Since 2018, Paul Skenes has the best ERA, with an ERA of 1.96.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player among closers since 2018

	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
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.25	141	51	33	.607	141	1,120	2	1	0	859.0	585	215	234	80	169	17	0	4	3,298	12	11.73	1.77	6.63	0.84	34.0	5.1	0.88	.264	2.45	56	2.42	58	6.13	169.7
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	60	4.32	100	6.59	-0.1
4	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.66	48	19	10	.655	48	306	0	0	0	263.2	191	78	85	21	81	4	0	0	1,052	7	10.45	2.76	3.78	0.72	29.1	7.7	1.03	.266	2.90	65	2.82	67	6.52	39.5
5	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	6.2
6	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.89	130	30	17	.638	81	428	0	0	2	460.2	372	148	158	41	119	9	17	3	1,840	20	8.36	2.32	3.60	0.80	23.3	6.5	1.07	.266	3.09	74	3.27	82	7.27	37.6
7	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.89	163	79	32	.712	161	932	0	0	0	920.1	762	296	327	107	206	17	0	1	3,677	37	9.11	2.01	4.52	1.05	25.3	5.6	1.05	.271	3.20	71	3.38	79	7.45	88.5
8	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	64.7
9	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	2.97	190	94	38	.712	190	1,517	7	5	0	1171.2	878	386	413	150	297	29	0	2	4,634	26	11.65	2.28	5.11	1.15	32.7	6.4	1.00	.276	3.17	71	3.09	72	6.74	156.1
10	Kwang-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
11	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2.97	170	78	44	.639	170	1,137	3	2	0	1022.2	804	338	367	127	233	37	0	1	4,094	21	10.01	2.05	4.88	1.12	27.8	5.7	1.01	.264	3.23	72	3.35	80	7.08	94.1
12	Blake Snell B. Snell	2.99	179	70	47	.598	179	1,223	1	1	0	939.2	685	312	331	91	411	11	0	5	3,843	72	11.71	3.94	2.98	0.87	31.8	10.7	1.17	.282	3.17	73	3.18	76	6.56	103.6
13	Julio Urías J. Urías	2.99	135	55	21	.724	102	615	0	0	4	616.2	495	205	227	78	148	23	10	4	2,479	8	8.98	2.16	4.16	1.14	24.8	6.0	1.04	.258	3.31	72	3.65	85	7.22	42.7
14	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	2.99	24	9	7	.563	24	114	0	0	0	138.1	109	46	46	18	43	3	0	1	556	3	7.42	2.80	2.65	1.17	20.5	7.7	1.10	.241	2.99	70	4.17	100	7.09	0
15	Kodai Senga K. Senga	3.00	52	20	13	.606	52	320	0	0	0	285.0	222	95	106	30	133	9	0	0	1,196	19	10.11	4.20	2.41	0.95	26.8	11.1	1.25	.273	3.35	73	3.82	90	7.01	13
16	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.00	134	51	25	.671	119	839	2	1	1	702.0	537	234	246	79	176	29	4	0	2,800	8	10.76	2.26	4.77	1.01	30.0	6.3	1.02	.273	3.15	71	3.11	73	6.88	88.9
17	Max Fried M. Fried	3.02	191	91	40	.695	179	1,030	6	4	0	1053.2	917	353	390	87	285	41	6	5	4,294	47	8.80	2.43	3.61	0.74	24.0	6.6	1.14	.291	3.33	71	3.21	77	7.83	113.6
18	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.02	74	33	16	.673	74	456	0	0	0	404.2	331	136	143	48	116	5	0	1	1,627	19	10.14	2.58	3.93	1.07	28.0	7.1	1.10	.282	3.18	77	3.35	84	7.36	29.1
19	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.06	133	54	30	.643	132	1,027	1	1	0	759.2	605	258	279	76	184	59	0	1	3,074	16	12.17	2.18	5.58	0.90	33.4	6.0	1.04	.306	3.31	68	2.73	65	7.17	125.7
20	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	3.07	90	36	28	.563	89	711	4	3	1	569.0	430	194	222	71	193	34	1	4	2,338	28	11.25	3.05	3.68	1.12	30.4	8.3	1.09	.270	3.51	69	3.50	79	6.80	57.4
21	Yusmeiro Petit Y. Petit	3.07	258	22	10	.688	0	201	0	0	2	275.2	221	94	96	39	45	1	34	5	1,077	4	6.56	1.47	4.47	1.27	18.7	4.2	0.96	.230	3.13	73	4.06	96	7.22	5.5
22	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.07	178	79	42	.653	178	1,340	4	1	0	1066.0	844	364	381	141	245	48	0	7	4,268	19	11.31	2.07	5.47	1.19	31.4	5.7	1.02	.282	3.22	74	3.20	75	7.13	123
23	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.08	137	54	37	.593	134	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
24	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.11	217	92	52	.639	217	1,468	4	2	0	1356.2	1,121	469	504	127	325	58	0	8	5,475	25	9.74	2.16	4.52	0.84	26.8	5.9	1.07	.284	3.34	75	3.07	73	7.44	174.1
25	Tobias Myers T. Myers	3.15	49	10	8	.556	31	165	0	0	0	188.2	180	66	73	23	51	7	8	0	789	4	7.87	2.43	3.24	1.10	20.9	6.5	1.22	.289	3.48	76	3.91	95	8.59	4.4

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Brewers	97	65	.599
Cubs	92	70	.568	5.0
Reds	83	79	.512	14.0
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Thu 3/26	PIT	@	NYM	3:10 PM
Sat 3/28	PIT	@	NYM	4:10 PM
Sun 3/29	PIT	@	NYM	1:40 PM
Mon 3/30	PIT	@	CIN	6:40 PM
Tue 3/31	PIT	@	CIN	6:40 PM

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RBI Leaders

132

Schwarber

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125

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Batting Average Leaders

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Hit Leaders

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Run Leaders

146

Ohtani

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Judge

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OBP Leaders

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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18

Crochet

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Strikeout Leaders

255

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ERA Leaders

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Skenes

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WHIP Leaders

0.89

Skubal

0.92

deGrom

0.93

Woo

K/9 Leaders

11.52

Cease

11.18

Crochet

11.10

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K/BB Leaders

7.30

Skubal

5.54

Crochet

5.50

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Walk Leaders

32

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33

Skubal

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101-79

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NL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Phillies - y	96	66	.593
Mets	83	79	.512	13.0
Marlins	79	83	.488	17.0
Braves	76	86	.469	20.0
Nationals	66	96	.407	30.0
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	97	65	.599
Cubs - w	92	70	.568	5.0
Reds - w	83	79	.512	14.0
Cardinals	78	84	.481	19.0
Pirates	71	91	.438	26.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	93	69	.574
Padres - w	90	72	.556	3.0
Giants	81	81	.500	12.0
Diamondbacks	80	82	.494	13.0
Rockies	43	119	.265	50.0

AL East	W	L	PCT	GB
Blue Jays - y	94	68	.580
Yankees - w	94	68	.580
Red Sox - w	89	73	.549	5.0
Rays	77	85	.475	17.0
Orioles	75	87	.463	19.0
AL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Guardians - y	88	74	.543
Tigers - w	87	75	.537	1.0
Royals	82	80	.506	6.0
Twins	70	92	.432	18.0
White Sox	60	102	.370	28.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Mariners - y	90	72	.556
Astros	87	75	.537	3.0
Rangers	81	81	.500	9.0
Athletics	76	86	.469	14.0
Angels	72	90	.444	18.0