pitchers best era since 1920 to 1960, min 2500 ip

Between the 1920 and 1960 seasons, Carl Hubbell had the best ERA when pitching at least 2500 innings, with an ERA of 2.98.

	NAME	ERA	IP	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	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	2.98	3590.1	535	253	154	.622	433	1,677	260	36	33	3,461	1,188	1,380	227	725	53	82		14,805	53	4.20	1.82	2.31	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.46	76	3.55	89	8.68	174.2
2	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2.99	4080.2	571	288	182	.613	509	2,080	305	51	24	3,691	1,354	1,524	313	1,158	30	50	45	16,753	61	4.59	2.55	1.80	0.69	12.4	6.9	1.19	.256	3.36	81	3.34	90	8.14	165.7
3	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.06	2993.0	488	207	150	.580	374	1,796	212	33	26	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
4	Lefty Grove L. Grove	3.06	3940.2	616	300	141	.680	457	2,266	298	35	54	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	68	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
5	Lon Warneke L. Warneke	3.18	2782.1	445	192	121	.613	343	1,140	192	30	14	2,726	984	1,164	175	739	27	66		11,608	50	3.69	2.39	1.54	0.57	9.8	6.4	1.25	.268	3.77	83	3.74	95	8.82	56.7
6	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.21	2816.1	444	179	143	.556	368	1,736	178	34	18	2,506	1,003	1,110	230	1,059	25	51	28	11,817	40	5.55	3.38	1.64	0.73	14.7	9.0	1.27	.260	3.55	82	3.46	88	8.01	138.3
7	Dazzy Vance D. Vance	3.22	2933.2	431	197	136	.592	345	2,027	216	29	12	2,774	1,050	1,224	131	817	74	47		12,220	36	6.22	2.51	2.48	0.40	16.6	6.7	1.22	.288	3.76	80	3.17	78	8.51	292.4
8	Dizzy Trout D. Trout	3.23	2725.2	521	170	161	.514	322	1,256	158	28	38	2,641	979	1,166	112	1,046	34	134	0	11,615	50	4.15	3.45	1.20	0.37	10.8	9.0	1.35	.276	3.85	81	3.34	85	8.72	179
9	Bob Lemon B. Lemon	3.23	2850.0	460	207	128	.618	350	1,277	188	31	22	2,559	1,024	1,185	180	1,251	57	73	13	12,099	63	4.03	3.95	1.02	0.57	10.6	10.3	1.34	.255	3.74	84	3.79	99	8.08	7.5
10	Dolf Luque D. Luque	3.25	3017.2	504	178	172	.509	346	1,060	190	23	26	3,047	1,089	1,325	110	842	23	110		12,632	44	3.16	2.51	1.26	0.33	8.4	6.7	1.29	.277	3.95	85	3.66	95	9.09	63.8
11	Dutch Leonard D. Leonard	3.25	3218.1	640	191	181	.513	375	1,170	192	30	45	3,304	1,162	1,432	158	737	56	171		13,487	97	3.27	2.06	1.59	0.44	8.7	5.5	1.26	.277	4.00	84	3.34	86	9.24	186.6
12	Bob Feller B. Feller	3.25	3827.0	570	266	162	.621	484	2,581	279	44	22	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
13	Bucky Walters B. Walters	3.30	3104.2	428	198	160	.553	398	1,107	242	42	4	2,990	1,139	1,343	155	1,121	51	18		13,140	63	3.21	3.25	0.99	0.45	8.4	8.5	1.32	.265	3.89	87	3.82	99	8.67	15.3
14	Claude Passeau C. Passeau	3.32	2719.2	444	162	150	.519	331	1,104	188	26	21	2,856	1,003	1,204	105	728	39	85		11,642	22	3.65	2.41	1.52	0.35	9.5	6.3	1.32	.285	3.98	88	3.27	86	9.45	169.9
15	Eppa Rixey E. Rixey	3.34	3175.0	481	190	170	.528	391	769	205	23	10	3,403	1,178	1,441	78	672	48	71		13,302	47	2.18	1.90	1.14	0.22	5.8	5.1	1.28	.283	4.08	87	3.53	91	9.65	118.5
16	Lefty Gomez L. Gomez	3.34	2503.0	368	189	102	.649	320	1,468	173	28	10	2,290	930	1,091	138	1,095	19	31		10,729	39	5.28	3.94	1.34	0.50	13.7	10.2	1.35	.269	3.92	79	3.88	94	8.23	70.4
17	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	3.38	3622.1	503	233	189	.552	454	1,817	270	35	24	3,507	1,361	1,506	383	695	40	40	38	14,782	24	4.51	1.73	2.61	0.95	12.3	4.7	1.16	.264	3.74	87	3.46	89	8.71	181.8
18	Virgil Trucks V. Trucks	3.39	2682.1	517	177	135	.567	328	1,534	124	33	30	2,416	1,009	1,124	188	1,088	47	114	19	11,378	63	5.15	3.65	1.41	0.63	13.5	9.6	1.31	.261	3.77	87	3.50	90	8.11	120.2
19	Red Faber R. Faber	3.44	2909.1	467	172	158	.521	349	959	196	18	16	3,042	1,112	1,344	93	836	57	82		12,355	35	2.97	2.59	1.15	0.29	7.8	6.8	1.33	.283	4.16	84	3.70	91	9.41	112.9
20	Larry French L. French	3.44	3152.0	570	197	171	.535	383	1,187	199	40	17	3,375	1,206	1,440	164	819	42	108		13,465	34	3.39	2.34	1.45	0.47	8.8	6.1	1.33	.285	4.11	87	3.76	93	9.64	101.2
21	Paul Derringer P. Derringer	3.46	3645.0	579	223	212	.513	445	1,507	251	32	29	3,912	1,401	1,652	158	761	32	98		15,391	50	3.72	1.88	1.98	0.39	9.8	4.9	1.28	.290	4.08	93	3.26	86	9.66	218.5
22	Freddie Fitzsimmons F. Fitzsimmons	3.51	3223.2	513	217	146	.598	424	870	186	30	13	3,335	1,257	1,505	187	846	33	65		13,570	58	2.43	2.36	1.03	0.52	6.4	6.2	1.30	.271	4.20	90	4.06	102	9.31	-24.3
23	Early Wynn E. Wynn	3.52	4230.2	627	284	225	.558	564	2,150	272	46	15	3,982	1,656	1,890	310	1,657	60	58	27	18,018	48	4.57	3.52	1.30	0.66	11.9	9.2	1.33	.265	4.02	94	3.63	97	8.47	46.6
24	Eddie Rommel E. Rommel	3.54	2557.0	501	171	119	.590	249	599	145	18	30	2,729	1,006	1,213	138	724	33	183		10,871	30	2.11	2.55	0.83	0.49	5.5	6.7	1.35	.276	4.27	83	4.15	98	9.61	25.4
25	Bill Lee B. Lee	3.54	2864.0	462	169	157	.518	379	998	182	29	13	2,953	1,127	1,304	137	893	24	46		12,186	54	3.14	2.81	1.12	0.43	8.2	7.3	1.34	.278	4.10	95	3.71	97	9.28	38.3

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Diamondbacks	79	71	.527	11.5
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Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
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