player with the best era all-time angels

Andy Messersmith has the lowest career ERA for the California Angels, with an ERA of 2.78.

Interpreted as:

player with the best era with a minimum of 750 IP all-time angels

	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	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.78	972.1	168	59	47	.557	123	768	42	11	12	706	300	345	62	402	21	26	31	3,984	32	7.11	3.72	1.91	0.57	19.3	10.1	1.14	.236	3.19	85	3.04	89	6.53	40.1
2	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.83	1236.2	223	74	66	.529	168	857	48	21	16	1,054	389	462	61	462	34	32	41	5,120	33	6.24	3.36	1.85	0.44	16.7	9.0	1.23	.268	3.36	82	3.01	85	7.67	73.9
3	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.07	2181.1	291	138	121	.533	288	2,416	156	40	1	1,520	743	847	115	1,302	56	3	28	9,178	102	9.97	5.37	1.86	0.47	26.3	14.2	1.29	.266	3.49	87	2.93	81	6.27	165.1
4	Frank Tanana F. Tanana	3.08	1615.1	225	102	78	.567	218	1,233	92	24	0	1,461	553	614	146	422	55	4	24	6,645	41	6.87	2.35	2.92	0.81	18.6	6.4	1.17	.275	3.42	84	3.17	85	8.14	98.3
5	George Brunet G. Brunet	3.13	1047.1	194	54	69	.439	157	678	33	14	3	862	364	402	89	397	15	18	33	4,333	27	5.83	3.41	1.71	0.76	15.6	9.2	1.20	.245	3.45	99	3.49	106	7.41	-25.9
6	Clyde Wright C. Wright	3.28	1403.1	266	87	85	.506	189	571	51	9	3	1,310	512	586	114	449	22	27	37	5,833	36	3.66	2.88	1.27	0.73	9.8	7.7	1.25	.256	3.76	101	3.75	111	8.40	-64.3
7	Jered Weaver J. Weaver	3.55	2025.0	322	150	93	.617	322	1,598	14	8	0	1,861	798	838	246	539	51	0	17	8,340	37	7.10	2.40	2.96	1.09	19.2	6.5	1.19	.273	3.72	88	3.98	98	8.27	23.8
8	Geoff Zahn G. Zahn	3.64	830.0	123	52	42	.553	121	289	42	13	0	862	336	380	74	221	5	2	13	3,470	12	3.13	2.40	1.31	0.80	8.3	6.4	1.30	.274	4.12	93	3.99	98	9.35	7.5
9	Rudy May R. May	3.67	1138.2	230	51	76	.402	170	844	35	12	5	971	464	520	96	484	16	22	34	4,761	33	6.67	3.83	1.74	0.76	17.7	10.2	1.28	.263	4.11	109	3.44	100	7.67	-2
10	Chuck Finley C. Finley	3.72	2675.0	436	165	140	.541	379	2,151	57	14	0	2,544	1,107	1,234	254	1,118	71	24	27	11,398	117	7.24	3.76	1.92	0.85	18.9	9.8	1.37	.293	4.15	85	3.92	89	8.56	144.6
11	Mike Witt M. Witt	3.76	1965.1	314	109	107	.505	272	1,283	70	10	6	1,932	820	926	167	656	48	22	38	8,312	65	5.88	3.00	1.96	0.76	15.4	7.9	1.32	.287	4.24	94	3.62	88	8.85	108.7
12	Ken McBride K. McBride	3.81	780.1	135	40	48	.455	120	487	28	7	2	691	330	375	74	343	48	8	8	3,338	23	5.62	3.96	1.42	0.85	14.6	10.3	1.33	.259	4.33	102	4.04	106	7.97	-19.2
13	John Lackey J. Lackey	3.81	1501.0	234	102	71	.590	233	1,201	14	8	0	1,519	636	702	151	441	73	0	19	6,371	83	7.20	2.64	2.72	0.91	18.9	6.9	1.31	.304	4.21	86	3.82	87	9.11	92.3
14	Tom Murphy T. Murphy	3.85	795.1	133	37	52	.416	124	346	19	2	0	744	340	368	73	268	42	2	23	3,311	44	3.92	3.03	1.29	0.83	10.5	8.1	1.27	.260	4.16	114	4.00	114	8.42	-49.2
15	Kirk McCaskill K. McCaskill	3.86	1221.0	192	78	74	.513	189	714	30	11	0	1,191	524	576	109	448	20	1	8	5,153	48	5.26	3.30	1.59	0.80	13.9	8.7	1.34	.280	4.25	96	3.91	96	8.78	23.9
16	Jarrod Washburn J. Washburn	3.93	1153.1	193	75	57	.568	183	699	6	2	0	1,122	504	531	150	348	38	3	11	4,842	22	5.45	2.72	2.01	1.17	14.4	7.2	1.27	.269	4.14	87	4.52	101	8.76	-9.3
17	Mark Langston M. Langston	3.97	1445.1	210	88	74	.543	210	1,112	34	5	0	1,341	637	690	145	551	19	0	11	6,042	45	6.92	3.43	2.02	0.90	18.4	9.1	1.31	.284	4.30	92	3.89	89	8.35	74.4
18	Jim Abbott J. Abbott	4.07	1073.2	165	54	74	.422	161	607	22	5	0	1,130	485	540	82	394	23	2	21	4,611	29	5.09	3.30	1.54	0.69	13.2	8.5	1.42	.299	4.53	97	3.90	92	9.47	34.5
19	Ervin Santana E. Santana	4.33	1475.2	236	96	80	.545	233	1,167	14	7	0	1,444	710	762	203	475	74	1	21	6,282	55	7.12	2.90	2.46	1.24	18.6	7.6	1.30	.284	4.65	103	4.42	105	8.81	-37.8
20	Ramon Ortiz R. Ortiz	4.60	893.2	157	59	49	.546	137	590	9	1	0	905	457	500	136	325	37	13	10	3,859	32	5.94	3.27	1.82	1.37	15.3	8.4	1.38	.278	5.04	102	4.90	109	9.11	-42.3