lowest era (in losses) career (minimum 100 ip) (1920 to 2021)

Between the 1920 and 2021 seasons, Claude Hendrix had the lowest ERA in losses when pitching at least 100 innings, with an ERA of 3.88.

Interpreted as:
lowest era (in losses) by a player career (minimum 100 ip) (1920 to 2021)
NAME ERA L IP W L% G W% GS SO CG SHO SV H ER R HR BB HBP GF IBB TBF WP K/9 BB/9 K/BB HR/9 K% BB% WHIP BABIP RA H/9
1 Claude Hendrix
C. Hendrix
3.88
12
104.1
0
1.000
12
.000
12
33
8
0
0
122
45
57
2
22
1
0
448
2
2.85
1.90
1.50
0.17
7.4
4.9
1.38
.308
4.92
10.52
2 Harry Harper
H. Harper
3.92
18
119.1
0
1.000
18
.000
18
44
8
0
0
134
52
66
11
43
2
0
518
4
3.32
3.24
1.02
0.83
8.5
8.3
1.48
.294
4.98
10.11
3 Elmer Ponder
E. Ponder
4.13
21
135.0
0
1.000
21
.000
18
40
9
0
0
149
62
77
3
31
3
3
582
6
2.67
2.07
1.29
0.20
6.9
5.3
1.33
.289
5.13
9.93
4 Ernie White
E. White
4.22
21
106.2
0
1.000
21
.000
17
53
4
0
0
107
50
77
11
56
5
1
494
3
4.47
4.72
0.95
0.93
10.7
11.3
1.53
.260
6.50
9.03
5 Jim Hardin
J. Hardin
4.48
32
164.2
0
1.000
32
.000
30
99
1
0
0
170
82
102
22
56
6
1
10
711
6
5.41
3.06
1.77
1.20
13.9
7.9
1.37
.280
5.57
9.29
6 Rickey Clark
R. Clark
4.48
32
168.2
0
1.000
32
.000
31
91
1
0
0
154
84
103
20
84
3
0
2
739
19
4.86
4.48
1.08
1.07
12.3
11.4
1.41
.248
5.50
8.22
7 Dolf Luque
D. Luque
4.50
172
1138.2
0
1.000
172
.000
157
372
65
0
0
1,302
569
703
51
349
9
13
4,945
21
2.94
2.76
1.07
0.40
7.5
7.1
1.45
.300
5.56
10.29
8 Dan Pfister
D. Pfister
4.51
19
103.2
0
1.000
19
.000
15
68
1
0
0
91
52
60
18
54
3
1
4
455
4
5.90
4.69
1.26
1.56
14.9
11.9
1.40
.234
5.21
7.90
9 Stan Coveleski
S. Coveleski
4.61
89
587.1
0
1.000
89
.000
88
181
27
0
0
734
301
396
29
178
9
1
2,655
6
2.77
2.73
1.02
0.44
6.8
6.7
1.55
.312
6.07
11.25
10 Curly Ogden
C. Ogden
4.64
19
110.2
0
1.000
19
.000
16
19
6
0
0
138
57
73
4
52
5
1
519
4
1.55
4.23
0.37
0.33
3.7
10.0
1.72
.305
5.94
11.22
11 Dutch Leonard
D. Leonard
4.68
181
1111.0
0
1.000
181
.000
158
387
54
0
0
1,364
578
731
69
344
24
13
4,995
45
3.14
2.79
1.13
0.56
7.7
6.9
1.54
.310
5.92
11.05
12 Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
4.68
108
753.1
0
1.000
108
.000
101
200
46
0
0
970
392
462
41
124
8
2
3,283
6
2.39
1.48
1.61
0.49
6.1
3.8
1.45
.319
5.52
11.59
13 Bob Gibson
B. Gibson
4.69
174
1219.1
0
1.000
174
.000
170
950
55
0
0
1,257
635
731
126
496
30
3
69
5,362
46
7.01
3.66
1.92
0.93
17.7
9.3
1.44
.301
5.40
9.28
14 Art Reinhart
A. Reinhart
4.69
18
109.1
0
1.000
18
.000
14
24
6
0
0
140
57
84
7
45
2
3
503
1
1.98
3.70
0.53
0.58
4.8
8.9
1.69
.313
6.91
11.52
15 Bill Bevens
B. Bevens
4.71
36
225.2
0
1.000
36
.000
34
103
13
0
0
265
118
135
18
92
1
1
1,006
1
4.11
3.67
1.12
0.72
10.2
9.1
1.58
.312
5.38
10.57
16 Doug McWeeny
D. McWeeny
4.71
57
323.0
0
1.000
57
.000
51
129
15
0
0
377
169
221
16
169
12
3
1,511
8
3.59
4.71
0.76
0.45
8.5
11.2
1.69
.305
6.16
10.50
17 Willie Ramsdell
W. Ramsdell
4.71
39
193.0
0
1.000
39
.000
32
79
9
0
0
201
101
130
19
89
10
4
865
7
3.68
4.15
0.89
0.89
9.1
10.3
1.50
.272
6.06
9.37
18 Blix Donnelly
B. Donnelly
4.74
36
184.0
0
1.000
36
.000
25
71
5
0
0
206
97
123
18
94
3
7
840
2
3.47
4.60
0.76
0.88
8.5
11.2
1.63
.287
6.02
10.08
19 Lefty Grove
L. Grove
4.75
141
892.2
0
1.000
141
.000
119
452
55
0
0
1,091
471
588
57
317
13
19
4,041
11
4.56
3.20
1.43
0.57
11.2
7.8
1.58
.323
5.93
11.00
20 Nate Andrews
N. Andrews
4.75
54
337.0
0
1.000
54
.000
49
96
19
0
0
399
178
209
21
118
1
4
1,516
8
2.56
3.15
0.81
0.56
6.3
7.8
1.53
.295
5.58
10.66
21 Fred Toney
F. Toney
4.76
40
255.1
0
1.000
40
.000
40
56
12
0
0
322
135
159
14
77
2
0
1,120
9
1.97
2.71
0.73
0.49
5.0
6.9
1.56
.317
5.60
11.35
22 Jesse Flores
J. Flores
4.76
59
353.1
0
1.000
59
.000
51
137
17
0
0
392
187
222
28
112
5
6
1,548
1
3.49
2.85
1.22
0.71
8.9
7.2
1.43
.288
5.65
9.98
23 Hippo Vaughn
H. Vaughn
4.78
27
169.1
0
1.000
27
.000
25
59
11
0
0
218
90
122
8
49
8
1
753
4
3.14
2.60
1.20
0.43
7.8
6.5
1.58
.334
6.48
11.59
24 Carl Hubbell
C. Hubbell
4.80
154
1000.0
0
1.000
154
.000
146
430
47
0
0
1,186
533
633
90
267
15
8
4,435
17
3.87
2.40
1.61
0.81
9.7
6.0
1.45
.302
5.70
10.67
25 Rube Benton
R. Benton
4.80
47
262.1
0
1.000
47
.000
41
67
11
0
0
354
140
190
15
47
3
5
1,181
6
2.30
1.61
1.43
0.51
5.7
4.0
1.53
.323
6.52
12.14
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