best era of qualified pitchers since 2016

Since 2016, Paul Skenes has the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.97.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game of qualified pitchers since 2016

	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	1.97	64	27	15	.643	64	442	1	0	0	370.2	255	81	89	25	81	15	0	0	1,432	5	10.73	1.97	5.46	0.61	30.9	5.7	0.91	.265	2.16	46	2.41	59	6.19	69.6
2	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.28	23	9	4	.692	23	143	0	0	0	126.1	92	32	34	9	40	5	0	0	506	3	10.19	2.85	3.58	0.64	28.3	7.9	1.04	.269	2.42	56	2.85	67	6.55	19.3
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	61	4.32	100	6.59	-0.1
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.56	204	76	53	.589	204	1,559	4	2	0	1253.0	940	357	387	129	272	22	0	10	4,903	25	11.20	1.95	5.73	0.93	31.8	5.5	0.97	.278	2.78	64	2.71	65	6.75	204.4
5	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	5.7
6	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.67	211	109	40	.732	209	1,306	4	3	0	1244.1	995	369	407	138	247	19	0	2	4,900	46	9.45	1.79	5.29	1.00	26.7	5.0	1.00	.269	2.94	65	3.15	74	7.20	150
7	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	2.74	34	6	6	.500	16	122	0	0	0	118.1	100	36	40	7	38	3	6	1	483	1	9.28	2.89	3.21	0.53	25.3	7.9	1.17	.297	3.04	65	2.86	70	7.61	16.3
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.81	56	22	13	.629	56	354	0	0	0	313.2	231	98	106	29	91	5	0	0	1,247	8	10.16	2.61	3.89	0.83	28.4	7.3	1.03	.263	3.04	68	3.00	71	6.63	41.9
9	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.86	29	16	8	.667	29	253	0	0	0	182.1	149	58	63	13	55	6	0	6	737	9	12.49	2.71	4.60	0.64	34.3	7.5	1.12	.332	3.11	72	2.29	57	7.35	35.4
10	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.91	138	33	18	.647	89	471	0	0	2	503.1	404	163	175	48	126	9	17	3	2,010	21	8.42	2.25	3.74	0.86	23.4	6.3	1.05	.263	3.13	73	3.31	81	7.22	43.6
11	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	2.96	82	37	18	.673	82	497	0	0	0	444.1	355	146	155	49	131	5	0	1	1,786	20	10.07	2.65	3.79	0.99	27.8	7.3	1.09	.277	3.14	75	3.27	82	7.19	36.6
12	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
13	Max Fried M. Fried	3.04	210	96	44	.686	193	1,102	6	4	0	1141.1	990	386	427	91	316	47	10	6	4,655	47	8.69	2.49	3.49	0.72	23.7	6.8	1.14	.290	3.37	72	3.22	77	7.81	121.6
14	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.05	205	94	50	.653	204	1,624	8	2	0	1249.2	991	423	453	133	284	89	0	3	5,023	21	11.70	2.05	5.72	0.96	32.3	5.7	1.02	.297	3.26	69	2.84	67	7.14	193.9
15	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.06	144	57	39	.594	141	934	1	1	0	810.0	649	275	301	92	178	27	1	0	3,222	11	10.38	1.98	5.25	1.02	29.0	5.5	1.02	.280	3.34	74	3.08	74	7.21	95.1
16	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.06	248	116	58	.667	248	1,902	7	1	0	1513.2	1,157	515	540	201	364	66	0	11	6,034	25	11.31	2.16	5.23	1.20	31.5	6.0	1.00	.273	3.21	73	3.23	76	6.88	170.6
17	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.06	238	109	62	.637	238	1,611	5	2	0	1460.0	1,151	497	533	185	364	49	0	6	5,865	33	9.93	2.24	4.43	1.14	27.5	6.2	1.04	.264	3.29	73	3.45	82	7.10	126.7
18	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	158	60	25	.706	122	710	0	0	4	717.0	599	248	274	84	193	28	11	5	2,917	12	8.91	2.42	3.68	1.05	24.3	6.6	1.10	.271	3.44	75	3.63	85	7.52	49.1
19	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.12	148	55	29	.655	133	896	2	1	1	775.0	604	269	282	88	197	33	4	2	3,105	8	10.41	2.29	4.55	1.02	28.9	6.3	1.03	.273	3.27	74	3.22	76	7.01	89
20	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.14	113	34	23	.596	94	576	3	1	1	591.0	552	206	229	48	142	14	4	1	2,429	16	8.77	2.16	4.06	0.73	23.7	5.8	1.17	.306	3.49	74	3.05	72	8.41	75.4
21	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	3.14	63	28	14	.667	63	350	0	0	0	372.1	302	130	143	63	67	4	0	0	1,472	7	8.46	1.62	5.22	1.52	23.8	4.6	0.99	.242	3.46	77	4.03	101	7.30	-1.4
22	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.15	210	63	38	.624	149	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	10.36	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.25	78	7.03	101.5
23	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	3.17	142	30	27	.526	70	586	1	1	0	454.1	378	160	174	50	130	15	18	2	1,863	17	11.61	2.58	4.51	0.99	31.5	7.0	1.12	.303	3.45	76	2.95	70	7.49	63.5
24	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.17	223	81	63	.563	223	1,445	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	78	3.30	79	6.95	112.7
25	Michael King M. King	3.18	170	34	31	.523	73	609	1	1	7	546.0	452	193	221	57	194	28	24	6	2,274	12	10.04	3.20	3.14	0.94	26.8	8.5	1.18	.285	3.64	78	3.51	84	7.45	39

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Fri 5/15	PHI	@	PIT	6:40 PM
Sat 5/16	PHI	@	PIT	4:05 PM
Sun 5/17	PHI	@	PIT	1:35 PM
Tue 5/19	PIT	@	STL	7:45 PM
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Mets	18	25	.419	12.0
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Brewers	24	17	.585	2.0
Cardinals	25	18	.581	2.0
Pirates	24	20	.545	3.5
Reds	23	21	.523	4.5
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