best era+ by a reliever in one season at least 50 ip

6 pitchers are tied for the best ERA by a relief pitcher with 50.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an ERA of 0.00. The first three are Walter Johnson, Jim Baskette and Joe Lake in 1912.

NAMEERAIPSEASONTMGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
0.00
51.1
1912
WSH WSH
13
6
2
.750
0
34
0
0
2
32
9
0
11
2
13
189
2
5.96
1.93
3.09
0.00
18.0
5.8
0.84
.225
1.58
5.61
2Jim Baskette
J. Baskette
0.00
52.1
1912
CLE CLE
18
2
1
.667
0
23
0
0
1
44
17
1
18
1
18
214
2
3.96
3.10
1.28
0.17
10.7
8.4
1.18
.251
2.92
7.57
3Joe Lake
J. Lake
0.00
64.2
1912
TOT
17
5
4
.556
0
28
0
0
1
75
50
1
14
1
15
278
1
3.90
1.95
2.00
0.14
10.1
5.0
1.38
.316
6.96
10.44
4Charley Hall
C. Hall
0.00
76.0
1912
BSA BSA
14
6
0
1.000
0
36
0
0
2
55
23
1
21
1
12
293
0
4.26
2.49
1.71
0.12
12.3
7.2
1.00
.231
2.72
6.51
5Charley Hall
C. Hall
0.00
68.1
1911
BSA BSA
22
4
3
.571
0
37
0
0
4
61
43
1
30
4
19
281
0
4.87
3.95
1.23
0.13
13.2
10.7
1.33
.287
5.66
8.03
6Ralph Works
R. Works
0.00
52.2
1911
DET DET
15
4
0
1.000
0
32
0
0
0
57
39
1
24
1
10
236
2
5.47
4.10
1.33
0.17
13.6
10.2
1.54
.315
6.66
9.74
7Earl Hamilton
E. Hamilton
0.00
56.0
1911
SLA SLA
15
1
1
.500
0
24
0
0
0
59
33
2
22
1
10
230
1
3.86
3.54
1.09
0.32
10.4
9.6
1.45
.315
5.30
9.48
8Buster Brown
B. Brown
0.16
56.2
1911
BSN BSN
17
1
1
.500
0
20
0
0
1
72
47
3
21
1
14
248
2
3.18
3.34
0.95
0.48
8.1
8.5
1.64
.340
7.46
11.44
9Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
0.16
55.1
1912
CWS CWS
21
4
2
.667
0
40
0
0
10
41
10
0
14
0
20
212
3
6.51
2.28
2.86
0.00
18.9
6.6
0.99
.259
1.63
6.67
10Elmer Knetzer
E. Knetzer
0.17
54.0
1911
BKN BKN
15
2
4
.333
0
20
0
0
0
48
26
0
23
0
11
208
1
3.33
3.83
0.87
0.00
9.6
11.1
1.31
.291
4.33
8.00
11Orlie Weaver
O. Weaver
0.17
53.0
1911
TOT
13
1
1
.500
0
28
0
0
1
46
23
0
25
4
10
216
1
4.75
4.25
1.12
0.00
13.0
11.6
1.34
.289
3.91
7.81
12Jack Warhop
J. Warhop
0.22
81.0
1912
NYH NYH
17
4
3
.571
0
43
0
0
3
58
28
0
14
0
16
313
0
4.78
1.56
3.07
0.00
13.7
4.5
0.89
.227
3.11
6.44
13Mordecai Brown
M. Brown
0.31
57.2
1911
CHC CHC
26
6
2
.750
0
29
0
0
12
57
20
2
10
2
25
228
1
4.53
1.56
2.90
0.31
12.7
4.4
1.16
.297
3.12
8.90
14Elmer Steele
E. Steele
0.36
75.2
1911
TOT
18
3
2
.600
0
18
0
0
2
62
22
0
16
4
13
278
0
2.14
1.90
1.13
0.00
6.5
5.8
1.03
.258
2.62
7.37
15Doc Crandall
D. Crandall
0.43
84.1
1911
NYG NYG
26
7
0
1.000
0
47
0
0
5
74
29
2
20
1
26
351
1
5.02
2.13
2.35
0.21
13.4
5.7
1.11
.256
3.09
7.90
16Rube Geyer
R. Geyer
0.45
60.2
1911
SLN SLN
18
3
2
.600
0
16
0
0
0
56
38
1
29
1
12
252
2
2.37
4.30
0.55
0.15
6.3
11.5
1.40
.268
5.64
8.31
17Big Jeff Pfeffer
B. Jeff Pfeffer
0.49
55.1
1911
BSN BSN
20
4
2
.667
0
16
0
0
2
61
42
3
34
0
16
246
0
2.60
5.53
0.47
0.49
6.5
13.8
1.72
.301
6.83
9.92
18Zack Britton
Z. Britton
0.54
67.0
2016
BAL BAL
69
2
1
.667
0
74
0
0
47
38
4
7
1
18
0
63
3
254
10
9.94
2.42
4.11
0.13
29.1
7.1
0.84
.230
0.94
5.10
19Fernando Rodney
F. Rodney
0.60
74.2
2012
TBR TBR
76
2
2
.500
0
76
0
0
48
43
5
9
2
15
3
65
1
282
4
9.16
1.81
5.07
0.24
27.0
5.3
0.78
.220
1.08
5.18
20Emmanuel Clase
E. Clase
0.61
74.1
2024
CLE CLE
74
4
2
.667
0
66
0
0
47
39
5
10
2
10
2
66
1
270
2
7.99
1.21
6.60
0.24
24.4
3.7
0.66
.195
1.21
4.72
21Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
0.61
73.1
1990
OAK OAK
63
4
2
.667
0
73
0
0
48
41
5
9
2
4
0
61
1
262
0
8.96
0.49
18.25
0.25
27.9
1.5
0.61
.213
1.10
5.03
22Al Benton
A. Benton
0.62
58.0
1949
CLE CLE
29
4
0
1.000
0
14
0
0
10
37
4
5
1
21
0
18
222
0
2.17
3.26
0.67
0.16
6.3
9.5
1.00
.194
0.78
5.74
23Wheezer Dell
W. Dell
0.71
51.0
1915
BKN BKN
16
2
0
1.000
0
20
0
0
1
28
4
7
0
16
1
11
186
1
3.53
2.82
1.25
0.00
10.8
8.6
0.86
.188
1.24
4.94
24Rob Murphy
R. Murphy
0.72
50.1
1986
CIN CIN
34
6
0
1.000
0
36
0
0
1
26
4
4
0
21
0
12
2
195
5
6.44
3.75
1.71
0.00
18.5
10.8
0.93
.188
0.72
4.65
25Roy Mitchell
R. Mitchell
0.72
50.0
1911
SLA SLA
16
1
1
.500
0
20
0
0
0
57
42
2
20
1
12
209
1
3.60
3.60
1.00
0.36
9.6
9.6
1.54
.331
7.56
10.26
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