best era by pitchers in 2012 in the national league with a minimum of 1 inning pitched per team game

Clayton Kershaw had the lowest ERA in the NL when he had 1 or more (IP/TM GMS) in 2012, with an ERA of 2.53.

	NAME	ERA	IP	TM GMS	IP/TM GMS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	227.2	162	1.41	2012	LAD	33	14	9	.609	33	229	2	2	0	170	64	70	16	63	5	0	5	901	6	9.05	2.49	3.63	0.63	25.4	7.0	1.02	.262	2.77	67	2.88	74	6.72	25.7
2	R.A. Dickey	2.73	233.2	162	1.44	2012	NYM	34	20	6	.769	33	230	5	3	0	192	71	78	24	54	9	1	2	927	4	8.86	2.08	4.26	0.92	24.8	5.8	1.05	.275	3.00	73	3.26	84	7.40	16.6
3	Johnny Cueto J. Cueto	2.78	217.0	162	1.34	2012	CIN	33	19	9	.679	33	170	2	0	0	205	67	73	15	49	12	0	5	888	1	7.05	2.03	3.47	0.62	19.1	5.5	1.17	.296	3.03	70	3.26	81	8.50	17.9
4	Matt Cain M. Cain	2.79	219.1	162	1.35	2012	SFG	32	16	5	.762	32	193	2	2	0	177	68	73	21	51	9	0	1	876	8	7.92	2.09	3.78	0.86	22.0	5.8	1.04	.259	3.00	76	3.39	92	7.26	7.6
5	Kyle Lohse K. Lohse	2.86	211.0	162	1.3	2012	STL	33	16	3	.842	33	143	0	0	0	192	67	74	19	38	4	0	1	864	1	6.10	1.62	3.76	0.81	16.6	4.4	1.09	.262	3.16	74	3.50	91	8.19	8.5
6	Gio Gonzalez G. Gonzalez	2.89	199.1	162	1.23	2012	WSH	32	21	8	.724	32	207	2	1	0	149	64	69	9	76	5	0	3	822	10	9.35	3.43	2.72	0.41	25.2	9.2	1.13	.267	3.12	73	2.82	73	6.73	23.3
7	Jordan Zimmermann J. Zimmermann	2.94	195.2	162	1.21	2012	WSH	32	12	8	.600	32	153	0	0	0	186	64	69	18	43	8	0	2	805	3	7.04	1.98	3.56	0.83	19.0	5.3	1.17	.288	3.17	75	3.50	91	8.56	7.9
8	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.05	215.1	162	1.33	2012	PHI	31	17	6	.739	31	216	2	2	0	190	73	80	24	52	3	0	3	867	3	9.03	2.17	4.15	1.00	24.9	6.0	1.12	.290	3.34	77	3.30	83	7.94	16.2
9	Cliff Lee C. Lee	3.16	211.0	162	1.3	2012	PHI	30	6	9	.400	30	207	0	0	0	207	74	79	26	28	0	0	0	847	4	8.83	1.19	7.39	1.11	24.4	3.3	1.11	.309	3.37	80	3.12	79	8.83	19.8
10	Wade Miley W. Miley	3.33	194.2	162	1.2	2012	ARI	32	16	11	.593	29	144	0	0	0	193	72	79	14	37	2	0	0	807	6	6.66	1.71	3.89	0.65	17.8	4.6	1.18	.293	3.65	81	3.14	80	8.92	17.1
11	Ryan Vogelsong R. Vogelsong	3.37	189.2	162	1.17	2012	SFG	31	14	9	.609	31	158	0	0	0	171	71	76	17	62	8	0	7	788	3	7.50	2.94	2.55	0.81	20.1	7.9	1.23	.284	3.61	92	3.69	100	8.11	-0.1
12	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	3.37	208.1	162	1.29	2012	SFG	32	16	11	.593	32	191	2	1	0	183	78	87	23	49	7	0	6	849	3	8.25	2.12	3.90	0.99	22.5	5.8	1.11	.276	3.76	92	3.49	94	7.91	4.7
13	Ross Detwiler R. Detwiler	3.40	164.1	162	1.01	2012	WSH	33	10	8	.556	27	105	0	0	0	149	62	75	15	52	5	1	0	686	4	5.75	2.85	2.02	0.82	15.3	7.6	1.22	.263	4.11	86	4.04	105	8.16	-3.3
14	Jonathon Niese J. Niese	3.40	190.1	162	1.17	2012	NYM	30	13	9	.591	30	155	0	0	0	174	72	77	22	49	4	0	2	788	6	7.33	2.32	3.16	1.04	19.7	6.2	1.17	.272	3.64	91	3.80	97	8.23	2.2
15	Mat Latos M. Latos	3.48	209.1	162	1.29	2012	CIN	33	14	4	.778	33	185	2	0	0	179	81	87	25	64	4	0	9	858	3	7.95	2.75	2.89	1.07	21.6	7.5	1.16	.266	3.74	87	3.85	96	7.70	4.1
16	A.J. Burnett	3.51	202.1	162	1.25	2012	PIT	31	16	10	.615	31	180	1	1	0	189	79	86	18	62	9	0	1	851	10	8.01	2.76	2.90	0.80	21.2	7.3	1.24	.294	3.83	92	3.52	93	8.41	5.9
17	Aaron Harang A. Harang	3.61	179.2	162	1.11	2012	LAD	31	10	10	.500	31	131	0	0	0	167	72	85	14	85	4	0	10	786	4	6.56	4.26	1.54	0.70	16.7	10.8	1.40	.277	4.26	95	4.13	106	8.37	-4.5
18	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	3.62	179.0	162	1.1	2012	ATL	28	16	7	.696	28	102	1	1	0	168	72	77	12	48	9	0	2	749	3	5.13	2.41	2.13	0.60	13.6	6.4	1.21	.270	3.87	93	3.77	99	8.45	0.8
19	Yovani Gallardo Y. Gallardo	3.66	204.0	162	1.26	2012	MIL	33	16	9	.640	33	204	0	0	0	185	83	86	26	81	0	0	3	860	5	9.00	3.57	2.52	1.15	23.7	9.4	1.30	.290	3.79	90	3.93	97	8.16	3
20	Paul Maholm P. Maholm	3.67	189.0	162	1.17	2012	TOT	32	13	11	.542	31	140	1	1	0	178	77	80	20	53	11	0	3	786	5	6.67	2.52	2.64	0.95	17.8	6.7	1.22	.281	3.81	92	4.00	103	8.48	-2.7
21	Homer Bailey H. Bailey	3.68	208.0	162	1.28	2012	CIN	33	13	10	.565	33	168	2	1	0	206	85	97	26	52	8	0	3	874	3	7.27	2.25	3.23	1.13	19.2	5.9	1.24	.290	4.20	92	3.96	99	8.91	1.5
22	Chris Capuano C. Capuano	3.72	198.1	162	1.22	2012	LAD	33	12	12	.500	33	162	0	0	0	188	82	91	25	54	2	0	4	817	6	7.35	2.45	3.00	1.13	19.8	6.6	1.22	.284	4.13	98	3.94	101	8.53	-0.8
23	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	3.74	202.1	162	1.25	2012	MIA	31	13	13	.500	31	125	1	0	0	197	84	88	26	40	4	0	3	828	2	5.56	1.78	3.13	1.16	15.1	4.8	1.17	.270	3.91	97	4.17	110	8.76	-9.3
24	Bronson Arroyo B. Arroyo	3.74	202.0	162	1.25	2012	CIN	32	12	10	.545	32	129	1	1	0	209	84	86	26	35	5	0	1	835	3	5.75	1.56	3.69	1.16	15.4	4.2	1.21	.286	3.83	94	4.08	101	9.31	-1.1
25	Wandy Rodriguez W. Rodriguez	3.76	205.2	162	1.27	2012	TOT	34	12	13	.480	33	139	0	0	0	205	86	99	21	56	3	1	4	875	5	6.08	2.45	2.48	0.92	15.9	6.4	1.27	.280	4.33	97	3.92	101	8.97	-1.1