active pitchers with the lowest career era 500 ip

Aroldis Chapman has the best career ERA by an active pitcher when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.49.

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active pitchers with the lowest career era 500 or more ip

	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.49	864.0	907	62	51	.549	0	1,387	0	0	395	506	239	266	56	428	34	598	7	3,520	89	14.45	4.46	3.24	0.58	39.4	12.2	1.08	.279	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.27	169.2
2	Josh Hader J. Hader	2.53	543.1	500	38	32	.543	0	870	0	0	244	295	153	167	66	209	24	346	6	2,136	19	14.41	3.46	4.16	1.09	40.7	9.8	0.93	.237	2.77	62	2.82	67	4.89	83.8
3	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.63	961.2	972	57	45	.559	0	1,318	0	0	491	632	281	301	95	302	32	729	21	3,824	22	12.33	2.83	4.36	0.89	34.5	7.9	0.97	.259	2.82	66	2.71	67	5.91	142.6
4	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.66	860.2	889	57	50	.533	0	1,317	0	0	441	522	254	283	79	364	42	673	12	3,466	74	13.77	3.81	3.62	0.83	38.0	10.5	1.03	.266	2.96	65	2.67	65	5.46	132.2
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.66	1666.1	272	105	73	.590	272	2,008	4	2	0	1,284	493	530	163	377	25	0	16	6,563	33	10.85	2.04	5.33	0.88	30.6	5.7	1.00	.281	2.86	68	2.73	67	6.93	253.7
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.83	614.1	114	47	22	.681	114	765	1	1	0	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	11.21	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	78.2
7	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.92	595.0	154	43	22	.662	105	566	0	0	2	474	193	205	54	144	16	17	3	2,369	23	8.56	2.18	3.93	0.82	23.9	6.1	1.04	.264	3.10	73	3.21	78	7.17	59.1
8	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	2.93	599.1	560	49	42	.538	7	621	0	0	83	508	195	222	45	233	21	202	28	2,486	24	9.33	3.50	2.67	0.68	25.0	9.4	1.24	.296	3.33	70	3.32	80	7.63	56
9	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	2.93	782.2	646	43	57	.430	21	920	0	0	279	611	255	284	88	216	28	498	17	3,153	17	10.58	2.48	4.26	1.01	29.2	6.9	1.06	.275	3.27	69	3.20	76	7.03	87.2
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.96	2219.0	416	157	97	.618	335	2,745	16	3	12	1,803	730	788	221	515	140	25	15	8,931	48	11.13	2.09	5.33	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.298	3.20	69	2.83	68	7.31	331.9
11	Max Fried M. Fried	3.02	1166.0	215	96	45	.681	198	1,131	6	4	0	1,006	391	432	92	324	47	10	6	4,747	49	8.73	2.50	3.49	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.290	3.33	71	3.19	76	7.77	127
12	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.04	512.0	96	42	22	.656	96	555	0	0	0	415	173	187	56	152	9	0	1	2,070	22	9.76	2.67	3.65	0.98	26.8	7.3	1.11	.277	3.29	76	3.34	83	7.29	39.6
13	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.05	887.1	157	62	44	.585	154	1,035	1	1	0	708	301	330	102	193	31	1	0	3,529	11	10.50	1.96	5.36	1.03	29.3	5.5	1.02	.280	3.35	74	3.06	74	7.18	106.2
14	Edwin Díaz E. Díaz	3.06	533.0	536	30	38	.441	0	858	0	0	260	381	181	194	57	192	43	407	11	2,184	34	14.49	3.24	4.47	0.96	39.3	8.8	1.08	.313	3.28	75	2.64	63	6.43	90.9
15	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.07	697.1	130	46	25	.648	111	696	4	2	1	654	238	262	58	166	18	4	1	2,866	20	8.98	2.14	4.19	0.75	24.3	5.8	1.18	.309	3.38	73	3.02	71	8.44	93.2
16	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	790.1	151	55	30	.647	136	918	2	1	1	608	272	285	89	200	33	4	2	3,158	8	10.45	2.28	4.59	1.01	29.1	6.3	1.02	.271	3.25	73	3.18	75	6.92	93.9
17	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.15	968.0	210	63	38	.624	149	1,114	0	0	2	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	10.36	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.25	78	7.03	101.5
18	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.15	1173.0	225	82	63	.566	225	1,460	1	1	0	902	411	447	111	527	11	0	6	4,854	87	11.20	4.04	2.77	0.85	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.43	77	3.28	79	6.92	116.3
19	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.17	2046.2	333	160	86	.650	333	2,351	8	5	0	1,706	722	773	229	520	62	0	7	8,237	58	10.34	2.29	4.52	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.16	77	7.50	222.6
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.26	1848.2	304	123	79	.609	304	1,964	5	3	0	1,563	669	723	181	523	79	0	14	7,560	42	9.56	2.55	3.76	0.88	26.0	6.9	1.13	.287	3.52	81	3.28	79	7.61	178.8
21	Michael King M. King	3.27	643.2	187	39	38	.506	90	687	1	1	7	535	234	263	71	230	33	24	6	2,679	14	9.61	3.22	2.99	0.99	25.6	8.6	1.19	.280	3.68	80	3.67	88	7.48	34.8
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.28	3008.0	494	221	123	.642	485	3,521	12	5	0	2,481	1,096	1,169	366	799	115	2	20	12,189	82	10.53	2.39	4.41	1.10	28.9	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	291.2
23	Justin Steele J. Steele	3.30	506.2	102	32	22	.593	91	517	1	0	0	460	186	219	51	155	20	2	2	2,123	14	9.18	2.75	3.34	0.91	24.4	7.3	1.21	.296	3.89	80	3.48	85	8.17	35.4
24	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.32	939.0	154	71	36	.664	152	1,039	5	2	0	842	346	367	112	219	19	1	1	3,816	35	9.96	2.10	4.74	1.07	27.2	5.7	1.13	.301	3.52	78	3.26	77	8.07	101.1
25	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.33	3571.1	556	266	159	.626	556	3,554	26	9	0	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9

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