best career era since 1980 with 150 games started

Since 1980, Clayton Kershaw has the lowest ERA when starting 150+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

Interpreted as:

best career era by a player since 1980 with 150 or more games started

	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	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
4	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
5	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
6	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.07	257	275	116	70	.624	977	49	16	1	1769.0	1,638	603	677	154	466	29	5	31	7,240	18	4.97	2.37	2.10	0.78	13.5	6.4	1.19	.264	3.44	79	3.61	96	8.33	28.5
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	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
11	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	284	360	139	78	.641	1,988	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
12	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.22	474	483	220	117	.653	3,489	12	5	0	2963.0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.22	411	411	157	133	.541	2,805	53	19	0	2694.2	2,034	965	1,101	172	1,149	78	0	36	11,171	152	9.37	3.84	2.44	0.57	25.1	10.3	1.18	.267	3.68	89	2.87	80	6.79	221
14	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.24	165	169	72	58	.554	641	50	16	0	1199.0	1,121	431	475	62	367	18	1	36	4,961	29	4.81	2.75	1.75	0.47	12.9	7.4	1.24	.273	3.57	91	3.28	92	8.41	39.3
15	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	3.24	269	376	116	91	.560	1,606	22	4	3	1880.0	1,710	676	772	147	663	28	43	34	7,867	30	7.69	3.17	2.42	0.70	20.4	8.4	1.26	.288	3.70	83	3.27	82	8.19	148.2
16	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.24	247	247	113	62	.646	1,723	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
17	Brandon Webb B. Webb	3.27	198	199	87	62	.584	1,065	15	8	0	1319.2	1,200	479	557	92	435	50	1	34	5,515	56	7.26	2.97	2.45	0.63	19.3	7.9	1.24	.286	3.80	72	3.49	78	8.18	146.6
18	Hyun Jin Ryu H. Jin Ryu	3.27	185	186	78	48	.619	934	4	3	1	1055.1	1,013	384	416	116	236	17	1	13	4,339	15	7.97	2.01	3.96	0.99	21.5	5.4	1.18	.295	3.55	82	3.52	86	8.64	64.8
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.28	476	486	211	144	.594	2,397	72	17	0	3256.1	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
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.28	283	283	113	75	.601	1,820	5	3	0	1728.1	1,475	630	683	166	490	76	0	14	7,086	41	9.48	2.55	3.71	0.86	25.7	6.9	1.14	.289	3.56	82	3.28	80	7.68	164.6
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.29	603	618	303	166	.646	4,875	100	37	2	4135.1	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
22	Rick Reuschel R. Reuschel	3.31	255	273	100	90	.526	893	45	9	2	1714.0	1,732	631	704	106	427	40	9	53	7,154	33	4.69	2.24	2.09	0.56	12.5	6.0	1.26	.286	3.70	90	3.33	89	9.09	76.1
23	David Price D. Price	3.32	322	400	157	82	.657	2,076	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
24	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.32	555	555	266	158	.627	3,553	26	9	0	3567.2	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
25	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.33	481	723	213	155	.579	3,084	53	16	154	3473.0	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