best career era by a pitcher since 1980

Since 1980, J.R. Richard has the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.90.

Interpreted as:
best career era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a pitcher since 1980
NAMEERAGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1J.R. Richard
J.R. Richard
1.90
17
10
4
.714
17
119
4
4
0
113.2
65
24
31
2
40
0
0
1
438
2
9.42
3.17
2.98
0.16
27.2
9.1
0.92
.227
2.45
56
1.93
56
5.15
19.9
2Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
2.12
67
27
18
.600
67
461
1
0
0
386.0
274
91
101
27
86
16
0
0
1,502
5
10.75
2.01
5.36
0.63
30.7
5.7
0.93
.271
2.35
50
2.44
60
6.39
70.8
3Spencer Miles
S. Miles
2.16
15
2
0
1.000
1
32
0
0
0
33.1
25
8
10
2
9
0
5
0
133
1
8.64
2.43
3.56
0.54
24.1
6.8
1.02
.256
2.70
53
2.73
66
6.75
5.2
4Cam Schlittler
C. Schlittler
2.23
26
11
5
.688
26
165
0
0
0
145.0
106
36
38
11
44
5
0
0
579
3
10.24
2.73
3.75
0.68
28.5
7.6
1.03
.268
2.36
55
2.82
67
6.58
22.3
5Walbert Ureña
W. Ureña
2.44
10
2
4
.333
8
41
0
0
0
44.1
36
12
18
3
25
2
0
1
194
2
8.32
5.08
1.64
0.61
21.1
12.9
1.38
.268
3.65
59
3.91
94
7.31
1.2
6Tom Burgmeier
T. Burgmeier
2.44
200
25
16
.610
0
180
0
0
38
380.0
350
103
122
18
99
8
106
26
1,557
5
4.26
2.34
1.82
0.43
11.6
6.4
1.18
.265
2.89
60
3.22
81
8.29
33.1
7Mike Vasil
M. Vasil
2.50
47
5
3
.625
3
82
0
0
4
101.0
74
28
32
8
52
8
17
5
423
4
7.31
4.63
1.58
0.71
19.4
12.3
1.25
.242
2.85
61
4.32
100
6.59
-0.1
8Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
2.53
455
223
96
.699
451
3,052
25
15
0
2855.1
2,193
804
881
235
713
46
1
28
11,279
108
9.62
2.25
4.28
0.74
27.1
6.3
1.02
.271
2.78
65
2.85
70
6.91
375.7
9Jose 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
10Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.62
259
99
69
.589
259
1,921
4
2
0
1599.1
1,221
465
502
159
357
25
0
14
6,283
32
10.81
2.01
5.38
0.89
30.6
5.7
0.99
.278
2.82
67
2.75
67
6.87
238.7
11Cade Horton
C. Horton
2.66
25
12
4
.750
24
101
0
0
0
125.1
99
37
42
11
35
6
0
0
502
1
7.25
2.51
2.89
0.79
20.1
7.0
1.07
.252
3.02
64
3.63
90
7.11
5.7
12Tim 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
13Braxton Ashcraft
B. Ashcraft
2.73
37
8
6
.571
19
141
0
0
0
138.1
118
42
46
9
41
7
6
1
567
1
9.17
2.67
3.44
0.59
24.9
7.2
1.15
.295
2.99
65
2.94
72
7.68
17.6
14Dan Quisenberry
D. Quisenberry
2.74
642
53
44
.546
0
366
0
0
239
1003.1
1,022
306
340
54
155
7
532
65
4,084
3
3.28
1.39
2.36
0.48
9.0
3.8
1.17
.276
3.05
69
3.19
81
9.17
82.2
15Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
2.75
58
23
14
.622
58
365
0
0
0
327.2
241
100
108
30
94
6
0
0
1,300
9
10.03
2.58
3.88
0.82
28.1
7.2
1.02
.262
2.97
67
3.00
71
6.62
43.4
16Pedro Martinez
P. Martinez
2.93
476
219
100
.687
409
3,154
46
17
3
2827.1
2,221
919
1,006
239
760
141
23
30
11,394
62
10.04
2.42
4.15
0.76
27.7
6.7
1.05
.279
3.20
66
2.91
68
7.07
454.6
17Drew Rasmussen
D. Rasmussen
2.94
141
34
19
.642
92
483
0
0
2
519.2
420
170
182
49
131
10
17
3
2,076
22
8.36
2.27
3.69
0.85
23.3
6.3
1.06
.264
3.15
74
3.31
81
7.27
44.9
18Kwang-Hyun Kim
K. Kim
2.97
35
10
7
.588
28
104
0
0
2
145.2
126
48
55
15
51
4
3
4
606
5
6.43
3.15
2.04
0.93
17.2
8.4
1.22
.257
3.40
72
4.21
100
7.78
-0.4
19Shane McClanahan
S. McClanahan
2.97
84
38
18
.679
84
506
0
0
0
454.2
364
150
159
50
135
6
0
1
1,830
20
10.02
2.67
3.75
0.99
27.7
7.4
1.10
.277
3.15
75
3.29
82
7.21
36.8
20Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
2.97
687
59
68
.465
0
466
0
0
101
896.1
846
296
339
42
301
10
424
120
3,771
9
4.68
3.02
1.55
0.42
12.4
8.0
1.28
.272
3.40
80
3.35
91
8.49
34.2
21Chris Sale
C. Sale
2.98
404
153
91
.627
323
2,659
16
3
12
2151.0
1,738
712
767
219
504
136
25
15
8,654
48
11.13
2.11
5.28
0.92
30.7
5.8
1.04
.296
3.21
70
2.87
69
7.27
311.6
22Greg Minton
G. Minton
2.99
637
53
56
.486
1
422
0
0
146
978.2
936
325
373
39
421
11
389
119
4,167
41
3.88
3.87
1.00
0.36
10.1
10.1
1.39
.274
3.43
83
3.72
101
8.61
-2.5
23Al Holland
A. Holland
3.00
379
34
30
.531
11
505
0
0
78
636.2
541
212
239
55
227
5
216
54
2,670
12
7.14
3.21
2.22
0.78
18.9
8.5
1.21
.259
3.38
83
3.34
93
7.65
17.5
24Mark Eichhorn
M. Eichhorn
3.00
563
48
43
.527
7
640
0
0
32
885.2
825
295
328
49
270
40
226
63
3,702
25
6.50
2.74
2.37
0.50
17.3
7.3
1.24
.287
3.33
72
3.17
76
8.38
100.3
25Gary Lucas
G. Lucas
3.01
409
29
44
.397
18
410
0
0
63
669.0
618
224
274
41
227
7
206
65
2,795
24
5.52
3.05
1.81
0.55
14.7
8.1
1.26
.273
3.69
84
3.35
91
8.31
25.5

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.483
1.5
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40
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.678
30
28
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9.5
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10.0
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33
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34
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.618
32
27
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30
26
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4.5
31
28
.525
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29
28
.509
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37
21
.638
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25
.561
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31
26
.544
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22
36
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.373
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.636
35
23
.603
1.5
29
30
.492
8.0
27
32
.458
10.0
24
33
.421
12.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
34
26
.567
31
27
.534
2.0
27
32
.458
6.5
22
36
.379
11.0
22
37
.373
11.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
30
29
.508
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.483
1.5
27
31
.466
2.5
27
33
.450
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