For single seasons, From 1901 to 2011, (requiring sopbb≥7, At least 60% games started and At least 100 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest Earned Run Average: Results

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Rk Player ERA SO/BB IP Year Age Tm Lg G GS CG SHO GF W L W-L% SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF AB 2B 3B IBB HBP SH SF GDP SB CS PO BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str
1 Ben Sheets 3.82 10.55 106.0 2006 27 MIL NL 17 17 0 0 0 6 7 .462 0 105 47 45 11 116 119 9 430 406 33 3 1 2 6 5 3 10 2 2 0 3 .259 .278 .421 .699 1569 1072
2 Jon Lieber 3.70 7.25 141.0 2002 32 CHC NL 21 21 3 0 0 6 8 .429 0 153 64 58 12 87 109 15 582 553 26 2 2 1 10 6 8 3 2 0 0 0 .277 .290 .412 .703 1945 1356
3 Carlos Silva 3.44 7.89 188.1 2005 26 MIN AL 27 27 2 0 0 9 8 .529 0 212 83 72 9 71 130 25 749 730 33 1 2 3 2 5 35 7 4 0 0 0 .290 .300 .441 .741 2294 1638
4 Hal Brown 3.31 8.50 141.1 1963 38 HOU NL 26 20 6 3 2 5 11 .313 0 137 54 52 8 68 96 14 563 537 17 8 0 0 13 5 2 9 6 0 0 0 .255 .264 .395 .658
5 Curt Schilling 3.23 9.58 259.1 2002 35 ARI NL 36 35 5 1 0 23 7 .767 0 218 95 93 33 316 142 29 1017 974 32 8 1 3 5 2 11 9 6 0 0 6 .224 .251 .362 .613 3721 2630
6 Cliff Lee 3.18 10.28 212.1 2010 31 TOT AL 28 28 7 1 0 12 9 .571 0 195 84 75 18 185 130 16 843 813 46 3 2 1 4 6 11 4 3 0 1 3 .240 .255 .363 .618 2981 2121
7 Curt Schilling 2.98 7.51 256.2 2001 34 ARI NL 35 35 6 1 0 22 6 .786 0 237 86 85 39 293 157 37 1021 968 39 1 0 1 8 5 16 4 9 2 0 4 .245 .273 .402 .675 3695 2608
8 Bret Saberhagen 2.95 7.36 119.0 1999 35 BOS AL 22 22 0 0 0 10 6 .625 0 122 43 39 11 81 171 11 480 461 28 4 0 2 4 2 6 5 5 3 0 1 .265 .284 .414 .698
9 Fergie Jenkins 2.77 7.11 325.0 1971 28 CHC NL 39 39 30 3 0 24 13 .649 0 304 114 100 37 263 142 29 1299 1236 44 13 6 5 11 10 15 11 13 2 4 3 .246 .269 .373 .642
10 Bret Saberhagen 2.74 11.00 177.1 1994 30 NYM NL 24 24 4 0 0 14 4 .778 0 169 58 54 13 143 153 13 696 665 37 7 0 4 9 5 17 8 4 3 0 0 .254 .271 .389 .660
11 Ben Sheets 2.70 8.25 237.0 2004 25 MIL NL 34 34 5 0 0 12 14 .462 0 201 85 71 32 264 162 25 937 891 57 4 1 4 6 4 10 15 5 1 1 8 .226 .255 .383 .637 3581 2442
12 Roy Halladay 2.56 8.14 112.1 2011 34 PHI NL 15 15 4 0 0 9 3 .750 0 103 33 32 14 114 150 7 449 424 11 1 1 2 6 3 5 9 3 0 0 1 .243 .269 .323 .592 65 1712 1186
13 Roy Halladay 2.44 7.30 250.2 2010 33 PHI NL 33 33 9 4 0 21 10 .677 0 231 74 68 30 219 165 24 993 943 41 4 1 6 9 5 25 10 5 0 1 5 .245 .271 .373 .645 3568 2441
14 Greg Maddux 2.20 8.85 232.2 1997 31 ATL NL 33 33 5 2 0 19 4 .826 0 200 58 57 20 177 189 9 893 849 31 3 6 6 11 7 23 20 8 1 0 0 .236 .256 .311 .567
15 Pedro Martinez 2.07 8.46 213.1 1999 27 BOS AL 31 29 5 1 1 23 4 .852 0 160 56 49 37 313 243 9 835 780 38 0 1 9 3 6 11 21 10 0 0 6 .205 .248 .288 .536
16 Cy Young 1.82 7.00 320.2 1905 38 BOS AL 38 33 31 4 5 18 19 .486 0 248 99 65 30 210 148 3 1189 8 0 6
17 Pedro Martinez 1.74 8.88 217.0 2000 28 BOS AL 29 29 7 4 0 18 6 .750 0 128 44 42 32 284 291 17 817 768 18 1 0 14 2 1 11 10 3 2 0 1 .167 .213 .259 .473 3164 2136
18 Greg Maddux 1.63 7.87 209.2 1995 29 ATL NL 28 28 10 3 0 19 2 .905 0 147 39 38 23 181 262 8 785 748 22 0 3 4 9 1 16 26 6 2 0 1 .197 .224 .258 .482
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