Since 1969, Paul Skenes has the lowest 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 since 1969

	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	55	21	13	.618	55	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	2.39	58	6.46	61.1
2	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	2.37	45	5	3	.625	3	80	0	0	4	98.2	73	26	30	8	48	8	17	5	411	4	7.30	4.38	1.67	0.73	19.5	11.7	1.23	.243	2.74	57	4.27	99	6.66	0.5
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.54	453	222	96	.698	450	3,045	25	15	0	2849.0	2,189	804	881	235	712	46	1	28	11,255	107	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.92	373.2
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	248	96	65	.596	248	1,851	4	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.5
5	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
6	Cade Horton C. Horton	2.67	23	11	4	.733	22	97	0	0	0	118.0	95	35	40	10	33	6	0	0	476	1	7.40	2.52	2.94	0.76	20.4	6.9	1.08	.258	3.05	65	3.58	88	7.25	6.3
7	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
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.72	47	18	10	.643	47	299	0	0	0	257.2	187	78	85	21	79	4	0	0	1,028	7	10.44	2.76	3.78	0.73	29.1	7.7	1.03	.266	2.97	66	2.85	68	6.53	38.1
9	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
10	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	2.78	518	73	45	.619	15	475	0	0	113	917.0	880	283	327	45	330	23	285	83	3,865	23	4.66	3.24	1.44	0.44	12.3	8.5	1.32	.279	3.21	76	3.31	93	8.64	24.5
11	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.80	492	245	137	.641	476	1,967	203	52	3	3598.2	3,064	1,119	1,245	270	1,144	36	8	35	14,659	72	4.92	2.86	1.72	0.68	13.4	7.8	1.17	.249	3.11	77	3.46	93	7.66	96.5
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.89	943	114	118	.491	37	1,299	4	2	341	1700.0	1,470	545	611	122	491	38	709	109	6,933	39	6.88	2.60	2.65	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.15	.271	3.23	83	2.94	81	7.78	127.5
16	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.89	316	126	97	.565	290	1,551	96	26	11	2149.0	1,675	689	791	171	796	39	21	40	8,799	67	6.50	3.33	1.95	0.72	17.6	9.0	1.15	.241	3.31	83	3.31	92	7.01	62.4
17	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	2.90	23	9	7	.563	23	108	0	0	0	133.2	105	43	43	18	39	3	0	1	534	3	7.27	2.63	2.77	1.21	20.2	7.3	1.08	.238	2.90	67	4.21	101	7.07	-0.5
18	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.90	477	74	67	.525	25	904	7	3	119	1041.0	884	336	379	97	472	12	336	67	4,399	37	7.82	4.08	1.92	0.84	20.6	10.7	1.30	.270	3.28	74	3.47	88	7.64	50.4
19	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.91	129	30	17	.638	80	425	0	0	2	458.1	370	148	158	41	117	9	17	3	1,829	20	8.35	2.30	3.63	0.81	23.2	6.4	1.06	.266	3.10	74	3.28	82	7.27	37.4
20	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	2.91	823	92	73	.558	0	779	0	0	222	1281.1	1,192	414	481	75	453	12	594	78	5,347	56	5.47	3.18	1.72	0.53	14.6	8.5	1.28	.277	3.38	79	3.23	87	8.37	71.3
21	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.91	585	279	180	.608	578	3,265	199	54	0	4254.0	3,523	1,376	1,516	346	1,264	63	4	105	17,252	113	6.91	2.67	2.58	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.258	3.21	79	3.08	84	7.45	265.6
22	Pedro 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
23	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	2.93	745	80	77	.510	3	769	0	0	136	1085.0	1,004	353	413	51	440	13	399	126	4,604	19	6.38	3.65	1.75	0.42	16.7	9.6	1.33	.286	3.43	80	3.13	88	8.33	54.8
24	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	2.95	136	27	24	.529	64	549	1	1	0	424.1	345	139	151	45	119	11	18	2	1,725	15	11.64	2.52	4.61	0.95	31.8	6.9	1.09	.300	3.20	70	2.86	67	7.32	64.8
25	Tug McGraw T. McGraw	2.96	768	92	73	.558	14	1,000	2	1	179	1337.1	1,145	440	496	86	496	19	524	122	5,543	48	6.73	3.34	2.02	0.58	18.0	8.9	1.23	.269	3.34	81	3.09	86	7.71	71.7