best era by a qualified pitcher in his first two seasons since 2000

Jonny Venters had the lowest ERA by a pitcher in his first 2 seasons, with an ERA of 1.89.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a qualified pitcher in his first two seasons since 2000

	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	Jonny Venters J. Venters	1.89	164	10	6	.625	0	189	0	0	6	171.0	114	36	49	3	82	13	27	9	707	8	9.95	4.32	2.30	0.16	26.7	11.6	1.15	.264	2.58	49	2.73	71	6.00	21.6
2	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
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.97	47	25	9	.735	47	447	8	4	0	333.2	212	73	77	22	57	20	0	0	1,273	5	12.06	1.54	7.84	0.59	35.1	4.5	0.81	.261	2.08	41	1.97	43	5.72	97.3
4	Felix Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	2.17	156	13	3	.813	0	186	0	0	3	162.0	118	39	45	10	69	4	32	4	660	4	10.33	3.83	2.70	0.56	28.2	10.5	1.15	.276	2.50	50	2.94	68	6.56	25.8
5	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.25	36	16	8	.667	36	257	0	0	0	224.1	147	56	66	14	71	5	0	6	886	5	10.31	2.85	3.62	0.56	29.0	8.0	0.97	.247	2.65	62	2.60	72	5.90	26.3
6	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.25	30	12	6	.667	30	193	0	0	0	168.0	125	42	45	13	49	7	0	0	673	3	10.34	2.63	3.94	0.70	28.7	7.3	1.04	.273	2.41	55	2.82	66	6.70	26.5
7	Chris Devenski C. Devenski	2.38	110	12	9	.571	5	204	0	0	5	189.0	129	50	52	15	46	5	26	3	724	4	9.71	2.19	4.43	0.71	28.2	6.4	0.93	.251	2.48	58	2.83	66	6.14	30.3
8	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	2.39	36	12	10	.545	36	261	1	1	0	237.2	177	63	65	12	57	7	0	1	935	5	9.88	2.16	4.58	0.45	27.9	6.1	0.98	.276	2.46	66	2.32	61	6.70	38.9
9	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.41	14	5	5	.500	12	64	0	0	0	67.1	53	18	25	5	35	5	0	1	292	2	8.55	4.68	1.83	0.67	21.9	12.0	1.31	.262	3.34	57	3.94	93	7.08	2.1
10	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
11	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	2.56	70	40	13	.755	69	719	11	5	0	498.1	383	142	163	42	147	24	1	3	1,995	13	12.99	2.65	4.89	0.76	36.0	7.4	1.06	.321	2.94	55	2.32	50	6.92	124.9
12	Tanner Roark T. Roark	2.57	45	22	11	.667	36	178	1	1	0	252.1	216	72	75	17	50	6	1	1	1,002	0	6.35	1.78	3.56	0.61	17.8	5.0	1.05	.265	2.68	70	3.24	88	7.70	12
13	Alek Manoah A. Manoah	2.60	51	25	9	.735	51	307	0	0	0	308.1	221	89	99	28	91	31	0	0	1,245	5	8.96	2.66	3.37	0.82	24.7	7.3	1.01	.245	2.89	63	3.50	85	6.45	20.2
14	Kevin Brown K. Brown	2.60	53	23	10	.697	52	320	6	1	0	345.2	275	100	117	29	85	11	0	3	1,386	7	8.33	2.21	3.76	0.76	23.1	6.1	1.04	.261	3.05	62	3.17	70	7.16	53.7
15	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.61	52	23	14	.622	52	349	0	0	0	331.1	266	96	103	23	81	3	0	4	1,316	7	9.48	2.20	4.31	0.62	26.5	6.2	1.05	.283	2.80	72	2.68	71	7.23	40.9
16	Cade 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	5.8
17	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.66	30	13	6	.684	29	225	1	1	0	159.0	98	47	52	12	54	10	0	0	626	4	12.74	3.06	4.17	0.68	35.9	8.6	0.96	.265	2.94	64	2.47	59	5.55	30
18	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	64	2.82	67	6.52	40.4
19	Keith Foulke K. Foulke	2.66	144	7	10	.412	0	166	0	0	76	169.0	123	50	52	12	44	10	127	3	672	2	8.84	2.34	3.77	0.64	24.7	6.5	0.99	.252	2.77	56	3.00	63	6.55	32.5
20	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.69	23	10	5	.667	23	139	0	0	0	134.0	116	40	42	13	35	1	0	2	537	5	9.34	2.35	3.97	0.87	25.9	6.5	1.13	.295	2.82	65	3.10	75	7.79	15.6
21	Mark Prior M. Prior	2.74	49	24	12	.667	49	392	4	1	0	328.0	281	100	112	29	88	16	0	4	1,349	10	10.76	2.41	4.45	0.80	29.1	6.5	1.13	.306	3.07	66	2.71	63	7.71	58
22	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	2.78	27	6	8	.429	27	178	0	0	0	152.0	117	47	50	17	61	6	0	1	625	7	10.54	3.61	2.92	1.01	28.5	9.8	1.17	.275	2.96	63	3.63	84	6.93	12.1
23	Michael Soroka M. Soroka	2.79	34	15	5	.750	34	163	0	0	0	200.1	183	62	70	15	48	7	0	1	814	5	7.32	2.16	3.40	0.67	20.0	5.9	1.15	.289	3.14	63	3.37	78	8.22	21.7
24	Hisashi Iwakuma H. Iwakuma	2.84	63	23	11	.676	49	286	0	0	2	345.0	296	109	118	42	85	5	6	7	1,385	15	7.46	2.22	3.36	1.10	20.6	6.1	1.10	.263	3.08	74	3.77	96	7.72	5.9
25	Chase Burns C. Burns	2.86	28	9	4	.692	23	169	0	0	0	129.0	102	41	44	15	45	0	1	0	528	2	11.79	3.14	3.76	1.05	32.0	8.5	1.14	.291	3.07	65	3.04	70	7.12	18.4

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