who had the single-season best era of the 1970s

Between the 1970 and 1979 seasons, Ron Guidry had the lowest ERA in a season, with an ERA of 1.74 in 1978.

Interpreted as:

Who had the single-season best era with a minimum of 1 IP per team game of the 1970s?

	NAME	ERA	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	1.74	1978	NYY	35	25	3	.893	35	248	16	9	0	273.2	187	53	61	13	72	1	0	1	1,057	7	8.16	2.37	3.44	0.43	23.5	6.8	0.95	.241	2.01	48	2.18	58	6.15	48.5
2	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	1.76	1971	NYM	36	20	10	.667	35	289	21	4	0	286.1	210	56	61	18	61	4	1	2	1,103	5	9.08	1.92	4.74	0.57	26.2	5.5	0.95	.263	1.92	52	1.93	58	6.60	44.5
3	Vida Blue V. Blue	1.82	1971	OAK	39	24	8	.750	39	301	24	8	0	312.0	209	63	73	19	88	4	0	3	1,207	10	8.68	2.54	3.42	0.55	24.9	7.3	0.95	.239	2.11	56	2.19	66	6.03	41.4
4	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	1.91	1972	BOS	43	15	6	.714	19	123	12	6	3	179.0	128	38	45	7	65	0	12	5	713	0	6.18	3.27	1.89	0.35	17.3	9.1	1.08	.234	2.26	59	2.62	77	6.44	14.9
5	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	1.91	1971	CWS	44	22	13	.629	42	210	22	7	1	334.0	272	71	95	21	62	7	2	2	1,316	6	5.66	1.67	3.39	0.57	16.0	4.7	1.00	.247	2.56	53	2.63	71	7.33	38.9
6	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	1.92	1972	CLE	41	24	16	.600	40	234	29	5	1	342.2	253	73	79	17	82	12	1	16	1,345	11	6.15	2.15	2.85	0.45	17.4	6.1	0.98	.236	2.07	60	2.49	74	6.64	31.9
7	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	1.97	1972	PHI	41	27	10	.730	41	310	30	8	0	346.1	257	76	84	17	87	1	0	8	1,351	8	8.06	2.26	3.56	0.44	22.9	6.4	0.99	.256	2.18	56	2.00	59	6.68	53.5
8	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	1.99	1972	CIN	25	15	5	.750	25	90	6	2	0	176.0	147	39	48	13	30	1	0	5	689	5	4.60	1.53	3.00	0.66	13.1	4.4	1.01	.241	2.45	60	2.86	90	7.52	6.4
9	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	2.04	1972	OAK	38	21	7	.750	37	191	16	5	0	295.1	200	67	74	21	70	3	1	6	1,148	3	5.82	2.13	2.73	0.64	16.6	6.1	0.91	.207	2.26	70	2.77	91	6.09	8.5
10	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.07	1972	BAL	36	21	10	.677	36	184	18	3	0	274.1	219	63	73	21	70	1	0	1	1,094	4	6.04	2.30	2.63	0.69	16.8	6.4	1.05	.242	2.39	69	2.82	90	7.18	9.3
11	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	2.08	1972	KCR	34	11	6	.647	19	120	10	6	2	173.1	120	40	41	13	31	1	9	1	652	4	6.23	1.61	3.87	0.68	18.4	4.8	0.87	.220	2.13	68	2.54	79	6.23	12.6
12	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.08	1973	NYM	36	19	10	.655	36	251	18	3	0	290.0	219	67	74	23	64	4	0	5	1,147	5	7.79	1.99	3.92	0.71	21.9	5.6	0.98	.243	2.30	59	2.56	72	6.80	32.9
13	Don Sutton D. Sutton	2.08	1972	LAD	33	19	9	.679	33	207	18	9	0	272.2	186	63	78	13	63	4	0	1	1,061	9	6.83	2.08	3.29	0.43	19.5	5.9	0.91	.224	2.57	64	2.23	71	6.14	27.9
14	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.09	1975	BAL	39	23	11	.676	38	193	25	10	1	323.0	253	75	87	20	80	2	1	4	1,268	4	5.38	2.23	2.41	0.56	15.2	6.3	1.03	.239	2.42	58	2.95	80	7.05	27
15	Dave Roberts D. Roberts	2.10	1971	SDP	37	14	17	.452	34	135	14	2	0	269.2	238	63	79	9	61	5	3	9	1,086	4	4.51	2.04	2.21	0.30	12.4	5.6	1.11	.261	2.64	63	2.61	81	7.94	19
16	Mike Paul M. Paul	2.17	1972	TEX	49	8	9	.471	20	108	2	1	1	161.2	149	39	50	4	52	2	11	12	674	3	6.01	2.89	2.08	0.22	16.0	7.7	1.24	.285	2.78	72	2.38	75	8.29	14.1
17	Randy Jones R. Jones	2.24	1975	SDP	37	20	12	.625	36	103	18	6	0	285.0	242	71	94	17	56	0	1	9	1,124	1	3.25	1.77	1.84	0.54	9.2	5.0	1.05	.237	2.97	65	3.22	92	7.64	8.2
18	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.27	1978	TEX	35	15	13	.536	33	157	18	2	1	270.0	252	68	93	14	51	4	2	4	1,097	8	5.23	1.70	3.08	0.47	14.3	4.6	1.12	.273	3.10	60	2.70	72	8.40	31.2
19	Buzz Capra B. Capra	2.28	1974	ATL	39	16	8	.667	27	137	11	5	1	217.0	163	55	67	13	84	3	6	6	886	7	5.68	3.48	1.63	0.54	15.5	9.5	1.14	.231	2.78	59	3.29	85	6.76	13.8
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	2.28	1972	CAL	39	19	16	.543	39	329	20	9	0	284.0	166	72	80	14	157	10	0	4	1,154	18	10.43	4.98	2.10	0.44	28.5	13.6	1.14	.236	2.54	79	2.48	83	5.26	16.6
21	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.29	1975	LAD	42	19	14	.576	40	213	19	7	1	321.2	244	82	92	22	96	5	2	2	1,276	8	5.96	2.69	2.22	0.62	16.7	7.5	1.06	.236	2.57	66	3.08	86	6.83	18.2
22	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	2.32	1972	NYM	34	15	10	.600	32	169	8	4	0	244.0	215	63	79	14	71	2	1	14	1,003	7	6.23	2.62	2.38	0.52	16.8	7.1	1.17	.269	2.91	69	2.65	81	7.93	16.5
23	Mark Fidrych M. Fidrych	2.34	1976	DET	31	19	9	.679	29	97	24	4	0	250.1	217	65	76	12	53	3	2	3	996	6	3.49	1.91	1.83	0.43	9.7	5.3	1.08	.247	2.73	63	3.15	86	7.80	13.7
24	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	2.34	1977	PIT	33	20	5	.800	33	133	6	1	0	230.2	197	60	64	29	50	2	0	2	917	1	5.19	1.95	2.66	1.13	14.5	5.5	1.07	.239	2.50	59	3.89	98	7.69	1.7
25	Vida Blue V. Blue	2.35	1976	OAK	37	18	13	.581	37	166	20	6	0	298.1	268	78	90	9	63	1	0	3	1,205	5	5.01	1.90	2.63	0.27	13.8	5.2	1.11	.268	2.72	69	2.55	71	8.08	33.5