best era plus with minimum 2500 innings since 1900

Since 1900, Ed Walsh has the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.82.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player plus with minimum 2500 innings since 1900

	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	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.82	430	195	126	.607	315	1,736	250	57	35	2964.1	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
2	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.89	286	160	97	.623	260	920	234	45	5	2327.0	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
3	Jack Pfiester J. Pfiester	2.02	149	71	44	.617	128	503	75	17	0	1067.1	869	240	365	6	293	39	12		4,236	16	4.24	2.47	1.72	0.05	11.9	6.9	1.09	.254	3.08	77	2.32	86	7.33	44.3
4	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.03	35	15	8	.652	35	247	1	0	0	208.1	145	47	51	14	50	8	0	0	807	3	10.67	2.16	4.94	0.60	30.6	6.2	0.94	.268	2.20	48	2.46	61	6.26	36.1
5	Joe Wood J. Wood	2.03	225	117	57	.672	158	989	121	28	10	1434.1	1,138	324	497	10	421	49	56		5,640	43	6.21	2.64	2.35	0.06	17.5	7.5	1.09	.270	3.12	70	2.26	78	7.14	105.8
6	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.06	481	239	130	.648	332	1,375	271	55	49	3172.1	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	2.42	83	7.68	161.9
7	Buttons Briggs B. Briggs	2.08	54	27	19	.587	50	180	41	8	3	445.0	393	103	160	4	129	14	4		1,763	4	3.64	2.61	1.40	0.08	10.2	7.3	1.17	.271	3.24	75	2.73	98	7.95	1.9
8	Jim St. Vrain J. St. Vrain	2.08	12	4	6	.400	11	51	10	1	0	95.0	88	22	36	0	25	5	1		388	3	4.83	2.37	2.04	0.00	13.1	6.4	1.19	.287	3.41	78	2.54	91	8.34	2.3
9	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	2.10	17	3	2	.600	0	24	0	0	1	34.1	23	8	9	2	21	3	7	3	147	0	6.29	5.50	1.14	0.52	16.3	14.3	1.28	.216	2.36	53	4.52	108	6.03	-1.3
10	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.13	395	186	140	.571	330	2,267	251	49	4	2868.1	2,374	679	1,019	33	783	106	52		11,337	72	7.11	2.46	2.90	0.10	20.0	6.9	1.10	.287	3.20	75	1.99	71	7.45	257.5
11	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.13	636	373	188	.665	552	2,507	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
12	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
13	Glenn Liebhardt G. Liebhardt	2.17	90	36	35	.507	66	280	49	7	2	612.2	543	148	225	3	183	14	23		2,419	21	4.11	2.69	1.53	0.04	11.6	7.6	1.18	.278	3.31	89	2.27	98	7.98	1.6
14	Cy Young C. Young	2.19	442	244	165	.597	404	1,678	363	48	9	3633.2	3,237	886	1,263	51	449	76	34		14,008	61	4.16	1.11	3.74	0.13	12.0	3.2	1.01	.271	3.13	75	2.20	76	8.02	287.8
15	Erv Lange E. Lange	2.23	36	12	11	.522	22	87	10	2	2	190.0	162	47	69	3	55	3	11		781	1	4.12	2.61	1.58	0.14	11.1	7.0	1.14	.251	3.27	74	2.64	96	7.67	1.2
16	Jake Weimer J. Weimer	2.23	191	97	69	.584	180	657	143	21	2	1472.2	1,227	365	511	14	493	73	9		5,971	26	4.02	3.01	1.33	0.09	11.0	8.3	1.17	.256	3.12	81	2.81	98	7.50	8.7
17	Orval Overall O. Overall	2.26	218	108	71	.603	182	935	133	30	12	1535.1	1,232	385	520	16	551	45	30		6,145	57	5.48	3.23	1.70	0.09	15.2	9.0	1.16	.264	3.05	81	2.39	85	7.22	72.4
18	Bill James B. James	2.28	84	37	21	.638	60	253	44	5	3	541.2	469	137	196	14	199	22	20		2,217	17	4.20	3.31	1.27	0.23	11.4	9.0	1.23	.263	3.26	75	3.09	99	7.79	4.8
19	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.28	399	182	106	.632	300	1,137	200	40	13	2632.1	2,117	668	887	33	892	107	80		10,521	49	3.89	3.05	1.27	0.11	10.8	8.5	1.14	.250	3.03	80	2.84	99	7.24	9
20	Frank Arellanes F. Arellanes	2.28	74	24	22	.522	49	148	25	2	8	409.2	358	104	147	5	85	11	23		1,602	8	3.25	1.87	1.74	0.11	9.2	5.3	1.08	.261	3.23	91	2.36	96	7.86	4.4
21	Nick Maddox N. Maddox	2.29	93	43	20	.683	72	193	47	9	1	605.1	487	154	209	7	170	35	18		2,368	8	2.87	2.53	1.14	0.10	8.2	7.2	1.09	.245	3.11	90	2.71	104	7.24	-6.7
22	Jim Scott J. Scott	2.30	317	107	114	.484	226	945	123	26	9	1892.0	1,624	483	686	21	609	53	63		7,487	32	4.50	2.90	1.55	0.10	12.6	8.1	1.18	.274	3.26	85	2.63	96	7.73	21.2
23	Reb Russell R. Russell	2.33	242	80	59	.576	148	495	81	24	13	1291.2	1,128	335	453	7	267	18	60		5,021	21	3.45	1.86	1.85	0.05	9.9	5.3	1.08	.265	3.16	84	2.35	83	7.86	68.6
24	Andy Coakley A. Coakley	2.35	150	58	59	.496	124	428	87	11	3	1072.1	1,021	280	436	9	314	26	24		4,326	15	3.59	2.64	1.36	0.08	9.9	7.3	1.24	.285	3.66	89	2.58	96	8.57	14.6
25	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.35	623	326	194	.627	529	2,246	410	69	23	4495.2	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2