Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, (requiring WLperc≤.505 and At least 2000 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest ERAp
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Cnt Player **ERA ** W-L% IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Thornton Lee 119 .485 2331.1 1933 1948 26-41 374 272 155 14 50 117 124 10 2327 1105 921 838 937 3.56 121 9999 43 7 24 CLE-CHW-NYG 2 Nap Rucker 119 .500 2375.1 1907 1916 22-31 336 272 186 38 60 134 134 14 2089 817 639 701 1217 2.42 41 9625 73 2 43 BRO 3 Jon Matlack 114 .498 2363 1971 1983 21-33 361 318 97 30 23 125 126 3 2276 970 835 638 1516 3.18 161 9789 69 26 9 68 NYM-TEX 4 Ned Garver 112 .451 2477.1 1948 1961 22-35 402 330 153 18 40 129 157 12 2471 1184 1027 881 881 3.73 213 10583 25 41 7 49 SLB-TOT-DET-KCA-LAA 5 Harry Howell 111 .453 2230 1901 1910 24-33 289 245 214 18 40 110 133 5 2041 952 634 561 900 2.56 22 7168 83 1 45 BLA-NYY-SLB 6 Murry Dickson 110 .487 3052.1 1939 1959 22-42 625 338 149 27 147 172 181 23 3029 1431 1240 1058 1281 3.66 302 12936 18 37 2 34 STL-PIT-PHI-TOT-STL-KCA 7 Joe Horlen 109 .498 2002 1961 1972 23-34 361 290 59 18 31 116 117 4 1829 783 691 554 1065 3.11 145 8234 65 53 1 68 CHW-OAK 8 Ken Raffensberger 109 .436 2151.2 1939 1954 21-36 396 282 133 31 66 119 154 16 2257 993 860 449 806 3.60 192 9051 19 3 10 STL-CHC-PHI-TOT-CIN 9 Bob Rush 109 .455 2410.2 1948 1960 22-34 417 321 118 16 44 127 152 8 2327 1128 977 789 1244 3.65 177 10219 31 34 1 50 CHC-MLN-TOT 10 George Mogridge 109 .502 2265.2 1911 1927 22-38 398 261 138 20 101 132 131 20 2352 1001 808 565 678 3.21 77 9568 76 1 24 CHW-NYY-WSH-TOT-BSN 11 Fritz Ostermuelle 109 .498 2066.2 1934 1948 26-40 390 246 113 11 86 114 115 15 2170 1062 917 835 774 3.99 105 9116 21 1 60 BOS-SLB-TOT-PIT 12 Mark Gubicza 109 .493 2223.1 1984 1997 21-34 384 329 42 16 14 132 136 2 2239 1063 978 786 1371 3.96 155 9487 39 58 11 107 KCR-ANA 13 Tom Candiotti 108 .479 2725 1983 1999 25-41 451 410 68 11 11 151 164 0 2662 1299 1130 883 1735 3.73 250 11568 31 85 27 120 MIL-CLE-TOT-LAD-OAK-TOT 14 Sherry Smith 108 .491 2052.2 1911 1927 20-36 373 224 142 16 108 114 118 21 2234 964 757 440 428 3.32 57 8663 42 3 17 PIT-BRO-TOT-CLE 15 Jeff Fassero 107 .494 2033.2 1991 2006 28-43 720 242 17 2 146 121 124 25 2083 1042 929 724 1643 4.11 214 8810 50 37 8 86 MON-SEA-TOT-BOS-CHC-TOT-STL-SFG 16 Greg Swindell 107 .502 2233.1 1986 2002 21-37 664 269 40 12 93 123 122 7 2313 1053 957 501 1542 3.86 262 9301 34 21 12 30 CLE-CIN-HOU-TOT-MIN-ARI 17 Bob Friend 107 .461 3611 1951 1966 20-35 602 497 163 36 56 197 230 11 3772 1652 1438 894 1734 3.58 286 15214 115 46 13 50 PIT-TOT 18 Johnny Vander Mee 107 .496 2104.2 1937 1951 22-36 346 285 131 29 28 119 121 2 1799 915 805 1132 1294 3.44 100 9034 21 3 37 CIN-CHC-CLE 19 Bobo Newsom 107 .487 3759.1 1929 1953 21-45 600 483 246 31 71 211 222 21 3769 1908 1664 1732 2082 3.98 206 16467 61 7 60 BRO-CHC-SLB-TOT-WSH-SLB-DET-PHA-NYG 20 Charlie Hough 107 .500 3801.1 1970 1994 22-46 858 440 107 13 240 216 216 61 3283 1807 1582 1665 2362 3.75 383 16170 44 174 42 179 LAD-TOT-TEX-CHW-FLA 21 Bill Dinneen 106 .500 2244.2 1901 1909 25-33 285 253 221 22 28 127 127 7 2065 919 694 530 846 2.78 55 7197 40 2 38 BSN-BOS-TOT-SLB 22 Tom Zachary 106 .493 3126.1 1918 1936 22-40 533 409 186 24 84 186 191 22 3580 1552 1295 914 720 3.73 119 13551 41 15 38 PHA-WSH-SLB-TOT-NYY-BSN-BRO 23 Ken Forsch 106 .502 2127.1 1970 1986 23-39 521 241 70 18 177 114 113 51 2071 881 796 586 1047 3.37 155 8852 68 47 7 43 HOU-CAL 24 Danny Darwin 106 .484 3016.2 1978 1998 22-42 716 371 53 9 171 171 182 32 2951 1431 1286 874 1942 3.84 321 12716 101 81 17 52 TEX-MIL-TOT-HOU-BOS-TOT-SFG 25 Frank Tanana 106 .504 4188.1 1973 1993 19-39 638 616 143 34 10 240 236 1 4063 1910 1704 1255 2773 3.66 448 17641 116 129 27 119 CAL-BOS-TEX-TOT-DET ----+-----------------+--------+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **ERA ** W-L% IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 26 Tully Sparks 106 .467 2157.2 1901 1910 26-35 284 251 193 19 31 113 129 8 2039 949 643 543 725 2.68 32 6756 78 0 20 MLA-TOT-PHI 27 Jim Barr 105 .474 2065.1 1971 1983 23-35 454 252 64 20 74 101 112 12 2170 908 816 469 741 3.56 161 8612 74 30 14 22 SFG-CAL 28 Mike Witt 105 .502 2108.1 1981 1993 20-32 341 299 72 11 22 117 116 6 2066 1012 898 713 1373 3.83 183 8927 40 55 5 73 CAL-TOT-NYY 29 Jesse Barnes 105 .503 2569.2 1915 1927 22-34 422 314 180 26 76 152 150 13 2686 1150 918 515 653 3.22 88 10676 25 0 22 BSN-NYG-TOT-BSN-BRO 30 Javier Vazquez 105 .496 2270.2 1998 2008 21-31 355 353 23 7 1 127 129 0 2270 1169 1089 604 2015 4.32 300 9580 44 75 4 57 MON-NYY-ARI-CHW 31 Bump Hadley 105 .494 2945.2 1926 1941 21-36 528 355 135 14 108 161 165 25 2980 1609 1389 1442 1318 4.24 167 13034 66 5 71 WSH-TOT-SLB-WSH-NYY 32 Jack Powell 104 .463 3161.1 1901 1912 26-37 423 369 294 33 49 167 194 15 2988 1329 969 685 1303 2.76 76 11013 78 1 57 STL-SLB-NYY-TOT 33 Howard Ehmke 104 .500 2820.2 1915 1930 21-36 427 339 199 20 70 166 166 14 2873 1425 1174 1042 1030 3.75 103 12110 137 8 28 BUF-DET-BOS-TOT-PHA 34 Tommy Thomas 104 .478 2176.1 1926 1937 26-37 398 267 128 15 86 117 128 12 2341 1185 995 712 736 4.11 144 9488 24 6 23 CHW-TOT-WSH-SLB 35 Denny Galehouse 104 .480 2004 1934 1949 22-37 375 258 100 17 67 109 118 13 2148 999 885 735 851 3.97 104 8688 18 3 29 CLE-BOS-SLB-TOT 36 Claude Osteen 104 .501 3460.1 1957 1975 17-35 541 488 140 40 24 196 195 1 3471 1435 1268 940 1612 3.30 249 14433 93 45 6 67 CIN-TOT-WSA-LAD-CHW 37 Syl Johnson 104 .489 2165.2 1922 1940 21-39 542 210 82 11 201 112 117 43 2290 1099 977 488 920 4.06 173 9124 48 3 22 DET-STL-TOT-PHI 38 Rick Honeycutt 104 .433 2160 1977 1997 23-43 797 268 47 11 118 109 143 38 2183 1034 893 657 1038 3.72 185 9141 81 50 23 45 SEA-TEX-TOT-LAD-OAK-TOT-STL 39 Floyd Bannister 102 .484 2388 1977 1992 22-37 431 363 62 16 13 134 143 0 2320 1189 1078 846 1723 4.06 291 10187 39 40 9 84 HOU-SEA-CHW-KCR-CAL-TEX 40 Rudy May 102 .494 2622 1965 1983 20-38 535 360 87 24 73 152 156 12 2314 1150 1007 958 1760 3.46 199 10902 56 42 18 67 CAL-TOT-NYY-BAL-MON-NYY 41 Earl Hamilton 102 .441 2342.2 1911 1924 19-32 410 261 140 16 97 116 147 13 2319 1075 822 773 790 3.16 43 9755 70 3 49 SLB-TOT-PIT-PHI 42 Willis Hudlin 102 .503 2613.1 1926 1944 20-38 491 328 155 11 105 158 156 31 3011 1491 1281 846 677 4.41 118 11546 44 9 41 CLE-TOT-SLB 43 Ron Kline 101 .442 2078 1952 1970 20-38 736 203 44 8 338 114 144 108 2113 991 866 731 989 3.75 218 8868 118 33 7 59 PIT-STL-TOT-DET-WSA-MIN-PIT-TOT-ATL 44 Fritz Peterson 101 .504 2218.1 1966 1976 24-34 355 330 90 20 9 133 131 1 2217 947 813 426 1015 3.30 173 9103 75 42 6 33 NYY-TOT-CLE 45 Danny MacFayden 101 .454 2706 1926 1943 21-38 465 332 158 18 76 132 159 9 2981 1395 1191 872 797 3.96 112 11805 64 3 20 BOS-TOT-NYY-BSN-PIT-WSH 46 Ed Brandt 101 .453 2268.1 1928 1938 23-33 378 278 150 18 69 121 146 17 2342 1084 974 778 877 3.86 134 9721 35 1 25 BSN-BRO-PIT 47 Bob Smith 100 .433 2246.1 1925 1937 30-42 435 229 128 16 156 106 139 40 2472 1139 983 670 618 3.94 132 9652 18 4 11 BSN-CHC-TOT-BSN 48 Pat Dobson 100 .486 2120.1 1967 1977 25-35 414 279 74 14 51 122 129 19 2043 939 833 665 1301 3.54 197 8872 76 26 5 51 DET-SDP-BAL-TOT-NYY-CLE 49 Danny Jackson 100 .461 2072.2 1983 1997 21-35 353 324 44 15 11 112 131 1 2110 1061 923 816 1225 4.01 133 8986 39 50 12 47 KCR-CIN-CHC-TOT-PHI-STL 50 Dick Ellsworth 100 .456 2155.2 1958 1971 18-31 407 310 87 9 36 115 137 5 2274 1033 890 595 1140 3.72 194 9156 71 45 1 72 CHC-PHI-BOS-TOT-MIL ----+-----------------+--------+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **ERA ** W-L% IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 51 Hal Carlson 99 .487 2002 1917 1930 25-38 377 238 121 17 96 114 120 19 2256 1013 883 498 590 3.97 93 8522 36 2 18 PIT-PHI-TOT-CHC 52 Steve Trachsel 99 .474 2501 1993 2008 22-37 420 417 20 7 1 143 159 0 2587 1327 1219 943 1591 4.39 348 10799 63 52 16 64 CHC-TOT-NYM-BAL 53 Bill Singer 99 .482 2174 1964 1977 20-33 322 308 94 24 7 118 127 2 1952 944 819 781 1515 3.39 132 9143 50 63 11 67 LAD-CAL-TOT-TOR 54 Jim Clancy 98 .456 2517.1 1977 1991 21-35 472 381 74 11 38 140 167 10 2513 1304 1182 947 1422 4.23 244 10772 45 32 4 101 TOR-HOU-TOT 55 Larry Benton 98 .498 2297 1923 1935 25-37 455 258 122 13 113 127 128 22 2559 1190 1029 691 670 4.03 109 9864 25 1 47 BSN-TOT-NYG-CIN-BSN 56 Al Orth 98 .490 2131.2 1901 1909 28-36 282 254 205 23 26 124 129 3 2127 989 743 379 681 3.14 47 6493 49 1 34 PHI-WSH-TOT-NYY 57 Steve Renko 97 .479 2494 1969 1983 24-38 451 365 57 9 36 134 146 6 2438 1233 1107 1010 1455 3.99 248 10704 86 22 4 73 MON-TOT-OAK-BOS-CAL-KCR 58 Mike Morgan 97 .431 2772.1 1978 2002 18-42 597 411 46 10 56 141 186 8 2943 1431 1303 938 1403 4.23 270 11872 77 73 5 105 OAK-NYY-TOR-SEA-BAL-LAD-CHC-TOT-CIN-TEX-ARI 59 Dave Roberts 97 .452 2099 1969 1981 24-36 445 277 77 20 69 103 125 15 2188 979 882 615 957 3.78 155 8930 80 31 2 45 SDP-HOU-DET-TOT-CHC-NYM 60 Stan Bahnsen 97 .495 2529 1966 1982 21-37 574 327 73 16 90 146 149 20 2440 1127 1013 924 1359 3.60 223 10701 59 34 3 89 NYY-CHW-TOT-OAK-MON-TOT 61 Milt Gaston 96 .372 2105 1924 1934 28-38 355 271 127 10 62 97 164 8 2338 1277 1064 836 615 4.55 114 9276 24 7 78 NYY-SLB-WSH-BOS-CHW 62 Jack Russell 96 .376 2050.2 1926 1940 20-34 557 182 71 3 209 85 141 38 2454 1187 1017 571 418 4.46 83 9020 29 5 22 BOS-TOT-WSH-DET-CHC-STL 63 Woodie Fryman 96 .476 2411.1 1966 1983 26-43 625 322 68 27 160 141 155 58 2367 1136 1010 890 1587 3.77 187 10291 79 68 16 68 PIT-PHI-TOT-DET-MON-CIN-TOT-MON 64 Jimmy Ring 96 .442 2354.1 1917 1928 22-33 389 294 154 9 55 118 149 11 2545 1326 1079 953 835 4.12 104 10295 30 7 88 CIN-PHI-NYG-STL 65 Bob Groom 95 .442 2336.1 1909 1918 24-33 367 288 157 22 47 119 150 13 2205 1068 806 783 1159 3.10 49 9537 55 1 59 WSH-SLM-SLB-CLE 66 Kevin Gross 95 .473 2487.2 1983 1997 22-36 474 368 42 14 38 142 158 5 2519 1245 1137 986 1727 4.11 230 10791 76 79 35 53 PHI-MON-LAD-TEX-ANA 67 Bob Knepper 95 .485 2708 1976 1990 22-36 445 413 78 30 10 146 155 1 2737 1258 1106 857 1473 3.68 228 11488 78 47 13 60 SFG-HOU-TOT-SFG 68 Mike Moore 95 .478 2831.2 1982 1995 22-35 450 440 79 16 6 161 176 2 2858 1516 1381 1156 1667 4.39 291 12203 61 55 11 135 SEA-OAK-DET 69 Don Cardwell 95 .425 2122.2 1957 1970 21-34 410 301 72 17 44 102 138 7 2009 1044 924 671 1211 3.92 225 8949 80 98 8 69 PHI-TOT-CHC-PIT-NYM 70 Clarence Mitchell 95 .473 2217 1911 1932 20-41 390 278 145 12 77 125 139 9 2613 1215 1016 624 543 4.12 116 9686 52 4 38 DET-CIN-BRO-PHI-TOT-STL-NYG 71 Pedro Ramos 95 .422 2355.2 1955 1970 20-35 582 268 73 13 182 117 160 55 2364 1210 1068 724 1305 4.08 315 10048 76 68 7 32 WSH-MIN-CLE-TOT-NYY-PHI-WSA 72 Sid Hudson 95 .406 2181 1940 1954 25-39 380 279 123 11 67 104 152 13 2384 1212 1036 835 734 4.28 136 9593 48 3 28 WSH-TOT-BOS 73 Vern Kennedy 94 .441 2025.2 1934 1945 27-38 344 263 126 7 56 104 132 5 2173 1202 1052 1049 691 4.67 130 9055 24 4 54 CHW-DET-TOT-SLB-CLE-TOT 74 Jim Slaton 94 .489 2683.2 1971 1986 21-36 496 360 86 22 71 151 158 14 2773 1335 1202 1004 1191 4.03 277 11535 65 48 6 97 MIL-DET-CAL-TOT 75 Tom Hughes 93 .428 2623 1901 1913 22-34 396 310 224 25 73 130 174 16 2579 1277 897 846 1356 3.08 51 6974 103 3 83 CHC-TOT-BOS-WSH ----+-----------------+--------+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- Cnt Player **ERA ** W-L% IP From To Ages G GS CG SHO GF W L SV H R ER BB SO ERA HR BF IBB HBP BK WP Teams ----+-----------------+--------+-----+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 76 Terry Mulholland 93 .466 2575.2 1986 2006 23-43 685 332 46 10 128 124 142 5 2833 1396 1262 681 1325 4.41 293 11060 65 70 3 64 SFG-TOT-PHI-NYY-SFG-CHC-ATL-CLE-MIN-ARI 77 Ray Burris 92 .446 2188.1 1973 1987 22-36 480 302 47 10 65 108 134 4 2310 1133 1015 764 1065 4.17 221 9441 76 54 14 69 CHC-TOT-NYM-MON-OAK-MIL-STL 78 Si Johnson 92 .380 2281.1 1928 1947 21-40 492 272 108 13 115 101 165 15 2510 1226 1036 687 840 4.09 120 9903 36 3 26 CIN-TOT-STL-PHI-BSN 79 Dick Ruthven 92 .492 2109 1973 1986 22-35 355 332 61 17 12 123 127 1 2155 1075 970 767 1145 4.14 165 9047 72 38 22 53 PHI-ATL-TOT-PHI-CHC 80 Bill Dietrich 92 .458 2003.2 1933 1948 23-38 366 253 92 17 72 108 128 11 2117 1146 997 890 660 4.48 128 8874 22 4 44 PHA-TOT-CHW-PHA 81 Bobby Witt 91 .475 2465 1986 2001 22-37 430 397 47 11 13 142 157 0 2493 1449 1324 1375 1955 4.83 252 11003 37 39 26 128 TEX-TOT-OAK-TEX-TBD-CLE-ARI 82 Jaime Navarro 90 .479 2055.1 1989 2000 22-33 361 309 32 8 16 116 126 2 2313 1206 1078 690 1113 4.72 214 9021 44 67 6 92 MIL-CHC-CHW-TOT 83 Bob Harmon 90 .446 2054 1909 1918 21-30 321 240 143 15 61 107 133 12 1966 957 761 762 634 3.33 43 8526 38 2 39 STL-PIT 84 Case Patten 88 .451 2062.1 1901 1908 27-34 270 238 206 17 27 105 128 5 2154 1079 770 557 757 3.36 40 5294 75 2 30 WSH-TOT Seasons/Careers found: 84.
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