lowest single season era 1969 to 2025 (minimum 200 ip)

Since 1969, Dwight Gooden had the best ERA with 200.0+ innings pitched in a season, with an ERA of 1.53 in 1985.

Interpreted as:

lowest single season era by a player 1969 to 2025 (minimum 200 IP)

	NAME	ERA	IP	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	1.53	276.2	1985	NYM	35	24	4	.857	35	268	16	8	0	198	47	51	13	69	2	0	4	1,065	6	8.72	2.24	3.88	0.42	25.2	6.5	0.97	.259	1.66	44	2.12	59	6.44	45.6
2	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.56	202.0	1994	ATL	25	16	6	.727	25	156	10	3	0	150	35	44	4	31	6	0	3	774	3	6.95	1.38	5.03	0.18	20.2	4.0	0.90	.253	1.96	37	2.39	55	6.68	43.7
3	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	1.63	209.2	1995	ATL	28	19	2	.905	28	181	10	3	0	147	38	39	8	23	4	0	3	785	1	7.77	0.99	7.87	0.34	23.1	2.9	0.81	.244	1.67	39	2.25	52	6.31	46.9
4	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.66	222.2	2015	LAD	32	19	3	.864	32	200	1	0	0	148	41	43	14	40	5	0	1	843	7	8.08	1.62	5.00	0.57	23.7	4.7	0.84	.229	1.74	44	2.75	73	5.98	26.2
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.70	217.0	2018	NYM	32	10	9	.526	32	269	1	0	0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	44	1.98	50	6.30	49
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.74	217.0	2000	BOS	29	18	6	.750	29	284	7	4	0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	35	2.16	47	5.31	61.5
7	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1.74	273.2	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	248	16	9	0	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.76	286.1	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	289	21	4	0	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
9	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1.77	229.0	2015	CHC	33	22	6	.786	33	236	4	3	0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	45	2.34	60	5.90	39
10	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.82	312.0	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	301	24	8	0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.83	236.0	2013	LAD	33	16	9	.640	33	232	3	2	0	164	48	55	11	52	3	0	2	908	12	8.85	1.98	4.46	0.42	25.6	5.7	0.92	.251	2.10	51	2.38	64	6.25	35.4
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.87	211.1	2005	HOU	32	13	8	.619	32	185	1	0	0	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	44	2.86	67	6.43	33.4
13	Kevin Brown K. Brown	1.89	233.0	1996	FLA	32	17	11	.607	32	159	5	3	0	187	49	60	8	33	16	0	2	906	6	6.14	1.27	4.82	0.31	17.5	3.6	0.94	.259	2.32	46	2.88	68	7.22	35.8
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.90	241.1	1997	MON	31	17	8	.680	31	305	13	4	0	158	51	65	16	67	9	0	5	947	3	11.37	2.50	4.55	0.60	32.2	7.1	0.93	.258	2.42	45	2.38	57	5.89	49
15	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	1.91	334.0	1971	CWS	44	22	13	.629	42	210	22	7	1	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	53	2.63	71	7.33	38.9
16	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1.92	342.2	1972	CLE	41	24	16	.600	40	234	29	5	1	253	73	79	17	82	12	1	16	1,345	11	6.15	2.15	2.85	0.45	17.4	6.1	0.98	.236	2.07	60	2.49	74	6.64	31.9
17	John Tudor J. Tudor	1.93	275.0	1985	STL	36	21	8	.724	36	169	14	10	0	209	59	68	14	49	5	0	4	1,062	4	5.53	1.60	3.45	0.46	15.9	4.6	0.94	.236	2.23	55	2.70	76	6.84	26.3
18	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.93	228.1	1990	BOS	31	21	6	.778	31	209	7	4	0	193	49	59	7	54	7	0	3	920	8	8.24	2.13	3.87	0.28	22.7	5.9	1.08	.289	2.33	47	2.17	55	7.61	44.8
19	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1.97	346.1	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	310	30	8	0	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
20	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	2.03	239.2	1985	LAD	36	19	3	.864	34	157	9	5	0	179	54	72	8	68	6	1	5	953	5	5.90	2.55	2.31	0.30	16.5	7.1	1.03	.239	2.70	59	2.73	77	6.72	22.1
21	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2.04	295.1	1972	OAK	38	21	7	.750	37	191	16	5	0	200	67	74	21	70	3	1	6	1,148	3	5.82	2.13	2.73	0.64	16.6	6.1	0.91	.207	2.26	70	2.77	91	6.09	8.5
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	2.05	264.0	1997	TOR	34	21	7	.750	34	292	9	3	0	204	60	65	9	68	12	0	1	1,044	4	9.95	2.32	4.29	0.31	28.0	6.5	1.03	.294	2.22	45	2.24	50	6.95	66.3
23	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.07	274.1	1972	BAL	36	21	10	.677	36	184	18	3	0	219	63	73	21	70	1	0	1	1,094	4	6.04	2.30	2.63	0.69	16.8	6.4	1.05	.242	2.39	69	2.82	90	7.18	9.3
24	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.07	213.1	1999	BOS	31	23	4	.852	29	313	5	1	0	160	49	56	9	37	9	1	1	835	6	13.20	1.56	8.46	0.38	37.5	4.4	0.92	.323	2.36	42	1.38	30	6.75	79.4
25	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.08	290.0	1973	NYM	36	19	10	.655	36	251	18	3	0	219	67	74	23	64	4	0	5	1,147	5	7.79	1.99	3.92	0.71	21.9	5.6	0.98	.243	2.30	59	2.56	72	6.80	32.9