Top Returning Pitchers

Here are the 1996 statistics of the returning pitchers in the region who had ERAs under 4.00 last season:

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PLAYER SCHOOL IP H SO BB R W-L ERA Merrill Dunn North Hollywood 70 64 58 18 21 5-4 0.90 Matt Rainer Royal 29 1/3 18 21 13 10 3-0 1.19 Gus Banuelos Poly 53 1/3 36 44 18 18 5-0 1.44 Brian Felten Crespi 55 1/3 44 41 17 19 9-2 1.52 Jon Garland Kennedy 79 52 92 27 21 11-1 1.77 Sean Douglass Antelope Valley 71 2/3 54 77 22 33 8-4 1.86 Kevin Carlsen Canoga Park 53 59 40 29 35 3-4 1.98 Greg Wold Chatsworth 65 62 50 21 25 7-2 2.05 Justin Ames Moorpark 71 52 88 32 38 6-5 2.07 Ricky Helland Buena 60 2/3 44 44 25 28 8-1 2.19 Shaun Fishman El Camino Real 95 1/3 90 86 20 38 11-4 2.20 Kevin Jerkens Notre Dame 57 1/3 53 49 15 24 6-3 2.32 Mike Schultz Cleveland 66 56 48 45 39 6-5 2.33 Chris Gray Chaminade 54 58 37 14 23 6-2 2.46 Joe Borchard Camarillo 36 2/3 39 22 10 19 3-1 2.48 Charles Merricks Channel Islands 29 1/3 24 32 30 29 2-2 2.63 Mike Rainer Royal 18 11 18 22 10 3-0 2.72 John Ennis Monroe 66 69 71 21 49 5-2 2.97 Jason Westemeir Alemany 44 1/3 28 51 37 26 4-0 3.00 Wes Hutchison Burroughs 66 1/3 73 56 25 35 3-2 3.06 Alberto Flores Birmingham 76 2/3 88 58 51 62 4-8 3.10 Jeremy Holiday Antelope Valley 85 2/3 89 94 28 53 7-5 3.11 Bobby Graves Hart 57 1/3 36 81 47 33 4-2 3.17 Kevin Harmon Palmdale 37 43 32 16 25 5-1 3.41 Jared Mills Cleveland 36 45 27 5 22 4-3 3.69 Chris Thogersen Newbury Park 55 2/3 58 40 25 40 4-6 3.90

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