Since 1947, Edinson Volquez has the highest ERA- in a season, with an ERA- of 161 in 2013.

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highest single season era - with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by a player since 1947

	NAME	ERA-	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	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	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Edinson Volquez E. Volquez	161	2013	TOT	33	9	12	.429	32	5.71	142	0	0	0	170.1	193	108	114	19	77	3	0	2	777	16	7.50	4.07	1.84	1.00	18.3	9.9	1.59	.325	6.02	4.24	115	10.20	-10.6
2	Jose Lima J. Lima	156	2005	KCR	32	5	16	.238	32	6.99	80	1	0	0	168.2	219	131	140	31	61	9	0	1	780	5	4.27	3.25	1.31	1.65	10.3	7.8	1.66	.314	7.47	5.70	132	11.69	-25.8
3	Mark Davis M. Davis	154	1984	SFG	46	5	17	.227	27	5.36	124	1	0	0	174.2	201	104	113	25	54	5	6	12	766	8	6.39	2.78	2.30	1.29	16.2	7.0	1.46	.315	5.82	4.22	120	10.36	-13.6
4	Matthew Boyd M. Boyd	153	2020	DET	12	3	7	.300	12	6.71	60	1	0	0	60.1	67	45	46	15	22	5	0	0	271	5	8.95	3.28	2.73	2.24	22.1	8.1	1.48	.308	6.86	5.77	131	9.99	-9.3
5	Jack Lamabe J. Lamabe	153	1964	BOS	39	9	13	.409	25	5.89	109	3	0	1	177.1	235	116	123	25	57	2	8	5	811	5	5.53	2.89	1.91	1.27	13.4	7.0	1.65	.340	6.24	4.21	105	11.93	-3.4
6	Bob Knepper B. Knepper	153	1989	TOT	35	7	12	.368	26	5.13	64	1	1	0	165.0	190	94	98	16	75	3	2	6	746	5	3.49	4.09	0.85	0.87	8.6	10.1	1.61	.296	5.35	4.66	136	10.36	-24.1
7	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	153	1964	MIL	38	6	13	.316	25	5.29	78	4	1	4	173.2	204	102	110	23	52	2	11	4	759	6	4.04	2.69	1.50	1.19	10.3	6.9	1.47	.300	5.70	4.36	131	10.57	-20.7
8	Rick Wise R. Wise	152	1968	PHI	30	9	15	.375	30	4.54	97	7	1	0	182.1	210	92	100	12	37	6	0	3	776	4	4.79	1.83	2.62	0.59	12.5	4.8	1.35	.317	4.94	2.88	102	10.37	-1.2
9	Eric Milton E. Milton	152	2005	CIN	34	8	15	.348	34	6.47	123	0	0	0	186.1	237	134	141	40	52	7	0	2	855	8	5.94	2.51	2.37	1.93	14.4	6.1	1.55	.311	6.81	5.43	124	11.45	-21
10	Jim Deshaies J. Deshaies	151	1994	MIN	25	6	12	.333	25	7.39	78	0	0	0	130.1	170	107	109	30	54	2	0	0	596	1	5.39	3.73	1.44	2.07	13.1	9.1	1.72	.324	7.53	6.21	131	11.74	-21.3
11	Matt Keough M. Keough	148	1982	OAK	34	11	18	.379	34	5.72	75	10	2	0	209.1	233	133	144	38	101	5	0	1	946	10	3.22	4.34	0.74	1.63	7.9	10.7	1.60	.268	6.19	5.87	145	10.02	-42.6
12	Phil Ortega P. Ortega	146	1965	WSH	35	12	15	.444	29	5.11	88	4	2	0	179.2	176	102	107	33	97	5	2	7	785	7	4.41	4.86	0.91	1.65	11.2	12.4	1.52	.254	5.36	5.63	156	8.82	-39.7
13	Dick Ruthven D. Ruthven	146	1981	PHI	23	12	7	.632	22	5.15	80	5	0	0	146.2	162	84	94	10	54	3	0	4	648	6	4.91	3.31	1.48	0.61	12.3	8.3	1.47	.303	5.77	3.56	103	9.94	-1.6
14	Joel Pineiro J. Pineiro	145	2006	SEA	40	8	13	.381	25	6.36	87	1	0	1	165.2	209	117	123	23	64	10	6	13	753	4	4.73	3.48	1.36	1.25	11.6	8.5	1.65	.327	6.68	5.23	118	11.35	-15.4
15	Steve Arlin S. Arlin	145	1973	SDP	34	11	14	.440	27	5.10	98	7	3	0	180.0	196	102	107	26	72	1	0	7	794	7	4.90	3.60	1.36	1.30	12.3	9.1	1.49	.285	5.35	4.56	129	9.80	-21.9
16	Lucas Giolito L. Giolito	145	2018	CWS	32	10	13	.435	32	6.13	125	0	0	0	173.1	166	118	123	27	90	15	0	2	775	13	6.49	4.67	1.39	1.40	16.1	11.6	1.48	.268	6.39	5.56	130	8.62	-24.4
17	Nate Robertson N. Robertson	145	2008	DET	32	7	11	.389	28	6.35	108	0	0	0	168.2	218	119	124	26	62	2	1	7	761	5	5.76	3.31	1.74	1.39	14.2	8.1	1.66	.341	6.62	4.99	114	11.63	-11.5
18	Brandon Backe B. Backe	144	2008	HOU	31	9	14	.391	31	6.05	127	0	0	0	166.2	202	112	114	36	77	4	0	2	756	2	6.86	4.16	1.65	1.94	16.8	10.2	1.67	.324	6.16	5.87	135	10.91	-27.6
19	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	143	1998	MON	33	5	15	.250	32	6.06	139	0	0	0	172.1	196	116	121	31	68	11	1	2	764	2	7.26	3.55	2.04	1.62	18.2	8.9	1.53	.320	6.32	5.23	122	10.24	-17.8
20	Terry Mulholland T. Mulholland	143	1995	SFG	29	5	13	.278	24	5.80	65	2	0	0	149.0	190	96	112	25	38	4	2	1	666	4	3.93	2.30	1.71	1.51	9.8	5.7	1.53	.309	6.77	5.25	126	11.48	-18.1
21	Frank Baumann F. Baumann	142	1961	CWS	53	10	13	.435	23	5.61	75	5	1	3	187.2	249	117	128	22	59	2	13	4	860	3	3.60	2.83	1.27	1.06	8.7	6.9	1.64	.323	6.14	4.27	106	11.94	-5.8
22	Moe Drabowsky M. Drabowsky	142	1964	KCA	53	5	13	.278	21	5.29	119	1	0	1	168.1	176	99	103	24	72	8	11	5	739	9	6.36	3.85	1.65	1.28	16.1	9.7	1.47	.295	5.51	4.47	115	9.41	-10.4
23	James Shields J. Shields	142	2016	TOT	33	6	19	.240	33	5.85	135	1	0	0	181.2	208	118	122	40	82	8	0	3	822	10	6.69	4.06	1.65	1.98	16.4	10.0	1.60	.302	6.04	6.00	143	10.30	-36.8
24	Pete Broberg P. Broberg	141	1972	TEX	39	5	12	.294	25	4.29	133	3	2	1	176.1	153	84	93	14	85	13	4	3	760	14	6.79	4.34	1.56	0.71	17.5	11.2	1.35	.270	4.75	3.58	113	7.81	-8.4
25	Chuck Stobbs C. Stobbs	141	1957	WSH	42	8	20	.286	31	5.36	114	5	2	1	211.2	235	126	140	28	80	5	5	10	946	4	4.85	3.40	1.43	1.19	12.1	8.5	1.49	.288	5.95	4.30	112	9.99	-10.8

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Phillies	79	62	.560	5.0
Marlins	71	71	.500	13.5
Nationals	67	76	.469	18.0
Mets	64	77	.454	20.0
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Brewers	88	54	.620
Cubs	80	62	.563	8.0
Cardinals	71	71	.500	17.0
Pirates	70	72	.493	18.0
Reds	67	74	.475	20.5
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Dodgers	84	57	.596
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Diamondbacks	74	68	.521	10.5
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Since 1947, Edinson Volquez has the highest ERA- in a season, with an ERA- of 161 in 2013.

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