lowest era + in first two years since 1920

Bob Lee had the best ERA by a pitcher in his first 2 seasons, with an ERA of 1.71.

Interpreted as:

lowest era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team gameby a player + in first two years since 1920

	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	Bob Lee B. Lee	1.71	133	15	12	.556	5	200	0	0	42	268.1	182	51	66	17	100	2	89	16	1,071	4	6.71	3.35	2.00	0.57	18.7	9.3	1.05	.219	2.21	51	3.04	87	6.10	13.6
2	Jonny Venters J. Venters	1.89	164	10	6	.625	0	189	0	0	6	171.0	114	36	49	3	82	13	27	9	707	8	9.95	4.32	2.30	0.16	26.7	11.6	1.15	.264	2.58	49	2.73	71	6.00	21.6
3	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	1.94	114	13	6	.684	0	202	0	0	41	190.2	132	41	48	9	49	1	76	15	743	9	9.53	2.31	4.12	0.42	27.2	6.6	0.95	.255	2.27	49	1.97	50	6.23	40.4
4	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	55	21	13	.618	55	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	2.39	58	6.46	61
5	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
6	Johnny Beazley J. Beazley	2.09	44	22	6	.786	24	95	14	3	3	224.1	191	52	68	4	76	3	15		927	8	3.81	3.05	1.25	0.16	10.2	8.2	1.19	.250	2.73	62	2.87	81	7.66	16.4
7	Dick Radatz D. Radatz	2.10	128	24	12	.667	0	306	0	0	47	257.0	189	60	63	18	91	9	111	15	1,047	9	10.72	3.19	3.36	0.63	29.2	8.7	1.09	.274	2.21	53	2.24	56	6.62	49.4
8	Ken Tatum K. Tatum	2.16	107	14	6	.700	0	115	0	0	39	175.0	119	42	48	13	65	9	66	10	706	11	5.91	3.34	1.77	0.67	16.3	9.2	1.05	.210	2.47	61	3.49	95	6.12	3.2
9	Don Mossi D. Mossi	2.16	97	10	4	.714	6	124	2	0	16	174.2	137	42	50	9	57	2	45	2	715	2	6.39	2.94	2.18	0.46	17.3	8.0	1.11	.245	2.58	57	2.65	71	7.06	21.5
10	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	2.17	41	18	13	.581	37	178	11	1	1	290.1	231	70	81	17	75	2	4	6	1,160	7	5.52	2.32	2.37	0.53	15.3	6.5	1.05	.241	2.51	75	2.73	90	7.16	9.3
11	Doug Corbett D. Corbett	2.21	127	10	12	.455	0	149	0	0	40	224.0	182	55	60	12	76	1	108	21	908	5	5.99	3.05	1.96	0.48	16.4	8.4	1.15	.254	2.41	56	3.08	79	7.31	20.5
12	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.25	36	16	8	.667	36	257	0	0	0	224.1	147	56	66	14	71	5	0	6	886	5	10.31	2.85	3.62	0.56	29.0	8.0	0.97	.247	2.65	62	2.60	72	5.90	26.3
13	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	2.27	35	15	7	.682	25	196	11	8	1	210.0	148	53	57	11	66	1	4	4	824	4	8.40	2.83	2.97	0.47	23.8	8.0	1.02	.249	2.44	67	2.38	70	6.34	24
14	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.28	99	12	8	.600	0	137	0	0	18	177.2	144	45	50	3	55	6	57	11	727	7	6.94	2.79	2.49	0.15	18.8	7.6	1.12	.268	2.53	69	2.39	71	7.29	19.9
15	Dave Veres D. Veres	2.31	104	8	4	.667	0	122	0	0	2	144.1	128	37	42	9	37	5	22	9	586	6	7.61	2.31	3.30	0.56	20.8	6.3	1.14	.288	2.62	59	3.10	77	7.98	15.4
16	Bill Dawley B. Dawley	2.33	108	17	10	.630	0	107	0	0	19	177.2	133	46	50	14	57	1	64	13	706	3	5.42	2.89	1.88	0.71	15.2	8.1	1.07	.226	2.53	68	3.55	104	6.74	-3.1
17	Mike Garcia M. Garcia	2.33	42	14	5	.737	20	95	8	5	2	177.2	157	46	51	6	60	2	10		727	1	4.81	3.04	1.58	0.30	13.1	8.3	1.22	.268	2.58	58	2.93	73	7.95	21.8
18	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
19	Babe Adams B. Adams	2.34	60	31	18	.633	53	139	29	10	2	423.0	395	110	140	10	36	1	5		1,681	5	2.96	0.77	3.86	0.21	8.3	2.1	1.02	.258	2.98	69	2.80	79	8.40	34.7
20	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
21	Chris Devenski C. Devenski	2.38	110	12	9	.571	5	204	0	0	5	189.0	129	50	52	15	46	5	26	3	724	4	9.71	2.19	4.43	0.71	28.2	6.4	0.93	.251	2.48	58	2.83	66	6.14	30.3
22	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	2.39	36	12	10	.545	36	261	1	1	0	237.2	177	63	65	12	57	7	0	1	935	5	9.88	2.16	4.58	0.45	27.9	6.1	0.98	.276	2.46	66	2.32	61	6.70	38.9
23	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2.39	44	19	14	.576	37	189	17	7	0	286.0	243	76	89	19	88	8	1	11	1,163	8	5.95	2.77	2.15	0.60	16.3	7.6	1.16	.261	2.80	78	2.95	102	7.65	-2.9
24	Jim Hardin J. Hardin	2.43	54	26	16	.619	49	224	21	4	0	355.0	273	96	109	25	97	13	2	5	1,409	10	5.68	2.46	2.31	0.63	15.9	6.9	1.04	.236	2.76	81	3.02	96	6.92	5.1
25	Mike Henneman M. Henneman	2.44	120	20	9	.690	0	133	0	0	29	188.0	158	51	59	15	54	5	79	15	763	15	6.37	2.59	2.46	0.72	17.4	7.1	1.13	.257	2.82	59	3.38	80	7.56	18.3