lowest single-season era of the 1920s

Grover Alexander had the best ERA in a season in the 1920s, with an ERA of 1.91 in 1920.

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NAMEERASEASONTMGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
1.91
1920
CHC CHC
46
27
14
.659
40
173
33
7
5
363.1
335
77
96
8
69
1
6
1,447
3
4.29
1.71
2.51
0.20
12.0
4.8
1.11
.273
2.38
61
2.66
81
8.30
25
2Dolf Luque
D. Luque
1.93
1923
CIN CIN
41
27
8
.771
37
151
28
6
2
322.0
279
69
90
2
88
5
4
1,301
4
4.22
2.46
1.72
0.06
11.6
6.8
1.14
.263
2.52
50
2.94
77
7.80
31
3Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
2.09
1928
BKN BKN
38
22
10
.688
32
200
24
4
2
280.1
226
65
79
11
72
7
5
1,126
1
6.42
2.31
2.78
0.35
17.8
6.4
1.06
.257
2.54
53
2.83
70
7.26
37.6
4Babe Adams
B. Adams
2.16
1920
PIT PIT
35
17
13
.567
33
84
18
8
2
263.0
240
63
83
6
18
1
2
1,035
5
2.87
0.62
4.67
0.21
8.1
1.7
0.98
.253
2.84
68
2.62
79
8.21
20.2
5Dazzy Vance
D. Vance
2.16
1924
BKN BKN
35
28
6
.824
34
262
30
3
0
308.1
238
74
89
11
77
9
1
1,221
4
7.65
2.25
3.40
0.32
21.5
6.3
1.02
.263
2.60
58
2.64
69
6.95
41.3
6Burleigh Grimes
B. Grimes
2.22
1920
BKN BKN
40
23
11
.676
33
131
25
5
2
303.2
271
75
101
5
67
4
6
1,246
9
3.88
1.99
1.96
0.15
10.5
5.4
1.11
.256
2.99
70
2.80
85
8.03
17.4
7Wilcy Moore
W. Moore
2.28
1927
NYY NYY
50
19
7
.731
12
75
6
1
13
213.0
185
54
68
3
59
1
30
870
4
3.17
2.49
1.27
0.13
8.6
6.8
1.15
.249
2.87
57
3.35
85
7.82
13.7
8Wilbur Cooper
W. Cooper
2.39
1920
PIT PIT
44
24
15
.615
37
114
28
3
2
327.0
307
87
113
4
52
11
6
1,312
1
3.14
1.43
2.19
0.11
8.7
4.0
1.10
.268
3.11
76
2.79
84
8.45
19.2
9Bob Shawkey
B. Shawkey
2.45
1920
NYY NYY
38
20
13
.606
31
126
20
5
2
267.2
246
73
88
10
85
1
6
1,079
3
4.24
2.86
1.48
0.34
11.7
7.9
1.24
.275
2.96
65
3.26
90
8.27
11.4
10Sheriff Blake
S. Blake
2.47
1928
CHC CHC
34
17
11
.607
29
78
16
4
1
240.2
209
66
80
4
101
3
5
995
3
2.92
3.78
0.77
0.15
7.8
10.2
1.29
.253
2.99
62
3.77
92
7.82
9.2
11Ray Kremer
R. Kremer
2.47
1927
PIT PIT
35
19
8
.704
28
63
18
3
1
226.0
205
62
73
9
53
0
6
927
2
2.51
2.11
1.19
0.36
6.8
5.7
1.14
.244
2.91
61
3.69
90
8.16
10.9
12Dutch Ruether
D. Ruether
2.47
1920
CIN CIN
37
16
12
.571
33
99
23
5
3
265.2
235
73
87
2
96
9
4
1,086
6
3.35
3.25
1.03
0.07
9.1
8.8
1.25
.265
2.95
82
3.29
104
7.96
-5.4
13Red Faber
R. Faber
2.48
1921
CWS CWS
43
25
15
.625
39
124
32
4
1
330.2
293
91
107
10
87
7
4
1,350
5
3.38
2.37
1.43
0.27
9.2
6.4
1.15
.252
2.91
58
3.60
87
7.97
19.3
14Stan Coveleski
S. Coveleski
2.49
1920
CLE CLE
41
24
14
.632
38
133
26
3
2
315.0
284
87
110
6
65
4
3
1,237
1
3.80
1.86
2.05
0.17
10.8
5.3
1.11
.270
3.14
64
2.81
76
8.11
31.6
15Lefty Grove
L. Grove
2.51
1926
PHA PHA
45
13
13
.500
33
194
20
1
6
258.0
227
72
97
6
101
6
9
1,072
5
6.77
3.52
1.92
0.21
18.1
9.4
1.27
.289
3.38
62
2.96
73
7.92
31.2
16Dolf Luque
D. Luque
2.51
1920
CIN CIN
37
13
9
.591
23
72
10
1
2
207.2
168
58
65
5
60
4
11
825
2
3.12
2.60
1.20
0.22
8.7
7.3
1.10
.238
2.82
84
3.29
105
7.28
-4.3
17Garland Braxton
G. Braxton
2.51
1928
WSH WSH
38
13
11
.542
24
94
15
2
6
218.1
177
61
78
7
44
5
10
875
2
3.87
1.81
2.14
0.29
10.7
5.0
1.01
.234
3.22
63
3.13
81
7.30
17.9
18Grover Alexander
G. Alexander
2.52
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
19Bill Doak
B. Doak
2.53
1920
SLN SLN
39
20
12
.625
37
90
20
5
1
270.0
256
76
94
7
80
6
2
1,117
1
3.00
2.67
1.13
0.23
8.1
7.2
1.24
.267
3.13
83
3.37
105
8.53
-5.5
20Hippo Vaughn
H. Vaughn
2.54
1920
CHC CHC
40
19
16
.543
38
131
24
4
0
301.0
301
85
113
8
81
8
2
1,255
3
3.92
2.42
1.62
0.24
10.4
6.5
1.27
.285
3.38
81
3.11
95
9.00
5.6
21Herb Pennock
H. Pennock
2.56
1928
NYY NYY
28
17
6
.739
24
53
19
5
3
211.0
215
60
71
2
40
0
3
861
3
2.26
1.71
1.33
0.09
6.2
4.6
1.21
.278
3.03
67
3.10
83
9.17
14.5
22Lefty Grove
L. Grove
2.58
1928
PHA PHA
39
24
8
.750
31
183
24
4
3
261.2
228
75
93
10
64
1
6
1,064
4
6.29
2.20
2.86
0.34
17.2
6.0
1.12
.270
3.20
63
2.75
70
7.84
34.9
23Bill Doak
B. Doak
2.59
1921
SLN SLN
32
15
6
.714
29
83
13
1
1
208.2
224
60
85
3
37
4
2
864
5
3.58
1.60
2.24
0.13
9.6
4.3
1.25
.300
3.67
70
3.08
81
9.66
16.9
24Ray Kremer
R. Kremer
2.61
1926
PIT PIT
37
20
6
.769
26
74
18
3
5
231.1
221
67
79
9
51
4
8
955
0
2.88
1.98
1.45
0.35
7.7
5.3
1.18
.259
3.07
66
3.49
88
8.60
12.9
25Elmer Ponder
E. Ponder
2.62
1920
PIT PIT
33
11
15
.423
23
62
14
2
0
196.0
182
57
76
3
40
2
10
803
10
2.85
1.84
1.55
0.14
7.7
5.0
1.13
.257
3.49
83
2.96
89
8.36
7.8
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