nl era leaders by a starter from 1971 to 1976, minimum 150 starts

Between the 1971 and 1976 seasons, Tom Seaver had the lowest ERA by an NL starting pitcher when starting 150+ games, with an ERA of 2.45.

NAME ERA GS G W L 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 Tom Seaver
T. Seaver
2.45
208
208
107
62
.633
1,467
92
25
0
1624.2
1,268
442
478
107
441
24
0
34
6,453
40
8.13
2.44
3.33
0.59
22.7
6.8
1.05
.263
2.65
7.02
2 Don Sutton
D. Sutton
2.70
212
212
109
63
.634
1,114
80
29
0
1588.0
1,284
477
536
102
398
26
0
23
6,384
39
6.31
2.26
2.80
0.58
17.4
6.2
1.06
.249
3.04
7.28
3 Jon Matlack
J. Matlack
2.88
173
173
74
66
.529
892
60
23
0
1271.1
1,131
407
469
72
375
13
0
49
5,221
40
6.31
2.65
2.38
0.51
17.1
7.2
1.18
.274
3.32
8.01
4 Phil Niekro
P. Niekro
3.01
215
215
93
72
.564
952
85
15
0
1604.0
1,463
536
631
132
451
38
0
23
6,635
61
5.34
2.53
2.11
0.74
14.3
6.8
1.19
.263
3.54
8.21
5 Don Gullett
D. Gullett
3.06
154
154
77
37
.675
644
35
13
0
1033.1
895
351
390
90
344
9
0
27
4,262
24
5.61
3.00
1.87
0.78
15.1
8.1
1.20
.254
3.40
7.80
6 Steve Carlton
S. Carlton
3.18
228
228
111
73
.603
1,332
110
21
0
1711.0
1,515
604
678
133
610
17
0
48
7,101
51
7.01
3.21
2.18
0.70
18.8
8.6
1.24
.276
3.57
7.97
7 Jerry Koosman
J. Koosman
3.24
184
184
79
72
.523
940
61
11
0
1320.1
1,229
476
538
98
423
21
0
36
5,495
36
6.41
2.88
2.22
0.67
17.1
7.7
1.25
.282
3.67
8.38
8 Burt Hooton
B. Hooton
3.34
155
155
59
61
.492
603
43
15
0
1045.0
984
388
440
70
309
7
0
21
4,354
28
5.19
2.66
1.95
0.60
13.8
7.1
1.24
.272
3.79
8.47
9 Dave Roberts
D. Roberts
3.36
155
155
57
60
.487
508
48
13
0
1063.2
1,081
397
440
64
308
14
0
26
4,488
21
4.30
2.61
1.65
0.54
11.3
6.9
1.31
.283
3.72
9.15
10 Fred Norman
F. Norman
3.36
157
157
59
56
.513
723
41
14
0
1054.2
930
394
428
94
421
11
0
38
4,439
46
6.17
3.59
1.72
0.80
16.3
9.5
1.28
.262
3.65
7.94
11 Larry Dierker
L. Dierker
3.38
152
152
65
55
.542
605
46
16
0
1029.0
955
387
414
76
333
26
0
17
4,271
41
5.29
2.91
1.82
0.66
14.2
7.8
1.25
.272
3.62
8.35
12 Rick Reuschel
R. Reuschel
3.54
166
166
60
64
.484
706
35
11
0
1086.2
1,122
427
498
69
298
28
0
36
4,613
28
5.85
2.47
2.37
0.57
15.3
6.5
1.31
.300
4.12
9.29
13 Jack Billingham
J. Billingham
3.61
200
200
85
68
.556
672
50
19
0
1312.1
1,282
527
585
101
423
50
0
51
5,501
44
4.61
2.90
1.59
0.69
12.2
7.7
1.30
.278
4.01
8.79
14 Clay Kirby
C. Kirby
3.65
170
170
55
67
.451
768
34
7
0
1081.0
983
438
504
104
473
14
0
38
4,635
65
6.39
3.94
1.62
0.87
16.6
10.2
1.35
.268
4.20
8.18
15 Jerry Reuss
J. Reuss
3.67
201
201
86
71
.548
806
63
16
0
1373.1
1,359
560
629
90
533
22
0
53
5,908
44
5.28
3.49
1.51
0.59
13.6
9.0
1.38
.285
4.12
8.91
16 Carl Morton
C. Morton
3.73
200
200
69
78
.469
479
41
9
0
1328.0
1,436
551
634
91
422
21
0
45
5,732
15
3.25
2.86
1.14
0.62
8.4
7.4
1.40
.285
4.30
9.73
17 Steve Renko
S. Renko
3.87
171
171
57
74
.435
661
33
6
0
1130.0
1,076
486
551
109
483
5
0
55
4,852
49
5.26
3.85
1.37
0.87
13.6
10.0
1.38
.269
4.39
8.57
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