best era pitchers lefty since 1920 min 2000 ip

Since 1920, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA by a left-hander when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 2.53.

	NAME	ERA	IP	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	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
2	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	438	1,956	156	45	11	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
4	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	2.98	3590.1	535	253	154	.622	433	1,677	260	36	33	3,461	1,188	1,380	227	725	53	82		14,805	53	4.20	1.82	2.31	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.46	76	3.55	89	8.68	174.2
5	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.98	2156.2	405	153	92	.624	324	2,665	16	3	12	1,748	715	770	219	506	137	25	15	8,683	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.29	312.8
6	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.06	2993.0	488	207	150	.580	374	1,796	212	33	26	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
7	Lefty Grove L. Grove	3.06	3940.2	616	300	141	.680	457	2,266	298	35	54	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	68	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
8	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.09	5243.2	750	363	245	.597	665	2,583	382	63	28	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
9	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.14	2808.0	453	185	130	.587	379	1,632	172	36	11	2,538	979	1,130	222	822	12	33	61	11,505	53	5.23	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.20	.263	3.62	91	3.28	94	8.13	61.8
10	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	3.17	2492.1	425	141	134	.513	346	2,453	103	23	14	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
11	Jon Matlack J. Matlack	3.18	2363.0	361	125	126	.498	318	1,516	97	30	3	2,276	835	970	161	638	26	23	69	9,789	68	5.77	2.43	2.38	0.61	15.5	6.5	1.23	.284	3.69	87	3.05	84	8.67	153.5
12	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
13	Ed Lopat E. Lopat	3.21	2439.1	340	166	112	.597	318	859	164	27	3	2,464	869	1,008	179	650	43	14	5	10,197	16	3.17	2.40	1.32	0.66	8.4	6.4	1.28	.270	3.72	86	3.60	97	9.09	28.2
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.22	5217.2	741	329	244	.574	709	4,136	254	55	2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
15	Al Downing A. Downing	3.22	2268.1	405	123	107	.535	317	1,639	73	24	3	1,946	811	938	177	933	31	37	32	9,539	77	6.50	3.70	1.76	0.70	17.2	9.8	1.27	.262	3.72	95	3.37	97	7.72	19.3
16	Wilbur Wood W. Wood	3.24	2684.0	651	164	156	.513	297	1,411	114	24	57	2,582	965	1,130	209	724	63	198	71	11,154	72	4.73	2.43	1.95	0.70	12.7	6.5	1.23	.271	3.79	88	3.36	92	8.66	83.4
17	Dave McNally D. McNally	3.24	2730.0	424	184	119	.607	396	1,512	120	33	2	2,488	982	1,070	230	826	72	7	56	11,229	59	4.98	2.72	1.83	0.76	13.5	7.4	1.21	.263	3.53	95	3.49	99	8.20	5.8
18	Gary Peters G. Peters	3.25	2081.0	359	124	103	.546	286	1,420	79	23	5	1,894	751	847	157	706	62	35	53	8,707	83	6.14	3.05	2.01	0.68	16.3	8.1	1.25	.273	3.66	94	3.24	91	8.19	74.5
19	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.27	3343.1	502	209	161	.565	473	2,175	143	37	2	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
20	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.27	3306.2	585	211	169	.555	433	1,999	193	38	33	2,989	1,201	1,325	284	1,178	30	85	35	13,853	48	5.44	3.21	1.70	0.77	14.4	8.5	1.26	.261	3.61	84	3.50	90	8.14	138.6
21	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.29	2392.0	368	170	91	.651	323	1,778	95	26	4	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	3.26	82	8.27	192
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.29	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
23	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	3.30	3460.2	541	196	195	.501	488	1,612	140	40	1	3,471	1,268	1,435	249	940	45	24	93	14,433	67	4.19	2.44	1.71	0.65	11.2	6.5	1.27	.278	3.73	96	3.38	101	9.03	-21.4
24	Fritz Peterson F. Peterson	3.30	2218.1	355	133	131	.504	330	1,015	90	20	1	2,217	813	947	173	426	42	9	75	9,103	33	4.12	1.73	2.38	0.70	11.2	4.7	1.19	.274	3.84	99	3.24	94	8.99	51.9
25	David Price D. Price	3.32	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9

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