best career era since 1951 minimum 3000 innings pitched

Since 1951, Whitey Ford has the best ERA when pitching at least 3000 innings, with an ERA of 2.74.

	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	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.74	3058.1	478	227	105	.684	426	1,897	149	43	10	2,679	932	1,068	221	1,034	26	30	44	12,571	72	5.58	3.04	1.83	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.262	3.14	75	3.24	88	7.88	150.9
2	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	3948.0	558	268	152	.638	521	2,212	211	53	4	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
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	3,640	231	61	1	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
4	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
5	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	482	3,117	255	56	6	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
6	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	3432.0	518	209	166	.557	465	2,486	167	49	6	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
7	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.09	3960.1	567	277	187	.597	500	1,930	285	48	22	3,685	1,360	1,505	345	1,029	35	53	60	16,241	56	4.39	2.34	1.88	0.78	11.9	6.3	1.19	.259	3.42	86	3.45	96	8.37	55.6
8	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.11	5350.0	777	314	265	.542	690	3,534	303	53	10	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
9	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	4916.2	709	354	184	.658	707	4,672	118	46	0	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
10	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.16	5008.1	744	355	227	.610	740	3,371	109	35	0	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.19	5386.0	807	324	292	.526	773	5,714	222	61	3	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
12	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.22	5217.2	741	329	244	.574	709	4,136	254	55	2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
13	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.26	3449.1	500	224	166	.574	476	2,012	181	42	1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
14	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.26	5282.1	774	324	256	.559	756	3,574	178	58	5	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
15	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.27	3343.1	502	209	161	.565	473	2,175	143	37	2	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
16	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.27	3760.1	591	224	184	.549	519	2,855	151	40	16	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
17	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.28	3256.1	486	211	144	.594	476	2,397	72	17	0	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	3.32	78	8.51	344.2
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.29	3047.2	501	225	126	.641	492	3,557	12	5	0	2,511	1,113	1,186	369	814	116	2	20	12,351	83	10.50	2.40	4.37	1.09	28.8	6.6	1.09	.286	3.50	79	3.28	79	7.42	294.2
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.29	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
20	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	3.30	3460.2	541	196	195	.501	488	1,612	140	40	1	3,471	1,268	1,435	249	940	45	24	93	14,433	67	4.19	2.44	1.71	0.65	11.2	6.5	1.27	.278	3.73	96	3.38	101	9.03	-21.4
21	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	3.30	3486.1	573	229	172	.571	484	2,416	187	49	15	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,365	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	87	3.46	92	7.94	117.1
22	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.31	4970.0	692	287	250	.534	685	3,701	242	60	0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
23	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.33	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3,084	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
24	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.33	3576.2	557	266	159	.626	557	3,560	26	9	0	3,057	1,324	1,435	374	1,007	121	0	28	14,646	100	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	82	7.69	308.7
25	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3.34	4500.2	664	284	226	.557	594	3,192	267	49	7	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9

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