	60.6
8	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	2.49	523	76	63	.547	29	928	15	0	228	1057.0	807	292	330	63	374	18	411	40	4,273	24	7.90	3.18	2.48	0.54	21.7	8.8	1.12	.257	2.81	67	2.81	75	6.87	113.8
9	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.60	307	34	22	.607	1	291	0	0	67	470.1	414	136	160	17	159	8	180	27	1,955	15	5.57	3.04	1.83	0.33	14.9	8.1	1.22	.268	3.06	77	3.01	88	7.92	20.3
10	Jeff Reardon J. Reardon	2.62	394	35	37	.486	0	470	0	0	127	577.0	468	168	184	42	220	9	292	46	2,401	15	7.33	3.43	2.14	0.66	19.6	9.2	1.19	.257	2.87	74	3.22	90	7.30	23.8
11	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.70	738	72	68	.514	0	554	0	0	167	1024.2	912	307	358	42	364	13	497	129	4,265	14	4.87	3.20	1.52	0.37	13.0	8.5	1.25	.264	3.14	73	3.24	88	8.01	48.3
12	Bill Dawley B. Dawley	2.71	157	22	13	.629	0	155	0	0	21	258.2	209	78	85	21	94	1	83	20	1,053	5	5.39	3.27	1.65	0.73	14.7	8.9	1.17	.240	2.96	79	3.69	107	7.27	-8.6
13	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	2.71	607	65	67	.492	0	805	0	0	283	978.0	813	295	335	70	289	12	475	78	3,978	37	7.41	2.66	2.79	0.64	20.2	7.3	1.13	.265	3.08	72	2.90	79	7.48	85.8
14	J.R. Richard	2.79	166	84	55	.604	166	1,163	66	17	0	1239.1	910	384	432	59	534	9	0	15	5,062	56	8.45	3.88	2.18	0.43	23.0	10.5	1.17	.258	3.14	82	2.73	78	6.61	106.7
15	Craig Lefferts C. Lefferts	2.82	178	13	14	.481	5	164	0	0	13	278.0	243	87	98	24	83	3	63	8	1,132	6	5.31	2.69	1.98	0.78	14.5	7.3	1.17	.255	3.17	78	3.60	96	7.87	4.6
16	Roger McDowell R. McDowell	2.83	62	6	5	.545	2	70	0	0	17	127.1	108	40	43	9	37	1	36	8	516	6	4.95	2.62	1.89	0.64	13.6	7.2	1.14	.248	3.04	81	3.39	95	7.63	2.6
17	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.83	512	60	68	.469	0	628	0	0	225	820.0	732	258	280	51	239	12	433	72	3,385	21	6.89	2.62	2.63	0.56	18.6	7.1	1.18	.277	3.07	79	2.87	78	8.03	73.2
18	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	2.84	641	72	68	.514	3	683	0	0	127	954.0	870	301	352	45	360	10	355	108	4,002	16	6.44	3.40	1.90	0.42	17.1	9.0	1.29	.284	3.32	79	3.04	85	8.21	56.2
19	John Fulgham J. Fulgham	2.84	35	14	12	.538	33	123	14	3	0	231.1	189	73	80	17	58	4	0	4	914	3	4.79	2.26	2.12	0.66	13.5	6.3	1.07	.242	3.11	77	3.42	95	7.35	4.6
20	Alejandro Pena A. Pena	2.85	107	25	19	.568	55	291	12	7	3	441.2	400	140	171	19	132	5	22	23	1,830	8	5.93	2.69	2.20	0.39	15.9	7.2	1.20	.275	3.48	82	2.91	83	8.15	29.7
21	Lee Smith L. Smith	2.86	330	27	32	.458	6	455	0	0	113	507.1	438	161	178	27	190	6	228	45	2,096	28	8.07	3.37	2.39	0.48	21.7	9.1	1.24	.290	3.16	75	2.76	73	7.77	55.5
22	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2.89	176	78	57	.578	166	1,032	64	23	1	1285.1	1,069	413	485	68	455	9	4	35	5,261	41	7.23	3.19	2.27	0.48	19.6	8.6	1.19	.271	3.40	83	2.87	82	7.49	91.1
23	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	2.92	334	24	38	.387	18	335	0	0	58	549.0	507	178	214	33	186	5	174	60	2,290	16	5.49	3.05	1.80	0.54	14.6	8.1	1.26	.274	3.51	85	3.31	93	8.31	13.9
24	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	2.98	326	166	96	.634	326	2,004	106	24	0	2428.1	2,106	805	920	180	767	20	0	68	9,933	86	7.43	2.84	2.61	0.67	20.2	7.7	1.18	.277	3.41	81	2.98	81	7.81	183.9
25	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	2.99	397	44	24	.647	1	344	0	0	54	742.2	721	247	279	59	200	19	185	34	3,080	11	4.17	2.42	1.72	0.71	11.2	6.5	1.24	.269	3.38	74	3.68	93	8.74	24.4

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Nationals	60	63	.488	14.0
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