best era in mlb since 2021 minimum of 50 starts

Since 2021, Paul Skenes has the best ERA when starting 50+ games, with an ERA of 2.57.

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best era by a player in MLB since 2021 minimum of 50 starts

	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.57	84	84	31	24	.564	567	1	0	0	475.2	363	136	150	36	119	22	0	0	1,887	6	10.73	2.25	4.76	0.68	30.0	6.3	1.01	.286	2.84	60	2.61	63	6.87	80.3
2	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.64	74	74	32	18	.640	477	1	0	0	435.2	304	128	136	40	120	10	0	1	1,710	9	9.85	2.48	3.98	0.83	27.9	7.0	0.97	.248	2.81	64	3.02	71	6.28	58.6
3	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.68	102	102	43	19	.694	699	1	1	0	561.0	402	167	179	54	178	29	0	2	2,252	46	11.21	2.86	3.93	0.87	31.0	7.9	1.03	.269	2.87	63	3.02	71	6.45	75.6
4	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.74	105	106	50	24	.676	756	1	1	0	604.1	502	184	200	50	142	45	0	1	2,446	10	11.26	2.11	5.32	0.74	30.9	5.8	1.07	.311	2.98	64	2.65	64	7.48	99.2
5	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	2.79	89	89	36	19	.655	605	1	1	0	509.2	365	158	169	59	124	19	0	1	2,012	5	10.68	2.19	4.88	1.04	30.1	6.2	0.96	.254	2.98	67	3.12	74	6.45	60.5
6	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.81	108	145	43	22	.662	563	0	0	2	598.2	467	187	199	52	137	16	14	3	2,367	23	8.46	2.06	4.11	0.78	23.8	5.8	1.01	.260	2.99	70	3.14	77	7.02	63.3
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.84	93	93	36	23	.610	678	1	1	0	519.1	355	164	169	63	99	5	0	3	1,992	8	11.75	1.72	6.85	1.09	34.0	5.0	0.87	.255	2.93	70	2.70	65	6.15	84.9
8	Max Fried M. Fried	2.85	150	150	70	34	.673	850	5	4	0	894.0	741	283	313	64	228	32	0	2	3,594	35	8.56	2.30	3.73	0.64	23.7	6.3	1.08	.280	3.15	69	3.04	74	7.46	107.3
9	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	2.90	137	137	51	32	.614	923	0	0	0	824.1	624	266	296	81	227	32	0	1	3,300	34	10.08	2.48	4.07	0.88	28.0	6.9	1.03	.267	3.23	70	3.15	76	6.81	93.5
10	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.94	171	171	77	40	.658	1,213	4	2	0	1051.1	817	343	367	108	249	44	0	2	4,189	20	10.38	2.13	4.87	0.92	29.0	5.9	1.01	.275	3.14	69	3.02	71	6.99	143.1
11	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.94	150	152	62	40	.608	1,016	1	1	0	874.1	698	286	314	94	185	29	1	0	3,470	11	10.46	1.90	5.49	0.97	29.3	5.3	1.01	.281	3.23	71	2.95	71	7.18	115.3
12	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.98	97	98	48	20	.706	526	0	0	0	522.1	437	173	191	54	128	12	0	1	2,100	20	9.06	2.21	4.11	0.93	25.0	6.1	1.08	.278	3.29	72	3.30	77	7.53	55.1
13	Michael King M. King	3.00	89	180	40	36	.526	676	1	1	7	634.0	516	211	239	66	227	34	23	6	2,625	14	9.60	3.22	2.98	0.94	25.8	8.6	1.17	.277	3.39	74	3.60	87	7.32	38.3
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.01	120	120	42	33	.560	835	1	1	0	634.0	456	212	226	51	303	10	0	2	2,631	42	11.85	4.30	2.76	0.72	31.7	11.5	1.20	.283	3.21	75	3.06	74	6.47	76.7
15	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.07	84	84	48	18	.727	478	0	0	0	478.0	390	163	179	66	103	18	0	3	1,916	4	9.00	1.94	4.64	1.24	24.9	5.4	1.03	.259	3.37	75	3.72	88	7.34	27.3
16	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.10	98	98	43	23	.652	562	0	0	0	522.2	424	180	195	58	155	9	0	1	2,114	22	9.68	2.67	3.63	1.00	26.6	7.3	1.11	.275	3.36	77	3.38	84	7.30	38.2
17	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.12	115	134	47	26	.644	719	4	2	1	723.0	680	251	275	61	170	18	4	1	2,971	20	8.95	2.12	4.23	0.76	24.2	5.7	1.18	.309	3.42	74	3.03	71	8.46	96.6
18	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	132	132	60	33	.645	934	4	3	0	797.0	639	282	295	105	190	19	0	1	3,183	11	10.55	2.15	4.92	1.19	29.3	6.0	1.04	.276	3.33	78	3.32	79	7.22	79.6
19	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	3.20	97	98	37	24	.607	585	2	2	0	559.1	480	199	214	68	140	51	1	5	2,297	9	9.41	2.25	4.18	1.09	25.5	6.1	1.11	.284	3.44	81	3.67	90	7.72	27.1
20	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	3.21	70	137	30	27	.526	578	1	1	0	448.1	375	160	174	50	130	14	17	2	1,841	17	11.60	2.61	4.45	1.00	31.4	7.1	1.13	.304	3.49	77	2.98	71	7.53	61.2
21	Tyler Glasnow T. Glasnow	3.23	87	87	32	18	.640	639	0	0	0	496.2	334	178	185	54	161	4	0	1	1,958	39	11.58	2.92	3.97	0.98	32.6	8.2	1.00	.255	3.35	78	3.00	72	6.05	65.1
22	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	3.28	141	168	52	38	.578	773	2	2	4	825.0	764	301	326	68	258	27	13	4	3,440	10	8.43	2.81	3.00	0.74	22.5	7.5	1.24	.301	3.56	78	3.38	80	8.33	75.7
23	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.29	88	88	37	22	.627	540	2	0	0	532.2	479	195	206	61	135	10	0	0	2,175	19	9.12	2.28	4.00	1.03	24.8	6.2	1.15	.293	3.48	81	3.43	84	8.09	38.8
24	Justin Steele J. Steele	3.30	91	102	32	22	.593	517	1	0	0	506.2	460	186	219	51	155	20	2	2	2,123	14	9.18	2.75	3.34	0.91	24.4	7.3	1.21	.296	3.89	80	3.48	85	8.17	35.4
25	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.31	184	185	72	52	.581	1,038	4	2	0	1124.0	1,054	414	451	77	252	39	0	3	4,574	16	8.31	2.02	4.12	0.62	22.7	5.5	1.16	.308	3.61	82	2.97	74	8.44	132

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