Since 1970, Mudcat Grant has the best ERA, with an ERA of 2.42.

Interpreted as:

best career era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player since 1970

	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	Mudcat Grant M. Grant	2.42	137	14	6	.700	0	93	0	0	34	237.2	216	64	70	21	66	4	90	16	963	2	3.52	2.50	1.41	0.80	9.7	6.9	1.19	.250	2.65	70	3.80	108	8.18	-7
2	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.46	39	14	9	.609	39	266	0	0	0	219.2	163	60	67	22	62	11	0	0	883	3	10.90	2.54	4.29	0.90	30.1	7.0	1.02	.270	2.75	60	2.97	70	6.68	30.3
3	Mike 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
4	Clayton 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
5	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.54	79	30	23	.566	79	548	1	0	0	450.1	339	127	140	34	110	20	0	0	1,779	6	10.95	2.20	4.98	0.68	30.8	6.2	1.00	.286	2.80	59	2.54	61	6.77	79.7
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	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.60	30	12	7	.632	30	174	0	0	0	176.1	150	51	55	17	44	1	0	2	707	7	8.88	2.25	3.95	0.87	24.6	6.2	1.10	.282	2.81	64	3.14	76	7.66	19.1
8	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.62	37	16	8	.667	36	291	1	1	0	199.0	119	58	68	21	61	12	0	0	776	6	13.16	2.76	4.77	0.95	37.5	7.9	0.90	.251	3.08	63	2.64	63	5.38	33.9
9	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	2.63	447	61	39	.610	11	385	0	0	106	766.1	731	224	257	36	252	16	248	65	3,191	17	4.52	2.96	1.53	0.42	12.1	7.9	1.28	.278	3.02	73	3.22	91	8.59	25.4
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.66	69	30	17	.638	69	433	1	0	0	403.0	283	119	127	36	113	8	0	1	1,585	9	9.67	2.52	3.83	0.80	27.3	7.1	0.98	.248	2.84	64	3.03	71	6.32	54
11	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.66	270	104	72	.591	270	1,995	4	2	0	1658.1	1,277	491	528	163	375	25	0	16	6,531	33	10.83	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.280	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.93	250.5
12	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
13	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
14	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.79	437	70	63	.526	17	830	6	2	115	941.2	787	292	329	84	428	11	323	65	3,968	34	7.93	4.09	1.94	0.80	20.9	10.8	1.29	.269	3.14	71	3.41	87	7.52	53.2
15	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.82	466	229	133	.633	453	1,844	192	46	3	3417.2	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
16	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.82	883	108	111	.493	29	1,238	3	1	329	1581.0	1,354	496	551	109	450	34	679	104	6,430	38	7.05	2.56	2.75	0.62	19.3	7.0	1.14	.271	3.14	81	2.86	79	7.71	133.5
17	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.83	21	7	8	.467	19	97	0	0	0	101.2	76	32	39	6	55	8	0	1	436	4	8.59	4.87	1.76	0.53	22.2	12.6	1.29	.259	3.45	68	3.80	91	6.73	4.3
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 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
20	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
21	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.86	152	41	22	.651	103	558	0	0	2	585.0	463	186	198	53	141	15	17	3	2,325	23	8.58	2.17	3.96	0.82	24.0	6.1	1.03	.263	3.05	71	3.20	78	7.12	58.9
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	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.93	276	110	86	.561	257	1,340	86	24	9	1899.0	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	1.16	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
25	Sparky Lyle S. Lyle	2.94	752	84	70	.545	0	686	0	0	205	1178.2	1,101	385	448	67	405	11	550	74	4,908	48	5.24	3.09	1.69	0.51	14.0	8.3	1.28	.277	3.42	80	3.24	87	8.41	61.4

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HR Leaders

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Alvarez

35

Schwarber

34

Goodman

RBI Leaders

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86

Alvarez

Batting Average Leaders

.322

Alvarez

.320

Arraez

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Lopez

Hit Leaders

147

Lopez

143

Arraez

137

Alvarez

Run Leaders

100

Wood

84

Crow-Armstrong

83

Olson

OBP Leaders

.435

Alvarez

.396

Kurtz

.395

Ohtani

SLG Leaders

.624

Alvarez

.552

Olson

.551

García

SB Leaders

40

Nuñez

31

Simpson

31

Witt

MLB 2026 Pitching Leaders

Win Leaders

15

Sánchez

14

Gray

13

Burns

Strikeout Leaders

204

Misiorowski

185

Williams

184

Cease

ERA Leaders

1.76

Misiorowski

2.20

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WHIP Leaders

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Misiorowski

0.89

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K/9 Leaders

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K/BB Leaders

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Misiorowski

5.91

Rasmussen

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Walk Leaders

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Martinez

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MLB Fantasy 2026

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Ohtani

1,661.5

Wood

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Crow-Armstrong

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Ohtani

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Crow-Armstrong

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Wood

MLB 2026 Betting

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70-50

67-50

66-53

65-54

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MLB 2026 Standings

NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Braves	71	47	.602
Phillies	63	56	.529	8.5
Marlins	60	59	.504	11.5
Nationals	59	61	.492	13.0
Mets	52	67	.437	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	74	44	.627
Cubs	69	50	.580	5.5
Cardinals	59	59	.500	15.0
Pirates	58	62	.483	17.0
Reds	56	61	.479	17.5
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	70	48	.593
Diamondbacks	63	56	.529	7.5
Padres	62	57	.521	8.5
Giants	49	69	.415	21.0
Rockies	46	72	.390	24.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Rays	71	46	.607
Yankees	66	52	.559	5.5
Red Sox	64	53	.547	7.0
Orioles	57	61	.483	14.5
Blue Jays	56	63	.471	16.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
White Sox	61	56	.521
Tigers	58	60	.492	3.5
Twins	58	61	.487	4.0
Guardians	58	61	.487	4.0
Royals	49	70	.412	13.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	60	59	.504
Rangers	59	59	.500	0.5
Mariners	56	63	.471	4.0
Athletics	47	71	.398	12.5
Angels	45	73	.381	14.5