who has the worst era for the cubs all-time

Kevin Tapani has the worst career ERA for the Cubs, with an ERA of 4.66.

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	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	Kevin Tapani K. Tapani	4.66	804.0	130	51	50	.505	129	563	6	3	0	866	416	440	108	205	26	0	15	3,446	14	6.30	2.29	2.75	1.21	16.3	5.9	1.33	.298	4.93	106	4.31	96	9.69	16.2
2	Steve Trachsel S. Trachsel	4.41	1163.2	191	61	72	.459	190	840	11	2	0	1,184	570	619	172	419	27	0	31	5,002	30	6.50	3.24	2.00	1.33	16.8	8.4	1.38	.286	4.79	102	4.75	108	9.16	-46
3	Bob Anderson B. Anderson	4.33	780.2	214	33	45	.423	90	464	15	1	13	800	376	422	75	298	21	47	29	3,374	26	5.35	3.44	1.56	0.86	13.8	8.8	1.41	.288	4.87	109	3.83	99	9.22	4.5
4	Frank Castillo F. Castillo	4.29	949.2	166	47	62	.431	161	652	10	3	0	974	453	494	106	282	33	0	21	4,063	27	6.18	2.67	2.31	1.00	16.0	6.9	1.32	.290	4.68	106	4.07	99	9.23	2.5
5	Ray Burris R. Burris	4.27	1068.2	237	55	58	.487	148	530	27	8	2	1,169	507	567	101	357	27	33	45	4,637	36	4.46	3.01	1.48	0.85	11.4	7.7	1.43	.295	4.78	108	3.94	102	9.84	-5.1
6	Percy Jones P. Jones	4.22	818.2	207	46	41	.529	90	309	38	7	8	892	384	456	35	399	33	73		3,664	18	3.40	4.39	0.77	0.38	8.4	10.9	1.58	.297	5.01	106	4.38	109	9.81	-34.3
7	Glen Hobbie G. Hobbie	4.20	1218.2	271	61	79	.436	165	664	44	11	5	1,242	569	654	120	480	38	51	34	5,301	43	4.90	3.54	1.38	0.89	12.5	9.1	1.41	.281	4.83	108	4.00	105	9.17	-23.7
8	Mike Krukow M. Krukow	4.17	828.2	150	45	50	.474	140	538	9	3	0	844	384	431	64	332	21	3	35	3,597	25	5.84	3.61	1.62	0.70	15.0	9.2	1.42	.295	4.68	105	3.66	96	9.17	17.4
9	Warren Hacker W. Hacker	4.13	1091.2	220	52	79	.397	140	462	46	6	9	1,089	501	571	156	273	16	42	18	4,618	10	3.81	2.25	1.69	1.29	10.0	5.9	1.25	.251	4.71	102	4.25	104	8.98	-19.8
10	Bill Bonham B. Bonham	4.08	1152.1	244	53	70	.431	158	811	24	4	11	1,167	523	594	74	521	26	33	46	5,052	54	6.33	4.07	1.56	0.58	16.1	10.3	1.46	.302	4.64	104	3.44	89	9.11	54.6
11	Jon Lieber J. Lieber	4.04	874.1	147	50	39	.562	122	640	17	3	0	912	392	429	114	159	21	7	19	3,666	8	6.59	1.64	4.03	1.17	17.5	4.3	1.22	.292	4.42	92	3.92	87	9.39	57.5
12	Paul Minner P. Minner	4.02	1196.1	195	62	79	.440	166	438	64	9	7	1,312	534	607	109	346	9	18	12	5,123	14	3.30	2.60	1.27	0.82	8.5	6.8	1.39	.285	4.57	99	3.81	93	9.87	41.8
13	Sheriff Blake S. Blake	3.95	1455.1	255	81	92	.468	183	551	78	11	7	1,555	639	757	60	661	26	42		6,378	27	3.41	4.09	0.83	0.37	8.6	10.4	1.52	.294	4.68	94	4.28	102	9.62	-13.2
14	Tony Kaufmann T. Kaufmann	3.89	999.2	172	63	57	.525	116	324	70	9	10	1,065	432	510	73	333	37	40		4,311	12	2.92	3.00	0.97	0.66	7.5	7.7	1.40	.280	4.59	97	4.42	110	9.59	-43.7
15	Bob Buhl B. Buhl	3.83	852.1	140	51	52	.495	131	417	27	4	0	842	363	411	96	282	14	4	15	3,593	27	4.40	2.98	1.48	1.01	11.6	7.8	1.32	.268	4.34	103	4.08	113	8.89	-40.7
16	Paul Erickson P. Erickson	3.83	796.0	201	35	48	.422	84	426	27	5	6	755	339	383	40	406	19	56		3,518	18	4.82	4.59	1.05	0.45	12.1	11.5	1.46	.272	4.33	108	3.69	103	8.54	-12.2
17	Guy Bush G. Bush	3.81	2201.2	428	152	101	.601	252	712	127	14	27	2,354	933	1,101	121	734	36	110		9,506	44	2.91	3.00	0.97	0.49	7.5	7.7	1.40	.283	4.50	93	4.18	102	9.62	-24.3
18	Ken Holtzman K. Holtzman	3.76	1447.0	237	80	81	.497	209	988	57	15	3	1,399	605	688	147	530	29	13	51	6,176	57	6.15	3.30	1.86	0.91	16.0	8.6	1.33	.279	4.28	98	3.65	99	8.70	14.1
19	Rick Sutcliffe R. Sutcliffe	3.74	1267.1	193	82	65	.558	190	909	40	11	0	1,186	527	563	105	481	13	0	44	5,342	60	6.46	3.42	1.89	0.75	17.0	9.0	1.32	.282	4.00	96	3.59	92	8.42	40.7
20	Ryan Dempster R. Dempster	3.74	1182.2	374	67	66	.504	154	1,070	3	1	87	1,095	491	545	111	464	39	183	25	5,032	42	8.14	3.53	2.31	0.84	21.3	9.2	1.32	.294	4.15	88	3.77	90	8.33	55.7
21	Bob Rush B. Rush	3.71	2132.2	339	110	140	.440	292	1,076	112	13	7	2,043	878	1,011	152	725	32	24	18	9,058	48	4.54	3.06	1.48	0.64	11.9	8.0	1.30	.267	4.27	92	3.45	85	8.62	140.5
22	Dick Ellsworth D. Ellsworth	3.70	1613.1	254	84	110	.433	236	905	71	6	2	1,666	663	770	156	454	25	7	45	6,834	54	5.05	2.53	1.99	0.87	13.2	6.6	1.31	.285	4.30	97	3.58	97	9.29	19.2
23	Don Elston D. Elston	3.70	754.2	449	49	54	.476	15	518	2	0	64	701	310	354	80	327	25	239	63	3,228	13	6.18	3.90	1.58	0.95	16.0	10.1	1.36	.273	4.22	95	3.93	103	8.36	-8.9
24	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	3.68	1580.1	276	97	81	.545	270	1,259	6	4	0	1,501	647	696	184	364	64	4	16	6,518	12	7.17	2.07	3.46	1.05	19.3	5.6	1.18	.283	3.96	90	3.89	95	8.55	40
25	Kerry Wood K. Wood	3.67	1279.0	341	80	68	.541	178	1,470	11	5	35	1,000	521	556	137	609	93	69	18	5,421	54	10.34	4.29	2.41	0.96	27.1	11.2	1.26	.277	3.91	86	3.79	87	7.04	82.4

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Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
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