pitchers to pitch 260+ innings and an era under 2.50 in a season since 1980

Steve Carlton had 304 innings pitched with an ERA better than 2.50 in 1980.

	NAME	IP	ERA	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	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	304.0	2.34	1980	PHI	38	24	9	.727	38	286	13	3	0	243	79	87	15	90	2	0	12	1,228	17	8.47	2.66	3.18	0.44	23.3	7.3	1.10	.273	2.58	64	2.41	66	7.19	42.3
2	Joaquin Andujar J. Andujar	265.2	2.47	1982	STL	38	15	10	.600	37	137	9	5	0	237	73	85	11	50	7	1	7	1,056	3	4.64	1.69	2.74	0.37	13.0	4.7	1.08	.266	2.88	68	2.86	82	8.03	19
3	Joe Niekro J. Niekro	270.0	2.47	1982	HOU	35	17	12	.586	35	130	16	5	0	224	74	79	12	64	5	0	1	1,067	19	4.33	2.13	2.03	0.40	12.2	6.0	1.07	.248	2.63	73	3.09	92	7.47	7.6
4	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	277.0	2.40	1982	MON	35	19	8	.704	35	179	14	4	0	245	74	84	12	65	6	0	7	1,122	3	5.82	2.11	2.75	0.39	16.0	5.8	1.12	.271	2.73	67	2.75	77	7.96	25.3
5	Dwight Gooden D. Gooden	276.2	1.53	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
6	Dave Stieb D. Stieb	265.0	2.48	1985	TOR	36	14	13	.519	36	167	8	2	0	206	73	89	22	96	9	0	3	1,087	4	5.67	3.26	1.74	0.75	15.4	8.8	1.14	.232	3.02	59	3.69	90	7.00	11.8
7	John Tudor J. Tudor	275.0	1.93	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
8	Fernando Valenzuela F. Valenzuela	272.1	2.45	1985	LAD	35	17	10	.630	35	208	14	5	0	211	74	92	14	101	1	0	5	1,109	10	6.87	3.34	2.06	0.46	18.8	9.1	1.15	.251	3.04	71	2.94	83	6.97	18.5
9	Mike Scott M. Scott	275.1	2.22	1986	HOU	37	18	10	.643	37	306	7	5	0	182	68	73	17	72	2	0	6	1,065	3	10.00	2.35	4.25	0.56	28.7	6.8	0.92	.247	2.39	63	2.15	61	5.95	43.6
10	Orel Hershiser O. Hershiser	267.0	2.26	1988	LAD	35	23	8	.742	34	178	15	8	1	208	67	73	18	73	4	1	10	1,068	6	6.00	2.46	2.44	0.61	16.7	6.8	1.05	.239	2.46	68	3.17	93	7.01	6.7
11	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	262.1	2.16	1989	KCR	36	23	6	.793	35	193	12	4	0	209	63	74	13	43	2	0	6	1,021	8	6.62	1.48	4.49	0.45	18.9	4.2	0.96	.255	2.54	56	2.44	66	7.17	36.9
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	268.0	2.18	1992	CHC	35	20	11	.645	35	199	9	4	0	201	65	68	7	70	14	0	7	1,061	5	6.68	2.35	2.84	0.24	18.8	6.6	1.01	.252	2.28	61	2.57	71	6.75	30.5
13	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	267.0	2.36	1993	ATL	36	20	10	.667	36	197	8	1	0	228	70	85	14	52	6	0	7	1,064	5	6.64	1.75	3.79	0.47	18.5	4.9	1.05	.269	2.87	57	2.84	69	7.69	37.9
14	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	264.0	2.05	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
15	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	271.2	2.48	1999	ARI	35	17	9	.654	35	364	12	2	0	207	75	86	30	70	9	0	3	1,079	4	12.06	2.32	5.20	0.99	33.7	6.5	1.02	.292	2.85	53	2.75	59	6.86	57.2
16	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	260.0	2.32	2002	ARI	35	24	5	.828	35	334	8	4	0	197	67	78	26	71	13	0	1	1,035	3	11.56	2.46	4.70	0.90	32.3	6.9	1.03	.289	2.70	54	2.65	61	6.82	47