best career era since 1980

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

Interpreted as:
best career era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player 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
2.17
68
27
18
.600
68
468
1
0
0
390.2
281
94
104
27
87
16
0
0
1,525
5
10.78
2.00
5.38
0.62
30.7
5.7
0.94
.274
2.40
51
2.43
59
6.47
72.6
3Cam Schlittler
C. Schlittler
2.41
27
11
6
.647
27
168
0
0
0
149.1
111
40
43
12
44
6
0
0
599
3
10.13
2.65
3.82
0.72
28.0
7.3
1.04
.268
2.59
59
2.91
69
6.69
21.8
4Tom 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
5Mike 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
6Clayton 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
7Jose 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
8Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.61
260
100
69
.592
260
1,929
4
2
0
1604.1
1,225
465
502
159
358
25
0
14
6,304
32
10.82
2.01
5.39
0.89
30.6
5.7
0.99
.278
2.82
67
2.75
67
6.87
240.8
9Cade 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
3.64
90
7.11
5.7
10Walbert Ureña
W. Ureña
2.68
11
3
4
.429
9
48
0
0
0
50.1
39
15
21
4
28
2
0
1
218
2
8.58
5.01
1.71
0.72
22.0
12.8
1.33
.257
3.75
64
4.01
96
6.97
1
11Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
2.70
59
24
14
.632
59
375
0
0
0
333.0
245
100
108
30
96
7
0
0
1,322
9
10.14
2.59
3.91
0.81
28.4
7.3
1.02
.264
2.92
66
2.98
70
6.62
45.2
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
2.74
38
9
6
.600
20
152
0
0
0
144.1
123
44
48
10
41
7
6
1
589
1
9.48
2.56
3.71
0.62
25.8
7.0
1.14
.298
2.99
65
2.90
71
7.67
19.3
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
15Shane Drohan
S. Drohan
2.87
12
2
1
.667
2
33
0
0
1
31.1
26
10
13
2
10
0
3
0
130
0
9.48
2.87
3.30
0.57
25.4
7.7
1.15
.282
3.73
71
2.77
68
7.47
4.6
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
73
3.32
81
7.27
44.9
18Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
2.96
27
11
5
.688
26
195
0
0
0
137.0
88
45
49
12
50
9
0
0
546
3
12.81
3.28
3.90
0.79
35.7
9.2
1.01
.271
3.22
72
2.69
65
5.78
21.5
19Shane McClanahan
S. McClanahan
2.96
85
39
18
.684
85
509
0
0
0
459.2
368
151
160
50
135
6
0
1
1,849
21
9.97
2.64
3.77
0.98
27.5
7.3
1.09
.277
3.13
74
3.28
82
7.21
38.1
20Kwang-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
21Kent 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
22Chris 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
23Greg 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
24Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
3.00
117
37
23
.617
98
612
4
2
1
622.0
572
207
230
48
145
14
4
1
2,542
16
8.86
2.10
4.22
0.69
24.1
5.7
1.15
.304
3.33
71
2.95
70
8.28
86.1
25Al 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

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33
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.524
30
31
.492
2.0
30
32
.484
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.444
5.0
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Fri
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6/6
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NL EastWLPCTGB
42
20
.677
32
29
.525
9.5
31
32
.492
11.5
29
34
.460
13.5
27
35
.435
15.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
37
22
.627
32
28
.533
5.5
33
29
.532
5.5
32
30
.516
6.5
31
30
.508
7.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
40
22
.645
32
28
.533
7.0
32
29
.525
7.5
24
38
.387
16.0
24
39
.381
16.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
36
23
.610
36
25
.590
1.0
29
33
.468
8.5
29
33
.468
8.5
26
34
.433
10.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
36
27
.571
33
29
.532
2.5
29
34
.460
7.0
25
38
.397
11.0
24
38
.387
11.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
33
30
.524
30
31
.492
2.0
30
32
.484
2.5
28
35
.444
5.0
24
39
.381
9.0

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5/19
@
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5/19
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5/20
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5/20
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