Playing in the AL, For single seasons, From 1980 to 1989, (requiring ERA≥5.0 and Qualified for league ERA title), sorted by greatest ERA
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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 ----+-----------------+----------+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 1 Matt Keough 5.72 1982 26 OAK AL 34 34 10 2 0 11 18 .379 0 209.1 233 144 133 101 75 68 38 946 820 43 4 1 5 10 9 16 14 4 0 3 10 .284 .363 .485 .848 136 2 Dennis Eckersley 5.61 1983 28 BOS AL 28 28 2 0 0 9 13 .409 0 176.1 223 119 110 39 77 78 27 787 736 48 7 4 6 1 5 5 18 8 0 0 1 .303 .341 .497 .838 122 3 Lary Sorensen 5.61 1982 26 CLE AL 32 30 6 1 0 10 15 .400 0 189.1 251 130 118 55 62 74 19 849 779 40 6 6 3 3 9 25 11 4 3 3 5 .322 .365 .462 .827 125 4 Frank Viola 5.49 1983 23 MIN AL 35 34 4 0 0 7 15 .318 0 210 242 141 128 92 127 78 34 949 841 43 8 7 8 5 2 13 9 5 2 2 6 .288 .363 .479 .842 126 5 Richard Dotson 5.48 1986 27 CHW AL 34 34 3 1 0 10 17 .370 0 197 226 125 120 69 110 79 24 861 782 34 4 2 2 4 4 20 20 6 0 0 10 .289 .347 .435 .782 108 6 Eric Bell 5.45 1987 23 BAL AL 33 29 2 0 1 10 13 .435 0 165 174 113 100 78 111 80 32 729 643 40 4 0 2 4 2 17 12 8 0 1 11 .271 .350 .495 .845 124 7 Bert Blyleven 5.43 1988 37 MIN AL 33 33 7 0 0 10 17 .370 0 207.1 240 128 125 51 145 75 21 895 816 39 6 1 16 6 6 17 28 8 0 3 5 .294 .345 .434 .779 114 8 Al Nipper 5.43 1987 28 BOS AL 30 30 6 0 0 11 12 .478 0 174 196 115 105 62 89 84 30 777 691 46 6 1 7 8 9 12 22 5 0 0 5 .284 .345 .498 .843 117 9 Willie Fraser 5.41 1988 24 CAL AL 34 32 2 0 0 12 13 .480 0 194.2 203 129 117 80 86 71 33 861 761 47 7 7 9 2 9 17 19 9 2 6 12 .267 .340 .477 .817 130 10 Dan Spillner 5.28 1980 28 CLE AL 34 30 7 1 1 16 11 .593 0 194.1 225 122 114 74 100 78 23 865 780 34 6 2 3 3 5 11 9 13 1 0 10 .288 .350 .436 .786 114 11 Rick Honeycutt 5.27 1982 28 TEX AL 30 26 4 1 3 5 17 .227 0 164 201 103 96 54 64 74 20 728 659 40 3 4 3 4 8 21 7 9 3 1 3 .305 .356 .466 .822 129 12 Chris Bosio 5.24 1987 24 MIL AL 46 19 2 1 8 11 8 .579 2 170 187 102 99 50 150 88 18 734 677 32 4 3 1 3 3 16 20 1 1 2 14 .276 .326 .415 .741 92 13 Mike Torrez 5.23 1982 35 BOS AL 31 31 1 0 0 9 9 .500 0 175.2 196 107 102 74 84 83 20 782 695 39 4 1 6 1 6 16 13 9 0 0 4 .282 .353 .436 .789 110 14 Neal Heaton 5.21 1984 24 CLE AL 38 34 4 1 2 12 15 .444 0 198.2 231 128 115 75 75 79 21 880 789 48 3 5 0 6 10 18 18 9 2 1 3 .293 .350 .441 .791 116 15 Larry Gura 5.18 1984 36 KCR AL 31 25 3 0 1 12 9 .571 0 168.2 175 102 97 67 68 78 26 732 651 34 6 3 4 4 6 19 8 5 1 0 0 .269 .338 .459 .797 118 16 Dennis Martinez 5.15 1985 30 BAL AL 33 31 3 1 1 13 11 .542 0 180 203 110 103 63 68 78 29 789 706 35 4 3 9 0 11 14 22 2 6 1 4 .288 .349 .472 .821 126 17 Bobby Witt 5.14 1989 25 TEX AL 31 31 5 1 0 12 13 .480 0 194.1 182 123 111 114 166 77 14 869 733 26 5 3 2 11 8 13 30 4 0 4 7 .248 .348 .355 .703 96 18 Bill Wegman 5.13 1986 23 MIL AL 35 32 2 0 1 5 12 .294 0 198.1 217 120 113 43 82 85 32 836 777 37 5 2 7 4 5 20 7 10 1 2 5 .279 .321 .463 .784 108 19 Jim Clancy 5.12 1984 28 TOR AL 36 36 5 0 0 13 15 .464 0 219.2 249 132 125 88 118 80 25 966 867 33 6 2 3 4 4 21 19 8 1 0 10 .287 .353 .426 .779 111 20 Mike Torrez 5.08 1980 33 BOS AL 36 32 6 1 1 9 16 .360 0 207.1 256 124 117 75 97 84 18 918 818 47 7 10 1 13 11 25 10 11 0 3 9 .313 .367 .454 .821 117 21 Doc Medich 5.04 1982 33 TOT AL 31 31 3 0 0 12 15 .444 0 185.2 203 110 104 93 73 76 12 828 711 28 12 6 4 9 11 20 30 6 0 1 8 .286 .366 .409 .775 117 22 Melido Perez 5.01 1989 23 CHW AL 31 31 2 0 0 11 14 .440 0 183.1 187 106 102 90 141 76 23 810 708 32 9 3 3 5 4 10 18 12 0 5 12 .264 .348 .432 .780 122 23 Richard Dotson 5.00 1988 29 NYY AL 32 29 4 0 0 12 9 .571 0 171 178 103 95 72 77 80 27 755 669 37 4 3 4 3 7 11 10 2 0 3 3 .266 .338 .454 .792 121 Seasons/Careers found: 23.
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