best era + in mlb history, min 70 ip

Al Spalding has the lowest career ERA when pitching at least 70 innings, with an ERA of 1.78.

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NAMEERAIPGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Al Spalding
A. Spalding
1.78
539.2
65
48
12
.800
61
41
53
8
1
559
107
238
6
26
4
2,272
1
0.68
0.43
1.58
0.10
1.8
1.1
1.08
3.97
74
2.38
99
9.32
9.6
2Ed Walsh
E. Walsh
1.82
2964.1
430
195
126
.607
315
1,736
250
57
35
2,346
598
873
23
617
52
105
11,413
76
5.27
1.87
2.81
0.07
15.2
5.4
1.00
.259
2.65
69
2.02
79
7.12
164.3
3Emmanuel Clase
E. Clase
1.88
360.0
366
21
25
.457
1
349
0
0
182
267
75
111
15
70
9
297
10
1,417
19
8.73
1.75
4.99
0.38
24.6
4.9
0.94
.259
2.78
45
2.43
59
6.68
68.7
4Charlie Hodnett
C. Hodnett
1.88
153.0
18
14
4
.778
18
47
15
1
0
149
32
66
1
23
0
647
10
2.76
1.35
2.04
0.06
7.3
3.6
1.12
3.88
63
3.19
117
8.76
-8.8
5Addie Joss
A. Joss
1.89
2327.0
286
160
97
.623
260
920
234
45
5
1,888
488
730
19
364
58
22
8,891
28
3.56
1.41
2.53
0.07
10.3
4.1
0.97
.248
2.82
70
2.25
86
7.30
88.8
6Jim Devlin
J. Devlin
1.89
1181.0
129
65
60
.520
129
263
127
9
0
1,183
248
597
7
78
0
4,896
34
2.00
0.59
3.37
0.05
5.4
1.6
1.07
4.55
67
2.35
84
9.02
88.9
7Perry Werden
P. Werden
1.97
141.1
16
12
1
.923
16
51
12
1
0
113
31
61
1
22
0
575
5
3.25
1.40
2.32
0.06
8.9
3.8
0.96
3.88
67
3.11
121
7.20
-10
8Erik Sabrowski
E. Sabrowski
1.99
90.1
101
5
3
.625
0
137
0
0
2
46
20
25
5
56
5
12
2
371
6
13.65
5.58
2.45
0.50
36.9
15.1
1.13
.244
2.49
48
2.83
69
4.58
12.6
9Laurie Reis
L. Reis
2.00
72.0
8
4
4
.500
8
19
8
1
0
84
16
42
1
10
0
310
3
2.38
1.25
1.90
0.13
6.1
3.2
1.31
5.25
81
2.76
104
10.50
-0.1
10Jack Pfiester
J. Pfiester
2.02
1067.1
149
71
44
.617
128
503
75
17
0
869
240
365
6
293
39
12
4,236
16
4.24
2.47
1.72
0.05
11.9
6.9
1.09
.254
3.08
77
2.32
86
7.33
44.3
11Joe Wood
J. Wood
2.03
1434.1
225
117
57
.672
158
989
121
28
10
1,138
324
497
10
421
49
56
5,640
43
6.21
2.64
2.35
0.06
17.5
7.5
1.09
.270
3.12
70
2.26
78
7.14
105.8
12Mordecai Brown
M. Brown
2.06
3172.1
481
239
130
.648
332
1,375
271
55
49
2,708
725
1,044
43
673
61
138
12,422
61
3.90
1.91
2.04
0.12
11.1
5.4
1.07
.259
2.96
71
2.42
83
7.68
161.9
13Chick Brandom
C. Brandom
2.08
108.0
32
3
1
.750
4
44
2
0
3
101
25
53
0
29
3
20
415
1
3.67
2.42
1.52
0.00
10.6
7.0
1.20
.298
4.42
74
2.36
87
8.42
3.8
14Jim St. Vrain
J. St. Vrain
2.08
95.0
12
4
6
.400
11
51
10
1
0
88
22
36
0
25
5
1
388
3
4.83
2.37
2.04
0.00
13.1
6.4
1.19
.287
3.41
78
2.54
91
8.34
2.3
15Mike Crudale
M. Crudale
2.09
73.1
71
3
1
.750
1
60
0
0
0
55
17
19
4
32
2
20
3
306
4
7.36
3.93
1.88
0.49
19.6
10.5
1.19
.245
2.33
51
3.44
82
6.75
6
16Bradgley Rodriguez
B. Rodriguez
2.09
81.2
75
5
3
.625
4
90
0
0
2
63
19
26
6
23
3
11
2
332
0
9.92
2.53
3.91
0.66
27.1
6.9
1.05
.271
2.87
52
2.80
67
6.94
12.6
17John Ward
J. Ward
2.10
2469.2
293
164
103
.614
262
920
245
24
3
2,324
576
1,185
26
253
32
10,164
144
3.35
0.92
3.64
0.09
9.1
2.5
1.04
4.32
82
2.43
96
8.47
9.1
18Christy Mathewson
C. Mathewson
2.13
4788.2
636
373
188
.665
552
2,507
435
79
30
4,219
1,135
1,620
89
848
59
73
18,913
115
4.71
1.59
2.96
0.17
13.3
4.5
1.06
.268
3.04
75
2.26
76
7.93
363
19Félix Bautista
F. Bautista
2.15
163.0
158
13
7
.650
0
251
0
0
67
88
39
45
15
73
3
105
1
642
10
13.86
4.03
3.44
0.83
39.1
11.4
0.99
.243
2.48
54
2.68
66
4.86
25.2
20Ed Conley
E. Conley
2.15
71.0
8
4
4
.500
8
33
8
1
0
63
17
47
4
22
0
304
7
4.18
2.79
1.50
0.51
10.9
7.2
1.20
5.96
75
4.01
123
7.99
-7
21Rube Waddell
R. Waddell
2.16
2961.1
407
193
143
.574
340
2,316
261
50
5
2,460
711
1,063
37
803
115
54
11,717
74
7.04
2.44
2.88
0.11
19.8
6.9
1.10
.287
3.23
75
2.03
71
7.48
262
22Walter Johnson
W. Johnson
2.17
5914.1
802
417
279
.599
666
3,509
531
110
34
4,913
1,424
1,902
97
1,363
205
127
23,405
154
5.34
2.07
2.57
0.15
15.0
5.8
1.06
.264
2.89
68
2.42
76
7.48
472.8
23Glenn Liebhardt
G. Liebhardt
2.17
612.2
90
36
35
.507
66
280
49
7
2
543
148
225
3
183
14
23
2,419
21
4.11
2.69
1.53
0.04
11.6
7.6
1.18
.278
3.31
89
2.27
98
7.98
1.6
24Mellie Wolfgang
M. Wolfgang
2.18
326.0
77
15
14
.517
27
111
15
3
0
268
79
115
3
95
4
37
1,269
3
3.06
2.62
1.17
0.08
8.7
7.5
1.11
.251
3.17
79
2.72
97
7.40
3
25Abner Uribe
A. Uribe
2.20
179.2
182
12
7
.632
0
205
0
0
17
124
44
50
8
78
8
45
5
725
16
10.27
3.91
2.63
0.40
28.3
10.8
1.12
.272
2.50
53
2.87
69
6.21
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AL WestWLPCTGB
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76
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