active player career era leader with a minimum of 500 ip

Jacob deGrom has the lowest career ERA by an active pitcher when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.50.

	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	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.50	1443.1	231	90	59	.604	231	1,740	4	2	0	1,104	401	438	129	325	24	0	13	5,669	28	10.85	2.03	5.35	0.80	30.7	5.7	0.99	.283	2.73	64	2.63	65	6.88	233.9
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.51	2763.1	437	213	94	.694	434	2,983	25	15	0	2,114	772	847	229	687	44	1	28	10,907	104	9.72	2.24	4.34	0.75	27.3	6.3	1.01	.271	2.76	64	2.83	70	6.89	366.5
3	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.59	788.1	827	58	46	.558	0	1,285	0	0	347	463	227	252	53	402	33	538	7	3,223	82	14.67	4.59	3.20	0.61	39.9	12.5	1.10	.283	2.88	63	2.40	58	5.29	151
4	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.62	891.0	897	50	38	.568	0	1,240	0	0	460	594	259	277	85	272	31	674	19	3,543	21	12.53	2.75	4.56	0.86	35.0	7.7	0.97	.266	2.80	66	2.61	64	6.00	142.1
5	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	2.79	557.2	507	43	36	.544	7	570	0	0	82	465	173	198	40	207	19	191	22	2,293	23	9.20	3.34	2.75	0.65	24.9	9.0	1.21	.292	3.20	67	3.26	78	7.50	55.4
6	Max Fried M. Fried	2.96	972.1	182	82	37	.689	165	944	6	4	0	847	320	355	82	264	39	10	6	3,960	43	8.74	2.44	3.58	0.76	23.8	6.7	1.14	.291	3.29	69	3.25	78	7.84	98.5
7	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	3.02	693.2	556	41	54	.432	21	823	0	0	232	550	233	259	82	192	26	423	16	2,807	17	10.68	2.49	4.29	1.06	29.3	6.8	1.07	.278	3.36	71	3.26	78	7.14	72.8
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.03	2039.0	386	142	87	.620	306	2,521	16	3	12	1,663	686	739	209	480	126	25	15	8,217	47	11.13	2.12	5.25	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.26	71	2.88	69	7.34	294.2
9	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	680.1	130	46	26	.639	115	788	2	1	1	535	234	243	75	176	29	4	1	2,727	7	10.42	2.33	4.48	0.99	28.9	6.5	1.05	.277	3.21	73	3.19	75	7.08	81.7
10	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	99.9
11	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.16	2881.0	467	215	112	.657	458	3,408	12	5	0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.9
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	1954.0	317	153	80	.657	317	2,251	8	5	0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.18	1105.2	213	77	58	.570	213	1,372	1	1	0	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
14	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.18	661.2	120	48	33	.593	117	759	1	1	0	537	234	252	78	148	24	1	0	2,647	9	10.32	2.01	5.13	1.06	28.7	5.6	1.04	.280	3.43	77	3.17	77	7.30	68.9
15	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.22	843.0	136	62	32	.660	134	958	5	2	0	752	302	323	94	188	18	1	1	3,415	34	10.23	2.01	5.10	1.00	28.1	5.5	1.12	.305	3.45	76	3.08	73	8.03	108
16	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.28	978.2	171	75	45	.625	149	962	9	3	0	811	357	393	78	349	55	7	1	4,040	53	8.85	3.21	2.76	0.72	23.8	8.6	1.19	.282	3.61	79	3.47	84	7.46	73.1
17	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	3.29	676.0	651	37	38	.493	0	709	0	0	116	594	247	278	61	201	15	253	14	2,790	47	9.44	2.68	3.53	0.81	25.4	7.2	1.18	.295	3.70	79	3.18	76	7.91	75.5
18	Taylor Rogers T. Rogers	3.30	513.0	535	30	36	.455	0	594	0	0	83	452	188	217	52	150	33	158	21	2,125	12	10.42	2.63	3.96	0.91	28.0	7.1	1.17	.309	3.81	78	3.23	77	7.93	57.4
19	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	81	3.48	85	8.17	35.1
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.31	1660.2	272	109	72	.602	272	1,726	4	3	0	1,423	611	661	157	476	70	0	14	6,817	40	9.35	2.58	3.63	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.14	.289	3.58	83	3.29	80	7.71	154.4
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.31	3467.2	536	262	150	.636	536	3,457	26	9	0	2,943	1,277	1,381	363	973	116	0	27	14,170	97	8.97	2.53	3.55	0.94	24.4	6.9	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	303
22	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.34	942.2	160	59	45	.567	157	871	3	2	0	894	350	387	65	221	31	0	4	3,849	21	8.32	2.11	3.94	0.62	22.6	5.7	1.18	.312	3.69	82	3.02	75	8.54	106.3
23	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	3.36	918.1	346	59	45	.567	109	881	1	0	16	815	343	370	107	243	32	66	18	3,768	20	8.63	2.38	3.63	1.05	23.4	6.4	1.15	.283	3.63	82	3.66	88	7.99	50.1
24	Ranger Suárez R. Suárez	3.38	648.0	168	45	30	.600	100	592	2	2	4	612	243	271	58	213	17	22	7	2,723	11	8.22	2.96	2.78	0.81	21.7	7.8	1.27	.301	3.76	80	3.56	84	8.50	48.5
25	Brent Suter B. Suter	3.38	561.1	321	42	22	.656	46	463	0	0	3	534	211	246	68	140	19	72	7	2,324	8	7.42	2.24	3.31	1.09	19.9	6.0	1.20	.285	3.94	79	3.93	93	8.56	20.8