Between the 1920 and 1929 seasons, Lefty Grove had the lowest ERA-, with an ERA- of 73.

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lowest era- with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team gameby a player, 1920s

	NAME	ERA-	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	Lefty Grove L. Grove	73	222	87	52	.626	147	3.09	837	82	8	23	1254.1	1,191	430	530	41	456	17	50	5,318	31	6.01	3.27	1.84	0.29	15.7	8.6	1.31	.290	3.80	3.24	77	8.55	133.2
2	Pat Malone P. Malone	74	82	40	23	.635	55	3.22	321	35	7	4	517.2	501	185	219	27	201	12	21	2,200	16	5.58	3.49	1.60	0.47	14.6	9.1	1.36	.289	3.81	3.71	86	8.71	35.3
3	Wilcy Moore W. Moore	75	126	29	15	.659	14	2.96	114	6	1	25	334.1	320	110	148	11	109	1	76	1,423	7	3.07	2.93	1.05	0.30	8.0	7.7	1.28	.260	3.98	3.76	96	8.61	5.4
4	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	77	325	165	105	.611	290	3.04	653	194	20	16	2415.1	2,528	816	982	111	349	15	29	9,893	18	2.43	1.30	1.87	0.41	6.6	3.5	1.19	.276	3.66	3.48	88	9.42	127
5	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	77	266	147	90	.620	244	3.10	1,464	172	22	4	2053.2	1,891	708	820	83	583	61	18	8,506	24	6.42	2.55	2.51	0.36	17.2	6.9	1.20	.286	3.59	3.05	76	8.29	219.9
6	Watty Clark W. Clark	77	120	36	33	.522	62	3.35	263	30	5	6	573.0	600	213	261	20	154	6	38	2,455	9	4.13	2.42	1.71	0.31	10.7	6.3	1.32	.288	4.10	3.43	81	9.42	52.9
7	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	78	59	28	17	.622	49	3.42	143	27	2	2	392.0	390	149	177	24	88	9	8	1,641	6	3.28	2.02	1.63	0.55	8.7	5.4	1.22	.266	4.06	3.89	90	8.95	19
8	Stan Coveleski S. Coveleski	78	274	133	89	.599	253	3.20	558	137	21	9	1933.2	2,041	688	851	53	510	18	16	8,171	21	2.60	2.37	1.09	0.25	6.8	6.2	1.32	.283	3.96	3.57	88	9.50	97.7
9	Hal Haid H. Haid	79	65	11	11	.500	14	3.66	62	8	0	9	201.2	210	82	114	9	77	6	28	888	1	2.77	3.44	0.81	0.40	7.0	8.7	1.42	.274	5.09	4.30	95	9.37	4.6
10	Urban Shocker U. Shocker	80	330	156	93	.627	261	3.34	753	168	22	22	2148.2	2,256	797	946	117	484	26	53	9,020	10	3.15	2.03	1.56	0.49	8.3	5.4	1.28	.280	3.96	3.71	90	9.45	102.2
11	Tommy Thomas T. Thomas	81	156	65	62	.512	131	3.24	425	85	10	7	1099.1	1,043	396	464	54	340	6	19	4,584	5	3.48	2.78	1.25	0.44	9.3	7.4	1.26	.263	3.80	3.81	95	8.54	20.5
12	Dutch Ulrich D. Ulrich	81	98	19	27	.413	39	3.48	123	24	3	2	406.0	452	157	197	21	89	2	29	1,720	3	2.73	1.97	1.38	0.47	7.2	5.2	1.33	.290	4.37	3.74	87	10.02	27.1
13	Dolf Luque D. Luque	82	353	138	146	.486	302	3.09	904	168	21	8	2479.2	2,446	851	1,059	75	688	21	38	10,321	35	3.28	2.50	1.31	0.27	8.8	6.7	1.26	.275	3.84	3.52	93	8.88	74.3
14	Ray Kremer R. Kremer	82	221	107	55	.660	169	3.46	390	98	11	9	1372.0	1,399	527	598	81	330	22	35	5,755	14	2.56	2.16	1.18	0.53	6.8	5.7	1.26	.267	3.92	3.99	95	9.18	35.3
15	Eddie Rommel E. Rommel	82	424	154	108	.588	230	3.47	530	132	17	25	2243.1	2,367	865	1,054	116	652	31	138	9,531	25	2.13	2.62	0.81	0.47	5.6	6.8	1.35	.274	4.23	4.11	98	9.50	21.7
16	Wes Ferrell W. Ferrell	83	46	21	12	.636	27	3.60	104	19	1	5	259.2	274	104	120	7	116	3	13	1,136	2	3.60	4.02	0.90	0.24	9.2	10.2	1.50	.295	4.16	4.07	91	9.50	12.2
17	Red Faber R. Faber	83	316	149	116	.562	297	3.34	804	181	17	4	2364.0	2,429	878	1,045	73	664	47	14	9,958	28	3.06	2.53	1.21	0.28	8.1	6.7	1.31	.281	3.98	3.62	90	9.25	101.7
18	George Earnshaw G. Earnshaw	84	70	31	15	.674	55	3.49	266	20	6	2	413.0	376	160	191	15	225	6	9	1,828	15	5.80	4.90	1.18	0.33	14.6	12.3	1.46	.274	4.16	3.93	93	8.19	13.7
19	Jake Miller J. Miller	84	140	49	47	.510	111	3.56	227	52	5	2	834.1	938	330	392	23	236	27	18	3,596	0	2.45	2.55	0.96	0.25	6.3	6.6	1.41	.297	4.23	3.81	90	10.12	41.3
20	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	84	258	120	88	.577	227	3.33	895	143	24	12	1823.2	1,768	675	799	66	545	63	28	7,669	25	4.42	2.69	1.64	0.33	11.7	7.1	1.27	.279	3.94	3.49	89	8.73	88
21	Bill Shores B. Shores	84	42	12	7	.632	15	3.56	54	6	1	7	166.2	163	66	78	9	66	3	19	714	2	2.92	3.56	0.82	0.49	7.6	9.2	1.37	.265	4.21	4.44	102	8.80	-1.6
22	Sam Gray S. Gray	85	219	82	60	.577	146	3.65	476	74	13	11	1207.0	1,277	489	606	58	435	19	39	5,216	22	3.55	3.24	1.09	0.43	9.1	8.3	1.42	.288	4.52	4.00	93	9.52	42.5
23	Firpo Marberry F. Marberry	85	333	78	56	.582	70	3.44	453	36	1	72	1038.1	1,006	397	480	26	377	31	199	4,403	6	3.93	3.27	1.20	0.23	10.3	8.6	1.33	.279	4.16	3.66	91	8.72	43.9
24	Joe Pate J. Pate	85	79	9	3	.750	2	3.51	38	0	0	13	166.2	176	65	74	6	72	3	52	738	2	2.05	3.89	0.53	0.32	5.1	9.8	1.49	.275	4.00	4.31	105	9.50	-3.8
25	Bob Shawkey B. Shawkey	85	270	106	83	.561	183	3.45	788	99	15	14	1612.2	1,590	618	721	87	565	23	58	6,786	28	4.40	3.15	1.39	0.49	11.6	8.3	1.34	.282	4.02	3.80	95	8.87	35.9

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Between the 1920 and 1929 seasons, Lefty Grove had the lowest ERA-, with an ERA- of 73.

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