Sam Weaver has the highest ERA- in a season, with an ERA- of 193 in 1884.

Interpreted as:

highest era - with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player in a season

	NAME	ERA-	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Sam Weaver S. Weaver	193	1884	PHU	17	5	10	.333	17	5.76	40	14	0	0	136.0	206	87	146	3	11		0	640	12	2.65	0.73	3.64	0.20	6.3	1.7	1.60		9.66	3.22	124	13.63	-10.3
2	Dale Williams D. Williams	193	1876	CIN	9	1	8	.111	9	4.23	9	9	0	0	83.0	123	39	75	1	4		0	367	5	0.98	0.43	2.25	0.11	2.5	1.1	1.53		8.13	2.32	106	13.34	-2.9
3	Tricky Nichols T. Nichols	191	1882	BAL	16	1	12	.077	13	5.02	21	12	0	0	118.1	155	66	113	2	17		3	540	14	1.60	1.29	1.24	0.15	3.9	3.1	1.45		8.59	3.06	111	11.79	-4.8
4	Billy Crowell B. Crowell	190	1888	TOT	19	5	14	.263	19	5.81	66	17	0	0	159.2	224	103	162	9	67	10	0	778	20	3.72	3.78	0.99	0.51	8.5	8.6	1.82	.343	9.13	3.94	134	12.63	-17.6
5	Tricky Nichols T. Nichols	189	1878	PRO	11	4	7	.364	10	4.22	21	10	0	0	98.0	157	46	98	0	8		1	464	9	1.93	0.73	2.63	0.00	4.5	1.7	1.68		9.00	2.35	105	14.42	-2.3
6	Jack Neagle J. Neagle	185	1883	TOT	30	5	23	.179	28	5.94	63	22	0	0	221.1	292	146	248	11	66		2	1,046	36	2.56	2.68	0.95	0.45	6.0	6.3	1.62		10.08	4.22	131	11.87	-25.8
7	George Derby G. Derby	183	1883	BUF	14	2	10	.167	13	5.85	34	12	0	1	107.2	173	70	120	3	15		1	533	5	2.84	1.25	2.27	0.25	6.4	2.8	1.75		10.03	3.40	106	14.46	-1.7
8	William Geiss W. Geiss	182	1882	BAL	13	4	9	.308	13	4.80	10	10	1	0	95.2	84	51	73	2	22		0	403	10	0.94	2.07	0.45	0.19	2.5	5.5	1.11		6.87	3.52	128	7.90	-8.8
9	Frank Bates F. Bates	179	1899	TOT	22	1	18	.053	19	6.90	13	17	0	0	161.2	246	124	183	6	110	23	3	839	5	0.72	6.12	0.12	0.33	1.5	13.1	2.20	.349	10.19	5.73	149	13.69	-33.8
10	Rube Bressler R. Bressler	179	1915	PHA	32	4	17	.190	20	5.20	69	7	1	0	178.1	183	103	133	3	118	7	8	771	7	3.48	5.96	0.58	0.15	8.9	15.3	1.69	.314	6.71	3.96	135	9.24	-20.7
11	Harry Arundel H. Arundel	175	1882	PIT	14	4	10	.286	14	4.69	48	13	0	0	119.0	157	62	111	3	24		0	189	6	3.63	1.82	2.00	0.23	25.4	12.7	1.52		8.39	2.89	103	11.87	-1
12	Jim McElroy J. McElroy	174	1884	TOT	14	1	13	.071	14	5.12	48	13	0	0	116.0	125	66	118	1	54		0	533	46	3.72	4.19	0.89	0.08	9.0	10.1	1.54		9.16	3.96	119	9.70	-9.2
13	Bill Fagan B. Fagan	174	1888	KCC	17	5	11	.313	17	5.69	49	15	0	0	142.1	179	90	148	4	75	1	0	680	14	3.10	4.74	0.65	0.25	7.2	11.0	1.78	.318	9.36	3.86	123	11.32	-8.5
14	Kirtley Baker K. Baker	173	1890	PTN	25	3	19	.136	21	5.60	76	19	2	0	178.1	209	111	176	11	86	20	4	844	22	3.84	4.34	0.88	0.56	9.0	10.2	1.65	.304	8.88	4.65	134	10.55	-30.2
15	Gene Wright G. Wright	173	1903	TOT	23	6	15	.286	20	4.98	79	15	1	0	162.2	195	90	123	3	74	8	3	741	8	4.37	4.09	1.07	0.17	10.7	10.0	1.65	.333	6.81	3.53	124	10.79	-13.2
16	Douglass Crothers D. Crothers	172	1885	NYM	18	7	11	.389	18	5.08	40	18	1	0	154.0	192	87	135	4	49	2	0	706	16	2.34	2.86	0.82	0.23	5.7	6.9	1.56	.308	7.89	3.69	134	11.22	-21.3
17	Jim Brown J. Brown	171	1884	TOT	18	2	14	.125	18	4.84	61	12	1	0	119.0	152	64	123	1	58		0	580	15	4.61	4.39	1.05	0.08	10.5	10.0	1.76		9.30	3.82	156	11.50	-23.5
18	Art Hagan A. Hagan	171	1883	TOT	19	1	16	.059	18	5.27	46	16	0	0	152.0	224	89	163	2	39		1	708	25	2.72	2.31	1.18	0.12	6.5	5.5	1.73		9.65	3.59	116	13.26	-9.3
19	Dory Dean D. Dean	170	1876	CIN	30	4	26	.133	30	3.73	22	26	0	0	262.2	397	109	268	1	24		1	1,257	17	0.75	0.82	0.92	0.03	1.8	1.9	1.60		9.18	2.39	109	13.60	-11.5
20	William Rotes W. Rotes	170	1893	LOU	20	5	12	.294	19	7.60	22	17	0	0	151.2	244	128	173	10	66	10	1	769	1	1.31	3.92	0.33	0.59	2.9	8.6	2.04	.354	10.27	5.31	119	14.48	-16.2
21	Mike Golden M. Golden	168	1878	MIL	22	3	13	.188	18	4.14	52	15	0	0	161.0	217	74	171	1	33		4	769	24	2.91	1.84	1.58	0.06	6.8	4.3	1.55		9.56	2.59	105	12.13	1.3
22	Curry Foley C. Foley	167	1880	BOS	36	14	14	.500	28	3.89	68	21	1	0	238.0	264	103	150	1	40		8	1,004	15	2.57	1.51	1.70	0.04	6.8	4.0	1.28		5.67	2.52	108	9.98	-6.5
23	Ed Bagley E. Bagley	167	1885	NYM	15	4	9	.308	14	4.93	44	10	0	0	115.0	131	63	102	5	48	8	1	527	17	3.44	3.76	0.92	0.39	8.3	9.1	1.56	.299	7.98	4.14	150	10.25	-22.2
24	Dupee Shaw D. Shaw	166	1887	WSH	21	7	13	.350	20	6.45	47	20	0	0	181.1	263	130	177	8	46	3	1	852	3	2.33	2.28	1.02	0.40	5.5	5.4	1.70	.341	8.78	4.14	102	13.05	-3.7
25	Billy Taylor B. Taylor	165	1883	PIT	19	4	7	.364	9	5.39	41	8	0	0	127.0	166	76	115	4	34		9	594	17	2.91	2.41	1.21	0.28	6.9	5.7	1.57		8.15	3.82	117	11.76	-8.4

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SB Leaders

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	74	50	.597
Phillies	67	58	.536	7.5
Marlins	64	61	.512	10.5
Nationals	60	66	.476	15.0
Mets	56	69	.448	18.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	77	48	.616
Cubs	72	53	.576	5.0
Cardinals	63	61	.508	13.5
Pirates	61	65	.484	16.5
Reds	59	64	.480	17.0
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Dodgers	74	51	.592
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Diamondbacks	66	59	.528	8.0
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Rays	74	49	.602
Yankees	69	55	.556	5.5
Red Sox	66	58	.532	8.5
Orioles	61	63	.492	13.5
Blue Jays	61	65	.484	14.5
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White Sox	65	58	.528
Tigers	60	64	.484	5.5
Twins	60	65	.480	6.0
Guardians	60	65	.480	6.0
Royals	51	74	.408	15.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	63	62	.504
Rangers	61	64	.488	2.0
Mariners	59	66	.472	4.0
Athletics	49	75	.395	13.5
Angels	49	76	.392	14.0