Since 2000, Clayton Kershaw has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 2500 innings, with an ERA of 2.53.

Interpreted as:

best era by a player since 2000 min 2500 ip

	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	375.1
2	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.22	2963.0	483	220	117	.653	474	3,489	12	5	0	2,433	1,059	1,132	354	779	114	2	20	11,987	80	10.60	2.37	4.48	1.08	29.1	6.5	1.08	.287	3.44	77	3.23	78	7.39	302.5
3	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.32	3567.2	555	266	158	.627	555	3,553	26	9	0	3,046	1,317	1,428	371	1,004	121	0	28	14,607	99	8.96	2.53	3.54	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.60	79	3.43	81	7.68	310.9
4	Roy Halladay R. Halladay	3.36	2586.0	378	194	98	.664	370	2,022	65	19	0	2,481	966	1,055	215	511	77	4	27	10,566	50	7.04	1.78	3.96	0.75	19.1	4.8	1.16	.293	3.67	77	3.27	75	8.63	304.7
5	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	3.42	2729.2	419	169	136	.554	418	2,524	25	11	0	2,487	1,037	1,157	264	805	105	0	16	11,284	156	8.32	2.65	3.14	0.87	22.4	7.1	1.21	.293	3.81	84	3.52	85	8.20	181.5
6	Cole Hamels C. Hamels	3.43	2698.0	423	163	122	.572	422	2,560	17	7	0	2,424	1,027	1,103	310	767	100	0	43	11,115	57	8.54	2.56	3.34	1.03	23.0	6.9	1.18	.287	3.68	82	3.68	88	8.09	151.3
7	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	3.49	3389.1	586	225	156	.591	541	2,979	17	5	1	3,207	1,315	1,410	367	762	79	8	25	13,877	101	7.91	2.02	3.91	0.97	21.5	5.5	1.17	.293	3.74	83	3.51	85	8.52	235
8	Tim Hudson T. Hudson	3.50	2990.1	461	211	131	.617	458	1,948	25	13	0	2,836	1,164	1,263	240	855	120	0	82	12,425	78	5.86	2.57	2.28	0.72	15.7	6.9	1.23	.280	3.80	84	3.79	91	8.54	131.3
9	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	3.53	2668.1	478	200	128	.610	411	2,202	28	11	3	2,577	1,047	1,117	233	736	81	13	40	11,116	51	7.43	2.48	2.99	0.79	19.8	6.6	1.24	.298	3.77	88	3.53	87	8.69	152.8
10	Jon Lester J. Lester	3.66	2740.0	452	200	117	.631	451	2,488	15	4	0	2,610	1,114	1,215	294	892	90	0	13	11,487	63	8.17	2.93	2.79	0.97	21.7	7.8	1.28	.300	3.99	86	3.77	92	8.57	101.7
11	CC Sabathia	3.74	3577.1	561	251	161	.609	560	3,093	38	12	0	3,404	1,485	1,623	382	1,099	123	0	44	14,989	74	7.78	2.76	2.81	0.96	20.6	7.3	1.26	.294	4.08	87	3.77	87	8.56	223.7
12	Mark Buehrle M. Buehrle	3.81	3283.1	518	214	160	.572	493	1,870	33	10	0	3,472	1,391	1,542	361	734	79	6	49	13,705	27	5.13	2.01	2.55	0.99	13.6	5.4	1.28	.292	4.23	87	4.11	93	9.52	111.9
13	John Lackey J. Lackey	3.92	2840.1	448	188	147	.561	446	2,294	18	8	0	2,862	1,237	1,347	319	815	133	0	32	12,030	125	7.27	2.58	2.81	1.01	19.1	6.8	1.29	.300	4.27	92	3.94	94	9.07	79.6
14	A.J. Burnett	3.99	2690.0	428	160	155	.508	423	2,480	24	10	0	2,482	1,194	1,305	260	1,075	143	1	33	11,483	161	8.30	3.60	2.31	0.87	21.6	9.4	1.32	.295	4.37	97	3.85	92	8.30	96.2
15	James Shields J. Shields	4.01	2616.0	407	145	139	.511	405	2,234	23	9	0	2,581	1,167	1,267	361	746	97	1	22	10,993	107	7.69	2.57	2.99	1.24	20.3	6.8	1.27	.294	4.36	98	4.16	101	8.88	-13.5
16	Barry Zito B. Zito	4.04	2576.2	433	165	143	.536	421	1,885	12	5	0	2,381	1,157	1,254	282	1,064	97	9	52	11,001	50	6.58	3.72	1.77	0.98	17.1	9.7	1.34	.274	4.38	97	4.38	104	8.32	-43.1
17	Javier Vazquez J. Vazquez	4.04	2513.0	391	151	137	.524	385	2,284	25	7	0	2,434	1,129	1,212	322	643	73	4	52	10,504	72	8.18	2.30	3.55	1.15	21.7	6.1	1.22	.294	4.34	91	3.77	86	8.72	179
18	Bartolo Colon B. Colon	4.11	2958.2	483	211	167	.558	472	2,150	30	10	0	3,096	1,351	1,465	388	748	51	2	36	12,487	32	6.54	2.28	2.87	1.18	17.2	6.0	1.30	.296	4.46	96	4.14	97	9.42	44.8
19	Kyle Lohse K. Lohse	4.40	2531.2	457	147	143	.507	418	1,615	12	9	2	2,711	1,239	1,327	316	694	87	15	34	10,839	57	5.74	2.47	2.33	1.12	14.9	6.4	1.34	.295	4.72	105	4.35	105	9.64	-58.3
20	Livan Hernandez L. Hernandez	4.45	2655.2	438	151	150	.502	394	1,596	39	9	1	2,949	1,312	1,404	297	846	67	17	72	11,472	35	5.41	2.87	1.89	1.01	13.9	7.4	1.43	.306	4.76	105	4.35	102	9.99	-29.4