best era plus since 2000 minimum 500 innings pitched

Since 2000, Mariano Rivera has the best ERA when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.05.

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best era by a player plus since 2000 minimum 500 innings pitched

	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.05	907.0	849	56	47	.544	0	836	0	0	523	698	207	227	49	167	38	768	28	3,562	8	8.30	1.66	5.01	0.49	23.5	4.7	0.95	.263	2.25	46	2.61	59	6.93	180.9
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.30	650.0	629	30	26	.536	0	802	0	0	321	443	166	190	60	192	26	529	21	2,577	35	11.10	2.66	4.18	0.83	31.1	7.5	0.98	.256	2.63	53	2.81	64	6.13	111.4
3	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	2.44	725.2	689	41	36	.532	3	808	0	0	368	572	197	226	57	185	34	585	18	2,938	14	10.02	2.29	4.37	0.71	27.5	6.3	1.04	.278	2.80	58	2.80	69	7.09	105.2
4	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.48	866.0	909	62	51	.549	0	1,389	0	0	397	507	239	266	56	428	34	600	7	3,527	89	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.58	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.27	169.9
5	Josh Hader J. Hader	2.52	546.2	503	38	32	.543	0	875	0	0	245	295	153	167	66	209	24	349	6	2,146	19	14.41	3.44	4.19	1.09	40.8	9.7	0.92	.236	2.75	61	2.81	67	4.86	85.3
6	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
7	Darren O'Day D. O'Day	2.59	609.0	644	42	21	.667	0	637	0	0	21	458	175	189	64	172	50	155	24	2,461	3	9.41	2.54	3.70	0.95	25.9	7.0	1.03	.256	2.79	61	3.48	82	6.77	52.4
8	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.63	962.2	973	57	45	.559	0	1,319	0	0	492	632	281	301	95	302	32	730	21	3,827	22	12.33	2.82	4.37	0.89	34.5	7.9	0.97	.258	2.81	66	2.71	67	5.91	143.2
9	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.66	860.2	889	57	50	.533	0	1,317	0	0	441	522	254	283	79	364	42	673	12	3,466	74	13.77	3.81	3.62	0.83	38.0	10.5	1.03	.266	2.96	65	2.67	65	5.46	132.2
10	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.70	1670.0	273	105	74	.587	273	2,010	4	2	0	1,290	501	538	163	382	25	0	16	6,585	33	10.83	2.06	5.26	0.88	30.5	5.8	1.00	.281	2.90	69	2.74	67	6.95	252.5
11	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	2.72	833.0	768	57	30	.655	15	922	0	0	376	606	252	272	67	298	22	585	31	3,376	45	9.96	3.22	3.09	0.72	27.3	8.8	1.09	.261	2.94	64	3.07	73	6.55	107.5
12	Brad Ziegler B. Ziegler	2.75	717.1	739	37	38	.493	0	479	0	0	105	654	219	251	32	248	25	264	55	2,947	7	6.01	3.11	1.93	0.40	16.3	8.4	1.26	.288	3.15	68	3.49	87	8.21	41.9
13	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.83	614.1	114	47	22	.681	114	765	1	1	0	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	11.21	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	77.9
14	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	2.86	976.0	948	52	53	.495	0	1,142	0	0	437	738	310	336	98	389	17	677	42	4,011	68	10.53	3.59	2.94	0.90	28.5	9.7	1.15	.271	3.10	69	3.30	79	6.81	97
15	Rafael Soriano R. Soriano	2.89	636.1	591	24	28	.462	8	641	0	0	207	489	204	213	62	197	15	343	20	2,571	13	9.07	2.79	3.25	0.88	24.9	7.7	1.08	.258	3.01	71	3.34	81	6.92	58.6
16	Tony Watson T. Watson	2.90	648.1	689	47	29	.618	0	570	0	0	32	528	209	222	63	174	33	109	20	2,620	5	7.91	2.42	3.28	0.87	21.8	6.6	1.08	.261	3.08	73	3.59	91	7.33	24.5
17	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.91	601.0	155	44	22	.667	106	571	0	0	2	477	194	206	54	144	16	17	3	2,390	23	8.55	2.16	3.97	0.81	23.9	6.0	1.03	.264	3.08	72	3.19	78	7.14	60.5
18	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	2.92	785.0	648	43	57	.430	21	921	0	0	281	613	255	284	88	218	28	500	18	3,163	17	10.56	2.50	4.22	1.01	29.1	6.9	1.06	.275	3.26	69	3.20	76	7.03	87
19	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	2.93	599.1	560	49	42	.538	7	621	0	0	83	508	195	222	45	233	21	202	28	2,486	24	9.33	3.50	2.67	0.68	25.0	9.4	1.24	.296	3.33	70	3.32	80	7.63	55.9
20	David Robertson D. Robertson	2.93	894.1	881	68	46	.596	1	1,176	0	0	179	674	291	315	81	365	25	358	38	3,690	57	11.83	3.67	3.22	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.290	3.17	70	2.98	70	6.78	122
21	Mark Melancon M. Melancon	2.94	726.2	732	37	40	.481	0	643	0	0	262	657	237	276	44	192	25	454	23	2,981	44	7.96	2.38	3.35	0.54	21.6	6.4	1.17	.295	3.42	73	3.03	76	8.14	75.9
22	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	2228.0	417	158	97	.620	336	2,756	17	4	12	1,808	730	788	221	515	142	25	15	8,965	48	11.13	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	69	2.83	67	7.30	334.7
23	Huston Street H. Street	2.95	680.0	668	42	34	.553	0	665	0	0	324	542	223	237	70	183	8	525	37	2,718	20	8.80	2.42	3.63	0.93	24.5	6.7	1.07	.263	3.14	71	3.32	81	7.17	61.7
24	Jared Hughes J. Hughes	2.96	541.1	542	30	26	.536	0	371	0	0	12	480	178	210	47	190	40	129	25	2,247	29	6.17	3.16	1.95	0.78	16.5	8.5	1.24	.271	3.49	74	4.17	103	7.98	-8.5
25	Steve Cishek S. Cishek	2.98	710.2	737	33	43	.434	0	743	0	0	133	565	235	264	54	288	59	312	38	2,993	29	9.41	3.65	2.58	0.68	24.8	9.6	1.20	.276	3.34	75	3.48	86	7.16	41.6

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