Playing in the AL, For single seasons, For 2008, (requiring At least 95 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest ERA
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Cnt Player **ERA** 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 Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+----------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 1 Nate Robertson 5.69 118.2 2008 30 DET AL 20 20 0 0 0 6 8 .429 0 151 76 75 32 75 74 16 521 484 35 1 5 2 3 0 15 7 4 1 0 5 .312 .357 .488 .845 124 1835 1151 2 Carlos Silva 5.62 121.2 2008 29 SEA AL 21 21 1 0 0 4 12 .250 0 158 78 76 20 53 71 14 530 498 34 5 1 4 2 6 16 7 1 0 0 0 .317 .345 .490 .835 126 1871 1210 3 Brian Bannister 5.49 118 2008 27 KCR AL 20 20 1 0 0 7 8 .467 0 131 77 72 35 73 79 16 510 462 20 3 1 3 2 7 11 2 3 0 1 4 .284 .333 .444 .777 105 1977 1236 4 Luke Hochevar 5.47 100.1 2008 24 KCR AL 17 17 0 0 0 6 8 .429 0 110 66 61 41 60 79 10 442 395 24 1 1 4 0 2 14 13 3 0 0 4 .278 .351 .420 .771 105 1632 996 5 Kevin Millwood 5.40 108.1 2008 33 TEX AL 20 20 1 0 0 6 6 .500 0 148 69 65 40 81 77 11 507 457 25 3 3 4 4 2 7 21 4 0 1 1 .324 .382 .464 .846 127 1806 1162 6 Livan Hernandez 5.29 127.2 2008 33 MIN AL 21 21 1 0 0 10 6 .625 0 178 83 75 24 47 76 16 567 532 34 2 1 1 4 6 17 3 3 1 1 2 .335 .361 .496 .857 132 1966 1236 7 Paul Byrd 5.28 107.1 2008 37 CLE AL 19 19 0 0 0 4 10 .286 0 130 67 63 19 49 80 23 462 434 20 0 0 5 2 2 9 3 5 1 0 0 .300 .335 .505 .840 120 1501 1018 8 Brian Burres 5.02 104 2008 27 BAL AL 20 18 0 0 1 7 6 .538 0 125 60 58 38 51 85 14 468 420 22 1 0 4 1 5 6 7 2 1 1 1 .298 .358 .455 .813 117 1680 1045 9 Joe Blanton 4.96 127 2008 27 OAK AL 20 20 0 0 0 5 12 .294 0 145 74 70 35 62 78 12 550 511 35 3 3 1 1 2 12 0 1 0 0 1 .284 .330 .434 .764 111 2031 1276 10 Jarrod Washburn 4.75 110 2008 33 SEA AL 20 19 1 0 1 4 9 .308 1 131 61 58 32 65 84 13 485 439 29 3 1 6 3 5 13 4 3 1 0 0 .298 .351 .467 .818 122 1930 1187 11 A.J. Burnett 4.73 139 2008 31 TOR AL 23 22 0 0 1 10 9 .526 0 140 78 73 60 139 87 12 612 537 37 2 2 5 7 3 7 14 6 2 2 8 .261 .339 .404 .743 99 2307 1413 12 Jose Contreras 4.60 119.1 2008 36 CHW AL 19 19 1 0 0 7 6 .538 0 127 64 61 35 68 95 12 514 470 23 3 0 3 4 2 10 16 1 1 0 6 .270 .324 .409 .733 92 1869 1169 13 Daniel Cabrera 4.57 134 2008 27 BAL AL 21 21 2 0 0 6 5 .545 0 131 70 68 62 75 93 17 589 503 24 1 4 13 5 6 17 19 4 0 2 10 .260 .353 .414 .767 105 2157 1276 14 Javier Vazquez 4.57 128 2008 31 CHW AL 20 20 1 0 0 7 8 .467 0 135 67 65 36 127 96 17 551 502 33 4 0 6 4 3 11 6 2 0 0 1 .269 .324 .452 .776 103 2100 1387 15 Gil Meche 4.55 126.2 2008 29 KCR AL 21 21 0 0 0 7 9 .438 0 128 66 64 43 94 95 14 539 488 30 3 2 0 2 6 7 4 0 0 0 2 .262 .318 .422 .740 95 2190 1382 16 Andy Sonnanstine 4.54 121 2008 25 TBR AL 20 20 1 1 0 10 5 .667 0 141 67 61 21 74 92 12 513 483 36 5 1 1 3 5 10 1 3 0 0 3 .292 .320 .462 .782 109 1813 1229 17 Kenny Rogers 4.48 126.2 2008 43 DET AL 21 21 0 0 0 8 6 .571 0 144 69 63 48 49 94 12 557 488 38 3 1 7 6 8 20 1 2 2 1 3 .295 .361 .459 .820 118 1992 1208 18 Jesse Litsch 4.46 115 2008 23 TOR AL 20 19 1 1 0 8 7 .533 0 134 65 57 19 59 92 17 491 464 25 2 2 5 1 2 6 2 6 0 0 2 .289 .322 .461 .783 109 1774 1141 19 Vicente Padilla 4.41 114.1 2008 30 TEX AL 19 19 1 1 0 11 5 .688 0 117 65 56 44 71 94 19 495 441 23 2 3 7 1 2 16 8 4 2 1 8 .265 .340 .456 .796 113 1874 1161 20 Dustin McGowan 4.37 111.1 2008 26 TOR AL 19 19 1 0 0 6 7 .462 0 115 60 54 38 85 94 9 474 421 22 3 1 5 2 8 9 12 4 0 0 5 .273 .335 .404 .739 98 1795 1117 21 Edwin Jackson 4.25 114.1 2008 24 TBR AL 19 19 0 0 0 5 7 .417 0 113 55 54 49 66 98 12 487 432 19 3 1 1 3 2 16 6 1 1 0 6 .262 .337 .403 .740 100 1896 1166 22 Jon Garland 4.12 126.2 2008 28 LAA AL 20 20 1 0 0 8 6 .571 0 141 65 58 42 57 101 12 550 489 30 4 2 6 8 5 16 2 2 1 0 3 .288 .349 .440 .789 109 1997 1263 23 Jered Weaver 4.08 119 2008 25 LAA AL 20 20 0 0 0 8 8 .500 0 116 57 54 35 92 102 13 500 457 22 3 2 4 1 3 4 18 4 2 0 1 .254 .311 .400 .711 90 1995 1292 24 Chien-Ming Wang 4.07 95 2008 28 NYY AL 15 15 1 0 0 8 2 .800 0 90 44 43 35 54 101 4 402 361 19 0 1 3 0 3 12 8 3 0 0 0 .249 .318 .335 .653 77 1410 876 25 Zack Greinke 4.06 133 2008 24 KCR AL 21 21 1 0 0 7 7 .500 0 138 61 60 41 114 107 18 564 518 24 4 1 1 2 2 8 1 3 1 1 4 .266 .320 .432 .752 98 2121 1366 ----+-----------------+----------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Cnt Player **ERA** 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 Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+----------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- 26 Josh Beckett 3.98 120 2008 28 BOS AL 18 18 1 0 0 9 6 .600 0 114 54 53 25 113 110 15 494 460 25 1 1 3 4 2 5 6 4 0 0 3 .248 .290 .404 .694 80 1865 1231 27 Justin Verlander 3.95 136.2 2008 25 DET AL 21 21 1 0 0 8 9 .471 0 115 66 60 54 99 106 11 576 511 23 1 6 8 0 3 8 6 5 1 2 3 .225 .307 .339 .646 74 2264 1391 28 Greg Smith 3.90 120 2008 24 OAK AL 20 20 2 0 0 5 9 .357 0 104 55 52 54 79 99 13 503 438 19 2 3 3 3 5 5 10 10 11 0 4 .237 .322 .379 .701 94 1961 1172 29 Andy Pettitte 3.86 133 2008 36 NYY AL 21 21 0 0 0 11 7 .611 0 141 62 57 30 100 107 13 556 512 23 2 1 5 6 3 9 10 6 8 0 4 .275 .320 .404 .724 93 2089 1336 30 C.C. Sabathia 3.83 122.1 2008 27 CLE AL 18 18 3 2 0 6 8 .429 0 117 54 52 34 123 111 13 507 464 24 1 1 3 3 3 8 7 2 2 2 1 .252 .306 .392 .698 84 1933 1275 31 Nick Blackburn 3.83 120 2008 26 MIN AL 20 20 0 0 0 7 6 .538 0 139 62 51 18 65 104 13 507 478 25 3 0 6 3 2 14 0 1 0 0 2 .291 .323 .437 .760 106 1745 1188 32 Tim Wakefield 3.69 129.1 2008 41 BOS AL 20 20 1 0 0 6 7 .462 0 103 58 53 47 85 118 18 533 473 15 2 0 8 2 3 7 21 8 1 0 10 .218 .298 .372 .670 75 1984 1280 33 Matt Garza 3.68 110 2008 24 TBR AL 18 18 1 0 0 8 5 .615 0 99 50 45 33 75 113 11 458 416 13 2 1 5 0 4 10 2 1 0 0 1 .238 .299 .358 .657 78 1785 1128 34 James Shields 3.66 137.2 2008 26 TBR AL 21 21 3 2 0 9 6 .600 0 129 64 56 24 111 114 16 556 522 30 1 0 7 3 0 13 6 6 1 0 3 .247 .289 .400 .689 85 2006 1282 35 Dana Eveland 3.65 118.1 2008 24 OAK AL 20 20 1 0 0 7 7 .500 0 110 49 48 60 78 106 6 515 440 24 0 2 8 2 4 14 9 2 1 1 4 .250 .348 .345 .693 94 1899 1098 36 Jeremy Guthrie 3.58 140.2 2008 29 BAL AL 22 22 0 0 0 6 7 .462 0 135 61 56 40 92 118 16 588 540 20 2 2 4 2 2 14 11 3 0 0 2 .250 .305 .383 .688 84 2269 1451 37 Mark Buehrle 3.56 139 2008 29 CHW AL 21 21 1 0 0 8 8 .500 0 142 65 55 34 81 123 12 572 530 25 6 3 3 1 4 24 3 4 2 0 2 .268 .313 .406 .719 89 2065 1326 38 Gavin Floyd 3.52 117.2 2008 25 CHW AL 19 19 1 0 0 10 6 .625 0 91 62 46 50 81 124 18 496 432 25 1 5 7 3 4 8 22 3 0 0 7 .211 .300 .398 .698 83 1824 1108 39 Ervin Santana 3.37 136.1 2008 25 LAA AL 20 20 2 1 0 11 4 .733 0 118 54 51 34 130 124 14 559 513 20 2 1 4 3 5 5 10 3 0 1 4 .230 .281 .359 .640 70 2156 1412 40 Armando Galarraga 3.27 107.1 2008 26 DET AL 18 17 0 0 0 8 4 .667 0 86 48 39 38 75 128 13 450 404 18 3 2 5 0 3 8 6 0 0 0 2 .213 .287 .369 .656 75 1658 1032 41 Mike Mussina 3.26 121.1 2008 39 NYY AL 21 21 0 0 0 13 6 .684 0 131 53 44 16 81 126 12 500 472 26 1 1 6 4 2 14 7 4 0 0 4 .278 .308 .413 .721 92 1868 1251 42 Jon Lester 3.20 132.1 2008 24 BOS AL 21 21 2 2 0 8 3 .727 0 130 50 47 44 88 137 9 551 501 28 1 0 3 3 0 20 6 3 2 0 2 .259 .323 .373 .696 83 2084 1333 43 Joe Saunders 3.05 127 2008 27 LAA AL 19 19 1 0 0 12 5 .706 0 111 49 43 34 64 136 15 507 466 17 1 1 1 3 2 17 11 5 2 0 2 .238 .290 .376 .666 77 1879 1164 44 Shaun Marcum 3.05 103.1 2008 26 TOR AL 16 16 0 0 0 5 4 .556 0 80 38 35 30 89 135 14 427 387 16 2 2 6 1 2 2 4 1 0 0 2 .207 .273 .367 .640 71 1534 976 45 John Danks 3.03 118.2 2008 23 CHW AL 20 20 0 0 0 7 4 .636 0 110 41 40 33 97 144 8 486 450 24 0 0 1 1 1 8 15 8 6 0 5 .244 .297 .351 .648 71 1916 1248 46 Felix Hernandez 2.95 125 2008 22 SEA AL 19 19 1 0 0 7 6 .538 0 111 47 41 46 115 135 9 518 462 24 0 2 4 2 4 16 9 2 1 1 3 .240 .312 .351 .663 82 1917 1232 47 Roy Halladay 2.89 152.1 2008 31 TOR AL 21 20 7 2 0 11 7 .611 0 133 55 49 24 127 142 11 606 570 20 4 3 9 2 1 16 9 3 0 0 1 .233 .275 .340 .615 65 2148 1432 48 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2.63 95.2 2008 27 BOS AL 17 17 0 0 0 11 1 .917 0 70 31 28 60 83 166 5 415 347 19 1 0 4 2 2 5 10 3 0 0 4 .202 .324 .305 .629 67 1676 1002 49 Cliff Lee 2.29 133.2 2008 29 CLE AL 19 19 2 1 0 13 2 .867 0 120 36 34 20 110 185 5 524 501 16 6 0 0 1 2 13 1 0 0 0 1 .240 .268 .325 .593 57 2013 1381 50 Justin Duchschere 1.87 115.2 2008 30 OAK AL 17 17 1 1 0 10 6 .625 0 77 29 24 26 70 207 7 442 406 17 1 2 6 1 3 12 2 1 0 0 1 .190 .247 .288 .535 49 1593 1041 ----+-----------------+----------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Cnt Player **ERA** 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 Pk BK WP BA OBP SLG OPS OPS Pit Str ----+-----------------+----------+-----+----+---+---+--+---+--+--+---+--+--+--+-----+--+---+---+---+---+---+----+--+----+----+--+--+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+--+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---- Seasons/Careers found: 50.
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