Twins career ERA leaders - Twinstrivia.com

A list of Minnesota Twins pitchers with the best Twins career ERA’s with a requirement of having pitched at leat 500 innings in a Twins uniform. Only Dean Chance has an Twin career ERA of under 3.00 and only 18 Twins pitchers have thrown 500 or more innings and have an ERA under 4.00. It just goes to show the state of Twins pitching over the years. But how do the Twins compare to the rest of the American League?

Rk	Player	ERA	IP	G	GS	CG	SHO	W	L	SV	SO	BA
1	Dean Chance	2.67	664.0	104	93	34	11	41	34	2	504	.221
2	Jim Merritt	3.03	686.2	122	89	28	6	37	41	6	527	.228
3	Jim Perry	3.15	1883.1	376	249	61	17	128	90	5	1025	.242
4	Johan Santana	3.22	1308.2	251	175	6	4	93	44	1	1381	.221
5	Bert Blyleven	3.28	2566.2	348	345	141	29	149	138	0	2035	.246
6	Jim Kaat	3.28	2959.1	468	422	133	23	189	152	6	1824	.256
7	Camilo Pascual	3.31	1284.2	184	179	72	18	88	57	0	994	.233
8	Dick Woodson	3.35	561.0	129	73	15	5	33	30	2	303	.233
9	Mudcat Grant	3.35	780.2	129	111	36	10	50	35	1	377	.260
10	Dave Goltz	3.48	1638.0	247	215	80	11	96	79	3	887	.264
11	Dave Boswell	3.49	1036.1	187	150	37	6	67	54	0	865	.217
12	Rick Aguilera	3.50	694.0	490	30	5	0	40	47	254	586	.243
13	Dick Stigman	3.69	643.2	138	85	26	4	37	37	7	538	.229
14	Jack Kralick	3.74	510.1	77	75	19	4	26	26	0	289	.267
15	Jerry Koosman	3.77	601.1	94	83	20	3	39	35	7	361	.271
16	Ray Corbin	3.84	652.1	181	63	12	3	36	38	17	348	.258
17	Frank Viola	3.86	1772.2	260	259	54	10	112	93	0	1214	.260
18	Geoff Zahn	3.90	852.0	133	126	36	7	53	53	0	348	.289

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Generated 2/13/2014.

Let’s take a look at how the Twins compare to the rest of the American League from 1961 to current again with the requirement of 500 innings.

Team	ERA under 2.00	ERA under 3.00	ERA under 4.00
Angels	0	3	30
Yankees	0	7	29
Orioles	0	6	26
Whie Sox	1	4	25
A’s	0	5	25
Red Sox	0	2	22
Tigers	0	1	20
Rangers	0	0	20
Indians	0	4	19
Royals	0	1	19
Twins	0	1	18
Blue Jays	0	1	11
Mariners	0	0	7
Rays	0	0	5

The only ERA under 2.00 belongs to Hall of Famer Hoyt Wilhelm who had a 1.92 ERA for the Pale Hose in 675.2 innings but he only had 3 starts in those 361 games between 1963-1968.

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