Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, From 1901 to 2008, Younger than 23, (requiring At least 1000 Innings Pitched), sorted by greatest ERAp
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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 ----+-----------------+--------+------+----+----+-----+----+---+---+---+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+----+----+----+------+---+-----+---+---+---+---+----------- 1 Joe Wood 151 1147.1 1908 1913 18-23 175 127 100 24 40 92 48 .657 6 903 415 254 334 856 1.99 8 4555 48 0 35 BOS 2 Walter Johnson 148 1355.1 1907 1911 19-23 175 157 135 26 17 82 78 .513 4 1095 433 267 303 915 1.77 11 5445 49 1 67 WSH 3 Christy Mathewson 138 1346.2 1901 1904 20-23 167 158 135 20 9 97 59 .622 3 1156 501 330 348 859 2.21 17 5497 37 3 67 NYG 4 Bob Feller 136 1448.1 1936 1941 17-22 205 175 117 16 24 107 54 .665 10 1149 569 512 815 1233 3.18 59 6191 26 7 46 CLE 5 Dwight Gooden 134 1172.2 1984 1988 19-23 158 158 52 19 0 91 35 .722 0 960 381 341 332 1067 2.62 56 4718 15 16 19 19 NYM 6 Bert Blyleven 134 1335.2 1970 1974 19-23 181 178 77 21 2 80 75 .516 0 1197 462 406 319 1094 2.74 90 5429 21 35 7 24 MIN 7 Frank Tanana 131 1082 1973 1977 19-23 142 137 73 19 3 66 49 .574 0 906 355 323 292 937 2.69 93 4379 17 36 4 27 CAL 8 Babe Ruth 129 1057 1914 1918 19-23 141 129 93 17 8 80 41 .661 3 786 317 246 367 453 2.09 7 4268 27 3 20 BOS 9 Don Drysdale 128 1071.1 1956 1960 19-23 188 142 47 14 29 66 54 .550 4 957 424 382 329 822 3.21 100 4462 26 52 5 24 BRO-LAD 10 Hal Newhouser 122 1003 1939 1944 18-23 184 130 59 9 41 63 61 .508 8 882 448 360 544 633 3.23 31 4355 6 4 18 DET 11 Waite Hoyt 117 1013.2 1918 1923 18-23 153 113 69 8 30 65 46 .586 5 1021 446 375 292 332 3.33 28 4285 19 1 13 NYG-BOS-NYY 12 Fernando Valenzue 116 1013 1980 1984 19-23 141 131 50 18 4 61 47 .565 1 858 393 339 354 824 3.01 54 4152 30 8 3 31 LAD 13 Larry Dierker 108 1250.1 1964 1970 17-23 181 168 60 9 5 71 62 .534 1 1119 506 443 353 874 3.19 101 5153 26 20 2 58 HOU 14 Chief Bender 102 1160.1 1903 1907 19-23 169 127 109 14 39 76 54 .585 6 992 473 346 296 689 2.68 18 2809 51 2 31 PHA 15 Pete Schneider 102 1274 1914 1919 18-23 207 162 84 10 35 59 86 .407 4 1199 541 377 498 487 2.66 16 5399 52 0 16 CIN-NYY 16 Earl Hamilton 102 1150.1 1911 1915 19-23 183 129 79 11 34 55 73 .430 5 1084 524 379 407 469 2.97 18 4707 44 1 24 SLB 17 Mike McCormick 99 1087 1956 1962 17-23 224 150 45 12 35 59 59 .500 8 1066 514 456 373 646 3.78 117 4615 38 11 2 36 NYG-SFG 18 Johnny Lush 98 1014 1904 1909 18-23 146 130 92 15 14 52 72 .419 1 934 454 289 343 436 2.57 11 4239 56 2 32 PHI-TOT-STL 19 Catfish Hunter 94 1050.1 1965 1969 19-23 171 149 41 12 4 55 64 .462 1 911 444 402 348 703 3.44 117 4330 26 15 5 16 KCA-OAK Seasons/Careers found: 19.
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