lowest era in losses in a season since 1947, minimum 10 games started

Since 1947, Sam McDowell has the best ERA in losses with 10+ starts in a season, with an ERA of 2.34 in 1968.

Interpreted as:

lowest era in losses by a player in a season since 1947, minimum 10 games started

	NAME	ERA	L	GS	SEASON	TM	W	L%	G	W%	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	H/9
1	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2.34	14	14	1968	CLE	0	1.000	14	.000	92	3	0	0	92.1	69	24	43	6	48	2	0	5	395	3	8.97	4.68	1.92	0.58	23.3	12.2	1.27	.255	4.19	6.73
2	Andy Hassler A. Hassler	2.86	11	11	1974	CAL	0	1.000	11	.000	36	6	0	0	78.2	71	25	41	4	36	7	0	1	343	2	4.12	4.12	1.00	0.46	10.5	10.5	1.36	.258	4.69	8.12
3	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	2.91	10	10	1978	MON	0	1.000	10	.000	33	5	0	0	74.1	68	24	25	4	16	0	0	1	300	0	4.00	1.94	2.06	0.48	11.0	5.3	1.13	.259	3.03	8.23
4	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.02	10	10	1955	CWS	0	1.000	10	.000	46	4	0	0	65.2	64	22	23	7	24	0	0	2	278	0	6.30	3.29	1.92	0.96	16.5	8.6	1.34	.284	3.15	8.77
5	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	3.12	17	16	1971	SDP	0	1.000	17	.000	54	5	0	0	112.2	117	39	51	5	36	1	1	7	478	2	4.31	2.88	1.50	0.40	11.3	7.5	1.36	.293	4.07	9.35
6	Burt Hooton B. Hooton	3.13	10	10	1979	LAD	0	1.000	10	.000	37	3	0	0	63.1	62	22	35	2	17	0	0	1	263	0	5.26	2.42	2.18	0.28	14.1	6.5	1.25	.290	4.97	8.81
7	Mike Morgan M. Morgan	3.13	10	10	1991	LAD	0	1.000	10	.000	44	2	0	0	69.0	55	24	32	2	23	0	0	3	285	2	5.74	3.00	1.91	0.26	15.4	8.1	1.13	.245	4.17	7.17
8	Blue Moon Odom B. Moon Odom	3.13	10	10	1968	OAK	0	1.000	10	.000	48	0	0	0	69.0	63	24	34	2	25	2	0	4	292	5	6.26	3.26	1.92	0.26	16.4	8.6	1.28	.284	4.43	8.22
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	3.20	11	11	1969	SFG	0	1.000	11	.000	62	7	0	0	84.1	89	30	47	10	11	3	0	5	351	1	6.62	1.17	5.64	1.07	17.7	3.1	1.19	.298	5.02	9.50
10	Chris Short C. Short	3.21	11	11	1967	PHI	0	1.000	11	.000	48	2	0	0	75.2	67	27	28	5	26	3	0	5	310	4	5.71	3.09	1.85	0.59	15.5	8.4	1.23	.272	3.33	7.97
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.24	10	10	1973	NYM	0	1.000	10	.000	56	3	0	0	72.1	62	26	27	11	18	2	0	2	294	1	6.97	2.24	3.11	1.37	19.0	6.1	1.11	.246	3.36	7.71
12	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	3.25	17	15	1948	PHN	0	1.000	17	.000	33	7	0	0	108.0	118	39	54	4	32	2	1		468	3	2.75	2.67	1.03	0.33	7.1	6.8	1.39	.287	4.50	9.83
13	Willie Ramsdell W. Ramsdell	3.25	14	11	1950	TOT	0	1.000	14	.000	35	5	0	0	83.0	75	30	40	6	42	1	3		357	3	3.80	4.55	0.83	0.65	9.8	11.8	1.41	.253	4.34	8.13
14	Melido Perez M. Perez	3.28	16	16	1992	NYY	0	1.000	16	.000	110	8	0	0	123.1	111	45	58	7	43	3	0	3	505	7	8.03	3.14	2.56	0.51	21.8	8.5	1.25	.304	4.23	8.10
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	3.29	11	11	1965	MIN	0	1.000	11	.000	36	0	0	0	63.0	73	23	39	9	12	1	0	1	274	1	5.14	1.71	3.00	1.29	13.1	4.4	1.35	.296	5.57	10.43
16	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.29	11	11	1992	CHC	0	1.000	11	.000	56	1	0	0	76.2	62	28	30	4	23	3	0	4	308	2	6.57	2.70	2.43	0.47	18.2	7.5	1.11	.261	3.52	7.28
17	Don Cardwell D. Cardwell	3.29	10	10	1965	PIT	0	1.000	10	.000	29	4	0	0	68.1	62	25	31	9	16	1	0	0	272	5	3.82	2.11	1.81	1.19	10.7	5.9	1.14	.244	4.08	8.17
18	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3.32	11	11	1975	BAL	0	1.000	11	.000	55	7	0	0	86.2	82	32	42	5	31	1	0	4	366	2	5.71	3.22	1.77	0.52	15.0	8.5	1.30	.281	4.36	8.52
19	Bob Rush B. Rush	3.33	10	10	1956	CHC	0	1.000	10	.000	21	3	0	0	67.2	63	25	36	8	17	1	0	4	283	2	2.79	2.26	1.24	1.06	7.4	6.0	1.18	.233	4.79	8.38
20	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	3.34	13	13	1971	CWS	0	1.000	13	.000	50	4	0	0	94.1	97	35	49	5	13	2	0	2	389	2	4.77	1.24	3.85	0.48	12.9	3.3	1.17	.288	4.67	9.25
21	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.36	15	15	1967	PHI	0	1.000	15	.000	76	4	0	0	99.0	87	37	45	7	27	8	0	11	414	0	6.91	2.45	2.81	0.64	18.4	6.5	1.15	.270	4.09	7.91
22	Stan Bahnsen S. Bahnsen	3.39	12	11	1968	NYY	0	1.000	12	.000	43	1	0	0	77.0	76	29	36	5	27	1	1	5	328	3	5.03	3.16	1.59	0.58	13.1	8.2	1.34	.282	4.21	8.88
23	John Dopson J. Dopson	3.39	11	11	1988	MON	0	1.000	11	.000	38	1	0	0	69.0	61	26	36	8	32	0	0	3	298	3	4.96	4.17	1.19	1.04	12.8	10.7	1.35	.241	4.70	7.96
24	Joaquin Andujar J. Andujar	3.41	10	10	1982	STL	0	1.000	10	.000	38	1	0	0	68.2	70	26	30	2	15	1	0	4	285	1	4.98	1.97	2.53	0.26	13.3	5.3	1.24	.297	3.93	9.17
25	Curt Simmons C. Simmons	3.41	10	10	1961	STL	0	1.000	10	.000	31	2	0	0	63.1	67	24	34	6	16	2	0	4	272	0	4.41	2.27	1.94	0.85	11.4	5.9	1.31	.281	4.83	9.52