lowest single season era by 40+ year old pitcher

Cy Young has the best ERA by a pitcher 40 or older in a season, with an ERA of 1.26 in 1908.

Interpreted as:
lowest single season era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game by 40+ year old pitcher
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1Cy Young
C. Young
1.26
41
1908
BOS BOS
36
21
11
.656
33
150
30
3
2
299.0
230
42
68
1
37
1
3
1,116
4
4.52
1.11
4.05
0.03
13.4
3.3
0.89
.247
2.05
52
1.52
67
6.92
25.4
2Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
1.87
42
2005
HOU HOU
32
13
8
.619
32
185
1
0
0
211.1
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
3Cy Young
C. Young
1.99
40
1907
BSA BSA
43
21
15
.583
37
147
33
6
2
343.1
286
76
101
3
51
7
5
1,308
6
3.85
1.34
2.88
0.08
11.2
3.9
0.98
.257
2.65
77
1.94
80
7.50
18.8
4Ted Lyons
T. Lyons
2.10
41
1942
CWS CWS
20
14
6
.700
20
50
20
1
0
180.1
167
42
52
11
26
2
0
720
3
2.50
1.30
1.92
0.55
6.9
3.6
1.07
.247
2.60
58
3.12
89
8.33
7.3
5Cy Young
C. Young
2.26
42
1909
CLE CLE
35
19
15
.559
34
109
30
3
0
294.1
267
74
110
4
59
8
1
1,137
6
3.33
1.80
1.85
0.12
9.6
5.2
1.11
.275
3.36
92
2.34
98
8.16
1
6Johnny Niggeling
J. Niggeling
2.32
40
1944
WSH WSH
24
10
8
.556
24
121
14
2
0
206.0
164
53
65
5
88
4
0
848
5
5.29
3.84
1.38
0.22
14.3
10.4
1.22
.252
2.84
70
3.02
92
7.17
5.7
7Eddie Plank
E. Plank
2.33
40
1916
SLA SLA
37
16
15
.516
26
88
17
3
3
235.2
203
61
78
2
67
6
9
930
2
3.36
2.56
1.31
0.08
9.5
7.2
1.15
.262
2.98
84
2.61
95
7.75
3.5
8Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
2.52
40
1927
SLN SLN
37
21
10
.677
30
48
22
2
3
268.0
261
75
94
11
38
1
5
1,082
1
1.61
1.28
1.26
0.37
4.4
3.5
1.12
.254
3.16
64
3.64
91
8.76
10.6
9Cy Young
C. Young
2.53
43
1910
CLE CLE
21
7
10
.412
20
58
14
1
0
163.1
149
46
62
0
27
4
0
623
7
3.20
1.49
2.15
0.00
9.3
4.3
1.08
.279
3.42
99
2.18
83
8.21
8.6
10Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
2.60
42
1963
MIL MIL
33
23
7
.767
33
102
22
7
0
259.2
241
75
85
23
49
0
0
4
1,037
4
3.54
1.70
2.08
0.80
9.8
4.7
1.12
.253
2.95
81
3.41
106
8.35
-6.4
11Randy Johnson
R. Johnson
2.60
40
2004
ARI ARI
35
16
14
.533
35
290
4
2
0
245.2
177
71
88
18
44
10
0
1
964
3
10.62
1.61
6.59
0.66
30.1
4.6
0.90
.264
3.22
57
2.29
51
6.48
59.7
12Bartolo Colon
B. Colon
2.65
40
2013
OAK OAK
30
18
6
.750
30
117
3
3
0
190.1
193
56
60
14
29
0
0
0
769
1
5.53
1.37
4.03
0.66
15.2
3.8
1.17
.294
2.84
68
3.23
83
9.13
14
13Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
2.76
40
1987
HOU HOU
34
8
16
.333
34
270
0
0
0
211.2
154
65
75
14
87
4
0
2
873
10
11.48
3.70
3.10
0.60
30.9
10.0
1.14
.281
3.19
70
2.46
63
6.55
34.5
14Connie Marrero
C. Marrero
2.88
41
1952
WSH WSH
22
11
8
.579
22
77
16
2
0
184.1
175
59
68
9
53
4
0
771
2
3.76
2.59
1.45
0.44
10.0
6.9
1.24
.264
3.32
80
3.12
86
8.54
10.4
15Jack Quinn
J. Quinn
2.90
45
1928
PHA PHA
31
18
7
.720
28
43
18
4
1
211.1
239
68
92
3
34
7
2
898
0
1.83
1.45
1.26
0.13
4.8
3.8
1.29
.291
3.92
71
3.27
83
10.18
16.1
16Nolan Ryan
N. Ryan
2.91
44
1991
TEX TEX
27
12
6
.667
27
203
2
2
0
173.0
102
56
58
12
72
5
0
0
683
8
10.56
3.75
2.82
0.62
29.7
10.5
1.01
.230
3.02
72
2.74
68
5.31
24.4
17Rick Reuschel
R. Reuschel
2.94
40
1989
SFG SFG
32
17
8
.680
32
111
2
0
0
208.1
195
68
75
18
54
2
0
4
860
1
4.80
2.33
2.06
0.78
12.9
6.3
1.20
.262
3.24
88
3.62
102
8.42
-1.5
18Roger Clemens
R. Clemens
2.98
41
2004
HOU HOU
33
18
4
.818
33
218
0
0
0
214.1
169
71
76
15
79
6
0
5
878
5
9.15
3.32
2.76
0.63
24.8
9.0
1.16
.275
3.19
69
3.11
70
7.10
31.7
19Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
3.02
40
1961
MIL MIL
38
21
13
.618
34
115
21
4
0
262.2
236
88
96
24
64
4
3
1
1,064
4
3.94
2.19
1.80
0.82
10.8
6.0
1.14
.247
3.29
79
3.66
98
8.09
1.6
20Warren Spahn
W. Spahn
3.04
41
1962
MIL MIL
34
18
14
.563
34
118
22
0
0
269.1
248
91
97
25
55
3
0
4
1,088
4
3.94
1.84
2.15
0.84
10.8
5.1
1.13
.251
3.24
80
3.59
98
8.29
2.2
21Gaylord Perry
G. Perry
3.06
40
1979
SDP SDP
32
12
11
.522
32
140
10
0
0
232.2
225
79
90
12
67
4
0
10
963
6
5.42
2.59
2.09
0.46
14.5
7.0
1.26
.288
3.48
87
3.10
86
8.70
13.3
22Dennis Martinez
D. Martinez
3.08
40
1995
CLE CLE
28
12
5
.706
28
99
3
2
0
187.0
174
64
71
17
46
12
0
2
771
3
4.76
2.21
2.15
0.82
12.8
6.0
1.18
.263
3.42
65
4.15
90
8.37
10
23Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
3.09
45
1984
NYY NYY
32
16
8
.667
31
136
5
1
0
215.2
219
74
85
15
76
3
1
0
916
2
5.68
3.17
1.79
0.63
14.8
8.3
1.37
.297
3.55
80
3.50
89
9.14
10.3
24Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
3.10
42
1981
ATL ATL
22
7
7
.500
22
62
3
3
0
139.1
120
48
56
6
56
1
0
2
578
2
4.00
3.62
1.11
0.39
10.7
9.7
1.26
.252
3.62
85
3.49
96
7.75
2.3
25John Smoltz
J. Smoltz
3.11
40
2007
ATL ATL
32
14
8
.636
32
197
0
0
0
205.2
196
71
78
18
47
4
0
9
853
8
8.62
2.06
4.19
0.79
23.1
5.5
1.18
.303
3.41
71
3.19
72
8.58
28.7
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DET DET
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WSH WSH
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