Well, they have something called ERA- , which adjusts to the league and for park effects. This was the result, again, for pennant winners:
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If you're wondering (I sure was), the Nationals' ERA- is 81, third lowest in MLB. Lower being better.
Oops, made a mistake with my data. Fixed. I knew the Rangers had to be wrong. Changed it to after 1920, because the list was still dominated by older years.
Thanks again
props to you. Have fun playing with the data. If I have any more strange requests I'll be sure to post 'em here.
And when I was talking about ERA+ -
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adjusted_ERA%2B Never heard of ERA- but seems like the same thing.