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For single seasons, From 1901 to 2009, (requiring ERAp≥200, At least 60% games started and Qualified for league ERA title), sorted by smallest W

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attackemu's Notes:
Clemens finished 3rd in the Cy Young, so did Martinez in 2003. Robin Roberts won Sporting News Pitcher of the Year in 1955.
  Cnt Player             **W** ERA  Year Age Tm  Lg  G   GS CG SHO GF  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
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    1 Roger Clemens       13    226 2005  42 HOU NL  32  32  1   0  0  8  .619  0 211.1 151  51  44  62 185   1.87 11  838  761 26  3   5   3   9   3  16   8  4  2  1  3  .198  .261  .284  .545   46 3200 2036 
    2 Pedro Martinez      14    210 2003  31 BOS AL  29  29  3   0  0  4  .778  0 186.2 147  52  46  47 206   2.22  7  749  685 37  5   0   9   4   4   9   5  3  0  0  5  .215  .272  .314  .586   52 2832 1864 
    3 Jack Pfiester       14    216 1907  29 CHC NL  30  22 13   3  5  9  .609  0 195   143  61  25  48  90   1.15  1  745                  5                        0  2                            0           
    4 Zack Greinke        15    210 2009  25 KCR AL  31  31  6   3  0  8  .652  0 216.1 182  59  50  47 229   2.08 11  860  800 44  5   0   3   7   3  16   5  8  1  0  5  .228  .272  .336  .608    0 3284 2076 
    5 Billy Pierce        15    201 1955  28 CHW AL  33  26 16   6  5 10  .600  1 205.2 162  50  45  64 157   1.97 16  836  759 16  6   5   3   8   1   9   6  4  3  1  4  .213  .277  .314  .591   62           
    6 Greg Maddux         16    271 1994  28 ATL NL  25  25 10   3  0  6  .727  0 202   150  44  35  31 156   1.56  4  774  726 22  2   3   6   6   5  21  22  6  2  1  3  .207  .243  .259  .502   34           
    7 Pedro Martinez      17    219 1997  25 MON NL  31  31 13   4  0  8  .680  0 241.1 158  65  51  67 305   1.90 16  947  860 24  4   5   9   9   1  16  20  5  3  1  3  .184  .250  .277  .527   42           
    8 Kevin Brown         17    216 1996  31 FLA NL  32  32  5   3  0 11  .607  0 233   187  60  49  33 159   1.89  8  906  849 22  6   2  16   4   4  26  12  9  3  1  6  .220  .262  .289  .551   52           
    9 Pedro Martinez      18    291 2000  28 BOS AL  29  29  7   4  0  6  .750  0 217   128  44  42  32 284   1.74 17  817  768 18  1   0  14   2   1  11  10  3  2  0  1  .167  .213  .259  .472   18 3162 2135 
   10 Carl Lundgren       18    212 1907  27 CHC NL  28  25 21   7  3  7  .720  0 207   130  42  27  92  84   1.17  0  795                  2                        1  2                            0           
   11 Ed Reulbach         18    209 1905  22 CHC NL  34  29 28   5  5 14  .563  1 291.2 208  71  46  73 152   1.42  1 1147                 18                        1  5                            0           
   12 Greg Maddux         19    262 1995  29 ATL NL  28  28 10   3  0  2  .905  0 209.2 147  39  38  23 181   1.63  8  785  748 22  0   3   4   9   1  16  26  6  2  0  1  .197  .224  .258  .482   29           
   13 Dutch Leonard       19    279 1914  22 BOS AL  36  25 17   7  9  5  .792  3 224.2 139  34  24  60 176   0.96  3  846                  8                        0  2                            0           
   14 Pedro Martinez      20    202 2002  30 BOS AL  30  30  2   0  0  4  .833  0 199.1 144  62  50  40 239   2.26 13  787  726 35  3   1  15   2   4  10   8  5  2  0  3  .198  .254  .309  .563   47 3086 2052 
   15 Walter Johnson      20    214 1919  31 WSH AL  39  29 27   7 10 14  .588  2 290.1 235  73  48  51 147   1.49  0 1155                  7                        1  4                            0           
   16 Roger Clemens       21    221 1997  34 TOR AL  34  34  9   3  0  7  .750  0 264   204  65  60  68 292   2.05  9 1044  957 41  3   1  12   5   2  27  10  9  3  0  4  .213  .273  .290  .563   48           
   17 Roger Clemens       21    213 1990  27 BOS AL  31  31  7   4  0  6  .778  0 228.1 193  59  49  54 209   1.93  7  920  847 35  5   3   7   7   5  11  14 14  2  0  8  .228  .278  .306  .584   60           
   18 Bob Gibson          22    258 1968  32 STL NL  34  34 28  13  0  9  .710  0 304.2 198  49  38  62 268   1.12 11 1161 1075 23  0   6   7  15   2  18   6  5  0  0  4  .184  .233  .236  .469   47           
   19 Pedro Martinez      23    243 1999  27 BOS AL  31  29  5   1  1  4  .852  0 213.1 160  56  49  37 313   2.07  9  835  780 38  0   1   9   3   6  11  21 10  0  0  6  .205  .248  .288  .536   35           
   20 Walter Johnson      23    214 1918  30 WSH AL  39  29 29   8 10 13  .639  3 326   241  71  46  70 162   1.27  2 1261                  8                        0  8                            0           
   21 Jack Taylor         23    202 1902  28 CHC NL  36  33 33   7  3 11  .676  1 324.2 271  86  48  43  83   1.33  2 1303                 10                        0  9                            0           
   22 Dwight Gooden       24    228 1985  20 NYM NL  35  35 16   8  0  4  .857  0 276.2 198  51  47  69 268   1.53 13 1065  986 23  3   4   2   6   2  21  22 10  5  2  6  .201  .254  .270  .524   52           
   23 Addie Joss          24    205 1908  28 CLE AL  42  35 29   9  6 11  .686  2 325   232  77  42  30 130   1.16  2 1244                  2                        0  6                            0           
   24 Ron Guidry          25    208 1978  27 NYY AL  35  35 16   9  0  3  .893  0 273.2 187  61  53  72 248   1.74 13 1057  969 34  5   1   1  13   2  15   9 14  2  1  7  .193  .249  .279  .528   50           
   25 Christy Mathewson   25    222 1909  28 NYG NL  37  33 26   8  4  6  .806  2 275.1 192  57  35  36 149   1.14  2 1021                  0                        0  4                            0           
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  Cnt Player             **W** ERA  Year Age Tm  Lg  G   GS CG SHO GF  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
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   26 Mordecai Brown      26    253 1906  29 CHC NL  36  32 27   9  4  6  .813  3 277.1 198  56  32  61 144   1.04  1 1062                  4                        1  2                            0           
   27 Dolf Luque          27    201 1923  32 CIN NL  41  37 28   6  4  8  .771  2 322   279  90  69  88 151   1.93  2 1301                  5                        1  4                            0           
   28 Lefty Grove         31    219 1931  31 PHA AL  41  30 27   4 10  4  .886  5 288.2 249  84  66  62 175   2.06 10 1160                  1                        0  2                            0           
   29 Pete Alexander      31    225 1915  28 PHI NL  49  42 36  12  7 10  .756  3 376.1 253  86  51  64 241   1.22  3 1435                 10                        0  2                            0           
   30 Christy Mathewson   31    230 1905  24 NYG NL  43  37 32   8  6  9  .775  2 338.2 252  85  48  64 206   1.28  4 1319                  1                        3  6                            0           
   31 Walter Johnson      33    242 1912  24 WSH AL  50  37 34   7 13 12  .733  2 369   259  89  57  76 303   1.39  2 1426                 16                        0 11                            0           
   32 Cy Young            33    216 1901  34 BOS AL  43  41 38   5  2 10  .767  0 371.1 324 112  67  37 158   1.62  6 1466                  8                        0  2                            0           
   33 Walter Johnson      36    259 1913  25 WSH AL  48  36 29  11 11  7  .837  2 346   232  56  44  38 243   1.14  9 1305                  9                        0  3                            0           

Seasons/Careers found: 33.

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