Since 1980, J.R. Richard has the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.90.

Interpreted as:

best era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player since 1980

	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	J.R. Richard	1.90	17	10	4	.714	17	119	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	31	2	40	0	0	1	438	2	9.42	3.17	2.98	0.16	27.2	9.1	0.92	.227	2.45	56	1.93	56	5.15	19.9
2	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	55	21	13	.618	55	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	2.39	58	6.46	61
3	Tom Burgmeier T. Burgmeier	2.44	200	25	16	.610	0	180	0	0	38	380.0	350	103	122	18	99	8	106	26	1,557	5	4.26	2.34	1.82	0.43	11.6	6.4	1.18	.265	2.89	60	3.22	81	8.29	33.1
4	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	60	4.32	100	6.59	-0.1
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	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	375.1
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	248	96	65	.596	248	1,851	4	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
7	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	38	17	.691	76	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.66	48	19	10	.655	48	306	0	0	0	263.2	191	78	85	21	81	4	0	0	1,052	7	10.45	2.76	3.78	0.72	29.1	7.7	1.03	.266	2.90	65	2.82	67	6.52	39.5
9	Cade Horton C. Horton	2.67	23	11	4	.733	22	97	0	0	0	118.0	95	35	40	10	33	6	0	0	476	1	7.40	2.52	2.94	0.76	20.4	6.9	1.08	.258	3.05	65	3.58	88	7.25	6.2
10	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.72	498	49	33	.598	2	444	0	0	102	699.1	624	211	251	49	219	21	262	71	2,906	25	5.71	2.82	2.03	0.63	15.3	7.5	1.21	.265	3.23	75	3.45	93	8.03	19.9
11	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.74	642	53	44	.546	0	366	0	0	239	1003.1	1,022	306	340	54	155	7	532	65	4,084	3	3.28	1.39	2.36	0.48	9.0	3.8	1.17	.276	3.05	69	3.19	81	9.17	82.2
12	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.89	130	30	17	.638	81	428	0	0	2	460.2	372	148	158	41	119	9	17	3	1,840	20	8.36	2.32	3.60	0.80	23.3	6.5	1.07	.266	3.09	74	3.27	82	7.27	37.6
13	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	476	219	100	.687	409	3,154	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
14	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	2.95	136	27	24	.529	64	549	1	1	0	424.1	345	139	151	45	119	11	18	2	1,725	15	11.64	2.52	4.61	0.95	31.8	6.9	1.09	.300	3.20	70	2.86	67	7.32	64.7
15	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
16	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.97	687	59	68	.465	0	466	0	0	101	896.1	846	296	339	42	301	10	424	120	3,771	9	4.68	3.02	1.55	0.42	12.4	8.0	1.28	.272	3.40	80	3.35	91	8.49	34.2
17	Greg Minton G. Minton	2.99	637	53	56	.486	1	422	0	0	146	978.2	936	325	373	39	421	11	389	119	4,167	41	3.88	3.87	1.00	0.36	10.1	10.1	1.39	.274	3.43	83	3.72	101	8.61	-2.5
18	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	2.99	24	9	7	.563	24	114	0	0	0	138.1	109	46	46	18	43	3	0	1	556	3	7.42	2.80	2.65	1.17	20.5	7.7	1.10	.241	2.99	70	4.17	100	7.09	0
19	Al Holland A. Holland	3.00	379	34	30	.531	11	505	0	0	78	636.2	541	212	239	55	227	5	216	54	2,670	12	7.14	3.21	2.22	0.78	18.9	8.5	1.21	.259	3.38	83	3.34	93	7.65	17.5
20	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	3.00	563	48	43	.527	7	640	0	0	32	885.2	825	295	328	49	270	40	226	63	3,702	25	6.50	2.74	2.37	0.50	17.3	7.3	1.24	.287	3.33	72	3.17	76	8.38	100.3
21	Kodai Senga K. Senga	3.00	52	20	13	.606	52	320	0	0	0	285.0	222	95	106	30	133	9	0	0	1,196	19	10.11	4.20	2.41	0.95	26.8	11.1	1.25	.273	3.35	73	3.82	90	7.01	13
22	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.01	393	145	88	.622	312	2,579	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
23	Gary Lucas G. Lucas	3.01	409	29	44	.397	18	410	0	0	63	669.0	618	224	274	41	227	7	206	65	2,795	24	5.52	3.05	1.81	0.55	14.7	8.1	1.26	.273	3.69	84	3.35	91	8.31	25.5
24	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.02	74	33	16	.673	74	456	0	0	0	404.2	331	136	143	48	116	5	0	1	1,627	19	10.14	2.58	3.93	1.07	28.0	7.1	1.10	.282	3.18	77	3.35	84	7.36	29.1
25	Max Fried M. Fried	3.03	200	92	41	.692	183	1,052	6	4	0	1079.2	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	71	3.24	78	7.89	112