Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 2008 to 2009, (requiring ERA≤3.90, At least 90% games started and At least 388 Innings Pitched), sorted by smallest ERA
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Cnt Player **ERA** IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams BA OBP SLG OPS OPS SH SF 2B 3B GDP SB CS Pk ----+-----------------+----------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+----+---+-----+---+---+---+---+-----------+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+----+---+--- 1 Tim Lincecum 2.55 452.1 2008 2009 24-25 66 65 6 3 0 33 12 .733 0 350 141 128 152 526 170 21 1833 3 12 2 28 SFG .214 .284 .303 .587 211 23 8 71 6 32 40 8 0 2 Zack Greinke 2.77 431.2 2008 2009 24-25 65 65 7 3 0 29 18 .617 0 397 151 133 107 425 156 32 1766 1 8 1 13 KCR .243 .292 .370 .662 267 10 7 83 14 32 7 13 3 3 Johan Santana 2.78 401 2008 2009 29-30 59 59 3 2 0 29 16 .644 0 362 141 124 109 352 151 43 1665 8 7 2 10 NYM .237 .290 .376 .666 208 17 4 71 6 20 7 7 4 4 Roy Halladay 2.78 485 2008 2009 31-32 66 65 18 6 0 37 21 .638 0 454 170 150 74 414 155 40 1950 3 17 0 6 TOR .247 .280 .364 .644 238 6 13 81 7 42 33 11 0 5 Cliff Lee 2.89 455 2008 2009 29-30 65 65 10 4 0 36 16 .692 0 459 156 146 77 351 154 29 1860 2 10 0 11 CLE-TOT .542 .614 .348 .962 162 2 3 33 6 27 3 0 0 6 Felix Hernandez 2.93 439.1 2008 2009 22-23 65 65 4 1 0 28 16 .636 0 398 166 143 151 392 146 32 1834 7 16 2 25 SEA .243 .310 .352 .662 284 10 17 79 2 48 39 12 2 7 C.C. Sabathia 3.02 483 2008 2009 27-28 69 69 12 6 0 36 18 .667 0 420 181 162 126 448 146 37 1961 8 16 2 7 TOT-NYY .235 .289 .350 .639 222 13 15 81 7 42 25 10 5 8 Jair Jurrjens 3.10 403.1 2008 2009 22-23 65 65 0 0 0 27 20 .574 0 374 158 139 145 291 135 26 1697 10 7 2 6 ATL .248 .315 .369 .684 284 28 9 79 13 32 42 10 1 9 Danny Haren 3.23 445.1 2008 2009 27-28 66 66 4 2 0 30 18 .625 0 396 169 160 78 429 140 46 1790 6 10 0 24 ARI .236 .273 .378 .651 243 15 6 83 9 24 27 8 0 10 Ryan Dempster 3.30 406.2 2008 2009 31-32 64 64 2 1 0 28 15 .651 0 370 169 149 141 359 134 36 1698 5 13 0 16 CHC .244 .311 .375 .686 256 14 11 76 8 36 27 15 0 11 Jon Lester 3.31 413.2 2008 2009 24-25 65 65 4 2 0 31 14 .689 0 388 158 152 130 377 141 34 1717 1 13 1 9 BOS .249 .311 .367 .678 242 8 9 75 3 41 27 11 9 12 Matt Cain 3.33 435.1 2008 2009 23-24 67 67 5 1 0 22 22 .500 0 390 168 161 164 357 130 41 1819 15 10 2 16 SFG .242 .313 .387 .700 264 17 13 85 13 24 24 19 0 13 John Danks 3.55 395.1 2008 2009 23-24 65 65 1 0 0 25 20 .556 0 366 163 156 130 308 130 43 1643 2 9 0 8 CHW .246 .309 .392 .701 267 7 8 80 4 37 41 15 11 14 Chad Billingsley 3.58 397 2008 2009 23-24 68 64 1 1 1 28 21 .571 0 361 170 158 166 380 117 31 1682 13 15 0 24 LAD .246 .326 .369 .695 264 17 16 70 9 36 15 13 1 15 Cole Hamels 3.66 421 2008 2009 24-25 65 65 4 4 0 24 21 .533 0 399 184 171 96 364 119 52 1728 11 6 0 1 PHI .249 .292 .411 .703 249 13 7 88 8 26 33 13 6 16 Ubaldo Jimenez 3.72 416.2 2008 2009 24-25 67 67 2 0 0 27 24 .529 0 365 184 172 188 370 122 24 1782 10 20 3 24 COL .237 .326 .337 .663 258 22 10 68 7 33 34 9 5 17 Randy Wolf 3.74 404.2 2008 2009 31-32 67 67 1 1 0 23 19 .548 0 369 181 168 129 322 109 45 1685 5 18 0 7 TOT-LAD .244 .310 .391 .701 300 22 6 81 3 33 15 10 4 18 Javier Vazquez 3.75 427.2 2008 2009 31-32 65 65 4 0 0 27 26 .509 0 395 188 178 105 438 116 45 1764 4 10 0 8 CHW-ATL .243 .292 .392 .684 250 16 6 82 13 25 16 8 1 19 Roy Oswalt 3.81 390 2008 2009 30-31 62 62 6 2 0 25 16 .610 0 382 172 165 89 303 110 42 1619 6 18 0 5 HOU .258 .306 .404 .710 258 20 13 78 6 34 3 2 0 20 Mark Buehrle 3.81 432 2008 2009 29-30 67 67 2 1 0 28 22 .560 0 462 203 183 97 245 121 49 1792 7 10 1 6 CHW .278 .320 .432 .752 277 13 13 85 11 62 9 11 15 21 James Shields 3.85 434.2 2008 2009 26-27 66 66 3 2 0 25 20 .556 0 447 207 186 92 327 117 53 1807 1 13 1 9 TBR .265 .308 .431 .739 294 12 3 101 10 40 12 8 2 22 John Lannan 3.89 388.1 2008 2009 23-24 64 64 2 1 0 18 28 .391 0 382 189 168 140 206 111 45 1654 6 13 2 9 WSN .260 .328 .412 .740 321 25 6 78 5 47 28 14 8 Seasons/Careers found: 22.
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