In 1988, Joe Magrane led the NL with a 2.18 ERA but went 5-9. In his 9 loses the Cardinals scored a total of 13 runs. In 4 of his losses, the Cardinals were shutout. Magrane allowed a total of 6 runs in those games.
In his 5 wins, Magrane shutout his opponents 3 times and allowed 1 & 2 runs in the other two games. Overall, Magrane gave up 2 or fewer earned runs in 20 of 24 starts.
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