Since 1961, Paul Skenes has the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.96.

Interpreted as:

best career era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player after 1960

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	23	11	3	.786	23	170	0	0	0	133.0	94	29	31	10	32	6	0	0	514	2	11.50	2.17	5.31	0.68	33.1	6.2	0.95	.284	2.10	47	2.44	60	6.36	23.9
2	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.17	597	70	64	.522	4	858	0	0	163	1083.2	773	261	319	63	326	27	423	38	4,309	51	7.13	2.71	2.63	0.52	19.9	7.6	1.01	.234	2.65	62	2.68	76	6.42	104.8
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.19	223	129	47	.733	211	1,713	115	35	5	1632.2	1,171	398	459	116	412	13	7	30	6,463	48	9.44	2.27	4.16	0.64	26.5	6.4	0.97	.251	2.53	63	2.16	65	6.46	219.8
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.50	432	212	94	.693	429	2,968	25	15	0	2742.2	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
5	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.52	218	84	57	.596	218	1,666	4	2	0	1367.0	1,051	383	420	120	308	22	0	13	5,376	27	10.97	2.03	5.41	0.79	31.0	5.7	0.99	.286	2.77	65	2.58	64	6.92	227.7
6	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	38	17	.691	76	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
7	Bob Lee B. Lee	2.71	269	25	23	.521	7	315	0	0	64	492.0	402	148	177	31	196	5	152	35	2,044	12	5.76	3.59	1.61	0.57	15.4	9.6	1.22	.248	3.24	81	3.30	98	7.35	5.7
8	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.72	498	49	33	.598	2	444	0	0	102	699.1	624	211	251	49	219	21	262	71	2,906	25	5.71	2.82	2.03	0.63	15.3	7.5	1.21	.265	3.23	75	3.45	93	8.03	19.9
9	Stu Miller S. Miller	2.72	421	57	49	.538	0	600	0	0	135	731.2	588	221	251	39	260	15	312	75	2,978	11	7.38	3.20	2.31	0.48	20.1	8.7	1.16	.266	3.09	76	2.73	76	7.23	70.4
10	Bob Locker B. Locker	2.75	576	57	39	.594	0	577	0	0	95	879.0	776	269	329	40	257	36	288	80	3,643	37	5.91	2.63	2.25	0.41	15.8	7.1	1.18	.269	3.37	82	2.79	80	7.95	68.1
11	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.76	674	56	46	.549	0	379	0	0	244	1043.1	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
12	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	2.77	608	55	47	.539	0	617	0	0	149	910.2	735	280	341	50	446	33	400	78	3,863	32	6.10	4.41	1.38	0.49	16.0	11.5	1.30	.252	3.37	77	3.44	98	7.26	8.8
13	Dick Hughes D. Hughes	2.79	68	20	9	.690	34	230	13	4	8	307.0	221	95	101	29	76	7	17	12	1,205	8	6.74	2.23	3.03	0.85	19.1	6.3	0.97	.222	2.96	86	3.05	97	6.48	3.4
14	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	2.79	737	79	74	.516	1	687	0	0	178	1174.2	1,097	364	442	50	468	24	458	121	5,023	28	5.26	3.59	1.47	0.38	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.39	82	3.17	93	8.40	30.6
15	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.80	220	103	47	.687	201	956	54	17	3	1416.0	1,297	440	500	113	357	10	11	18	5,784	38	6.08	2.27	2.68	0.72	16.5	6.2	1.17	.272	3.18	78	3.02	82	8.24	103.1
16	Dick Lines D. Lines	2.83	107	7	7	.500	0	103	0	0	6	168.2	146	53	66	10	48	1	41	13	696	6	5.50	2.56	2.15	0.53	14.8	6.9	1.15	.255	3.52	87	2.97	87	7.79	8.1
17	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.83	330	143	112	.561	323	1,664	120	35	2	2360.2	2,127	742	868	180	526	102	5	97	9,635	58	6.34	2.01	3.16	0.69	17.3	5.5	1.12	.272	3.31	85	2.92	91	8.11	73.6
18	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	2.83	661	68	71	.489	0	861	0	0	300	1042.0	879	328	370	77	309	13	512	83	4,251	37	7.44	2.67	2.79	0.67	20.3	7.3	1.14	.268	3.20	75	2.93	80	7.59	88
19	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.83	545	87	76	.534	43	1,036	13	6	125	1242.0	1,040	391	438	110	535	12	363	71	5,206	39	7.51	3.88	1.94	0.80	19.9	10.3	1.27	.265	3.17	75	3.38	89	7.54	58.9
20	John Fulgham J. Fulgham	2.84	35	14	12	.538	33	123	14	3	0	231.1	189	73	80	17	58	4	0	4	914	3	4.79	2.26	2.12	0.66	13.5	6.3	1.07	.242	3.11	77	3.42	95	7.35	4.6
21	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.84	488	245	163	.600	461	3,000	251	55	6	3722.0	3,105	1,176	1,324	246	1,249	100	15	110	15,336	101	7.25	3.02	2.40	0.59	19.6	8.1	1.17	.266	3.20	77	2.86	80	7.51	283.6
22	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.85	1,050	94	90	.511	0	779	0	0	184	1436.2	1,305	455	526	63	491	17	638	179	6,001	23	4.88	3.08	1.59	0.39	13.0	8.2	1.25	.267	3.30	77	3.25	88	8.18	71.1
23	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	558	268	152	.638	521	2,212	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
24	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.86	344	130	99	.568	295	1,625	98	27	14	2230.1	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	1.14	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
25	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	656	311	205	.603	647	3,640	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1