best career era since 1970 minimum 100 starts

Since 1970, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

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best career era by a player since 1970 minimum 100 starts

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	451	455	223	96	.699	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	375.1
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	248	248	96	65	.596	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	239.4
3	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.82	453	466	229	133	.633	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
4	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	409	476	219	100	.687	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
5	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.93	257	276	110	86	.561	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
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.96	543	549	254	173	.595	3,057	181	49	0	3980.2	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
7	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	3.00	100	100	39	20	.661	670	1	1	0	528.2	388	176	184	56	182	24	0	2	2,139	52	11.41	3.10	3.68	0.95	31.3	8.5	1.08	.275	3.13	71	3.17	74	6.61	62.1
8	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.01	153	167	64	55	.538	707	49	13	2	1124.2	936	376	425	83	403	27	7	17	4,663	42	5.66	3.22	1.75	0.66	15.2	8.6	1.19	.248	3.40	85	3.36	97	7.49	10.2
9	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.01	312	393	145	88	.622	2,579	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
10	Max Fried M. Fried	3.03	183	200	92	41	.692	1,052	6	4	0	1079.2	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	71	3.24	78	7.89	112
11	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.08	134	137	54	37	.593	889	1	1	0	766.2	614	262	287	90	172	26	1	0	3,056	11	10.44	2.02	5.17	1.06	29.1	5.6	1.03	.279	3.37	75	3.14	76	7.21	84
12	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	127	142	53	28	.654	871	2	1	1	745.0	580	257	269	84	190	32	4	1	2,984	8	10.52	2.30	4.58	1.01	29.2	6.4	1.03	.274	3.25	73	3.18	75	7.01	89
13	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	3.11	161	162	67	66	.504	503	67	18	0	1186.2	1,124	410	475	72	354	23	1	33	4,922	29	3.81	2.68	1.42	0.55	10.2	7.2	1.25	.265	3.60	93	3.41	98	8.52	5.6
14	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	122	158	60	25	.706	710	0	0	4	717.0	599	248	274	84	193	28	11	5	2,917	12	8.91	2.42	3.68	1.05	24.3	6.6	1.10	.271	3.44	75	3.63	85	7.52	49.1
15	Don Gullett D. Gullett	3.11	186	266	109	50	.686	921	44	14	11	1390.0	1,205	481	528	115	501	12	35	42	5,763	36	5.96	3.24	1.84	0.74	16.0	8.7	1.23	.259	3.42	88	3.42	97	7.80	17.9
16	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.12	263	281	117	72	.619	988	50	16	1	1797.0	1,677	623	700	156	475	29	5	32	7,368	18	4.95	2.38	2.08	0.78	13.4	6.4	1.20	.266	3.51	80	3.61	96	8.40	30
17	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	707	709	354	184	.658	4,672	118	46	0	4916.2	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
18	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.13	146	226	64	57	.529	558	28	9	10	1062.2	968	370	421	97	315	16	37	26	4,368	10	4.73	2.67	1.77	0.82	12.8	7.2	1.21	.258	3.57	87	3.82	102	8.20	-9.4
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.15	222	222	81	62	.566	1,440	1	1	0	1158.0	891	405	440	111	521	11	0	6	4,791	86	11.19	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.1	10.9	1.22	.288	3.42	77	3.31	79	6.92	111.7
20	J.R. Richard	3.15	221	238	107	71	.601	1,493	76	19	0	1606.0	1,227	562	625	73	770	17	3	15	6,674	92	8.37	4.32	1.94	0.41	22.4	11.5	1.24	.267	3.50	92	2.85	82	6.88	114.7
21	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.15	149	210	63	38	.624	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	10.36	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.25	78	7.03	100.7
22	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.16	740	744	355	227	.610	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	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
23	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.17	327	329	169	102	.624	1,309	140	30	0	2399.0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2
24	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.17	393	399	158	152	.510	1,621	129	37	2	2837.2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	3.19	88	8.31	137.7
25	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	317	317	153	80	.657	2,251	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5