Worst Earned Run Averages (ERAs)

[JohnGelnarFan]

Quite a List. I looked them up. You're right! I didn't know that Ross Grimsley's father played in the majors. One that might be left off is my all-time favorite player,Del Unser. His one year(72') in Cleveland wasn't......very good.They shipped him out in a hurry. He was better than these guys though! I do have a soft spot for Gustavo Gil though because he was a Pilot!

I made up my own list, and some of them are short-timers. I hope you can stomach this
P-Jose Roman
P-Jeff Mutis
P-Denis Boucher
P-Ross Grimsley
C-Scooter Tucker
1B-Bill Schwartz
2B-Gus Gil
3B-Kurt Bevacqua
SS-Houston Jimenez
OF-Larry Littleton
OF-Otto Velez
OF-Arthur Hauger

[RedSoxVT92]

A more recent player to come to mind with a high ERA is Hideo Nomo. In 2004 his ERA was 8.24 in 84.0 innings. In 2005 he had a 7.24 ERA in 100.7 innings. Another player from Tampa Bay, Dewon Brazelton had a 7.61 ERA in 71.0 innings last year. Ouch, that hurts for the D-rays.

[flash143817]

Scott Elarton, in 2001, posted an ERA of 7.06 in 132 2/3 IP. He also managed to allow 34 HR's that year in only 132 innings!

[redbuck]

Eric Milton had the 5th lowest ERA ever for a pitcher who started at least 34 games last year.

This topic was in Baseball Digest a few months ago.

[JohnGelnarFan]

Elarton

How did he keep getting thrown out there? The rest of the staff must have been brutal!! You guys have come up with some great examples.
Camilo Pascual had a few yeras like this before he became a very good pitcher.

1955 43 games,129 Innings 2-12 6.14 E.R.A.
1956 39 games,188.2 Innings 6-18 5.87 E.R.A.
These are almost good compared to some above!

Scott Elarton, in 2001, posted an ERA of 7.06 in 132 2/3 IP. He also managed to allow 34 HR's that year in only 132 innings!

[baseball=my life]

what was Nolan Ryan's era. Im jus curious.

[Richmond Hill Phoenix]

Josh Towers' ERA is 9.11 through 54.1 innings. He has had 12 starts and is now on his second stint in the minors. He is 1-9.

PS Nolan Ryan's career ERA was 3.19.

[hbinways]

Eric Milton had the 5th lowest ERA ever for a pitcher who started at least 34 games last year.

This topic was in Baseball Digest a few months ago.

i assume you mean 'highest". yeah, one of the worst ever, easy. i watched him all yeah, unfortunately h . it got me to thinking he might have had the worst season of any fulltime starter ever. but who were the 4 guys "ahead" of him- with worse ERAs? thanx in advance red.

oh yeah, another question. who has the worst adjusted ERAs ever at each level- 1,000, 2000, 3000 IP, etc? anybody know?

[HDH]

How about single season Starters? I guess this could be a seperate thread. Some come to mind:

1) Bobo Newsome 1938 Browns 20-16 5.08 E.R.A.
2) Rick Helling 1998 Rangers 20-7 4.41
3) Jim Merritt 1970 Reds 20-12 4.08
4) Dan Spillner 1980 Indians 16-11 5.29
5) Len Barker 1980 Indians 19-12 4.17

These are,of course,before this crazy era of 4.25 E.R.A.s being respectable!

I used to think Ron Bryant's 1973 season where he posted a 24-12 record with a 3.53 ERA was terrible.

[Utter Chaos]

I doubt Jeff Weaver will get many more chances to improve on the 0-6 record and 14.32 ERA he currently has.

Jose Lima had more than one year with a high ERA
2006 - 0 wins 4 loses 17.3 innings 9.87 ERA
2005 - 5 wins 16 loses 168.7 innings 6.99 ERA
2002 - 4 wins 6 loses 68.3 innings 7.77 ERA
2001 - 6 wins 12 loses 165.7 innings 5.54 ERA
2000 - 7 wins 16 loses 196.3 innings 6.65 ERA
1996 - 5 wins 6 loses 72.7 innings 5.70 ERA
1995 - 3 wins 9 loses 73.7 innings 6.11 ERA

[utterchaos jr.]

Every year he's not horrible, he's a pretty good player.

But...he has to work on the W/L thing and ERA :hyper:

[National Acrobat]

A more recent player to come to mind with a high ERA is Hideo Nomo. In 2004 his ERA was 8.24 in 84.0 innings. In 2005 he had a 7.24 ERA in 100.7 innings. Another player from Tampa Bay, Dewon Brazelton had a 7.61 ERA in 71.0 innings last year. Ouch, that hurts for the D-rays.

Casey Fossum for the Rays is working on that as well this year. Only Maddon putting him in the Bullpen may prevent him from pitching over 100 innings with an ERA over 7.00 for the season.

[Francoeurstein]

Randy Johnson managed to have a solid season despite an ERA of 5.00.
He was 17-11 with 172 strikeouts and 114 ER in 205 innings. I wonder how he managed to have half of that ERA 4 seasons previous to that.

[janduscframe]

I wonder if this is a record. Derrick Turnbow's 6.87 era in 56 innings a couple seasons ago... After all he was a member of the All Star team in 06 when he posted those numbers. (he collapsed big time after the break)

[buppers]

Using baseball-reference.com play index I found 13 pitchers with 20 or more starts with an ERA of 7.00+. Including 2 Phillies from 1930 who actually came in 1 and 2. Sweetland and Willoughby with 7.71 and 7.59 with 27 and 24 GS.

There were a total of 139 pitchers with 20 or more starts with an ERA of 6.00+. AMAZING!!!

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