Playing for the CHC, For single seasons, From 1901 to 2009, During first season , (requiring At least 60% games started and Qualified for league ERA title), sorted by smallest ERA

  Cnt Player              **ERA**  Year Age Tm  Lg  G   GS CG SHO GF  W  L  W-L% SV   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO ERA  HR  BF   AB  2B 3B IBB HBP  SH  SF GDP  SB CS Pk BK WP   BA   OBP   SLG   OPS  OPS   Pit  Str
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    1 Ed Reulbach           1.42   1905  22 CHC NL  34  29 28   5  5 18 14  .563  1 291.2 208  71  46  73 152  209  1 1147                 18                        1  5                            0           
    2 Carl Lundgren         1.97   1902  22 CHC NL  18  18 17   1  0  9  9  .500  0 160   158  59  35  45  68  137  2    0                  6                        0  4                            0           
    3 Jake Weimer           2.30   1903  29 CHC NL  35  33 27   3  2 20  8  .714  0 282   241 111  72 104 128  136  4 1181                 11                        0  5                            0           
    4 Pat Malone            2.84   1928  25 CHC NL  42  25 16   2 14 18 13  .581  2 250.2 218  99  79  99 155  136 15 1048                  6                        0 10                            0           
    5 Jimmy Lavender        3.04   1912  28 CHC NL  42  31 15   3  7 16 13  .552  3 251.2 240 116  85  89 109  108  8 1057                 10                        0  3                            0           
    6 Joe Niekro            3.34   1967  22 CHC NL  36  22  7   2  9 10  7  .588  0 169.2 171  68  63  32  77  106 15  706  665 33 11   7   2   2   5  12  11  1  0  0  1  .257  .291  .408  .699  102           
    7 Kerry Wood            3.40   1998  21 CHC NL  26  26  1   1  0 13  6  .684  0 166.2 117  69  63  85 233  128 14  699  597 24  4   1  11   2   4   3  12 10  1  3  6  .196  .306  .320  .626   68           
    8 Bill Lee              3.40   1934  24 CHC NL  35  29 16   4  4 13 14  .481  1 214.1 218  91  81  74 104  115  9  910                  2                        1  9                            0           
    9 Dick Drott            3.58   1957  20 CHC NL  38  32  7   3  3 15 11  .577  0 229   200 107  91 129 170  110 22 1007  852 39  6   2   7  11   7  18  14  6  1  2  7  .235  .338  .372  .710   98           
   10 Cal Koonce            3.97   1962  21 CHC NL  35  30  3   1  3 10 10  .500  0 190.2 200  93  84  86  84  104 17  844  737 31  2   3   7   8   6  19  17  4  1  2  2  .271  .350  .388  .738  102           
   11 Jack Curtis           4.89   1961  24 CHC NL  31  27  6   0  2 10 13  .435  0 180.1 220 117  98  51  57   86 23  802  725 31  4   6   1  17   8  18   5  2  3  0  1  .303  .346  .452  .798  114           

Seasons/Careers found: 11.

 Photos from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress.