best era starting pitcher 2021 to 2023 minimum 300 ip

Between the 2021 and 2023 seasons, Justin Verlander had the best ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 300 innings, with an ERA of 2.45.

	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	H/9
1	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	2.45	337.1	55	31	12	.721	55	329	0	0	0	255	92	106	30	74	11	0	0	1,335	8	8.78	1.97	4.45	0.80	24.6	5.5	0.98	.253	2.83	6.80
2	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	2.70	399.2	68	27	15	.643	68	475	1	1	0	292	120	127	45	100	15	0	0	1,581	4	10.70	2.25	4.75	1.01	30.0	6.3	0.98	.261	2.86	6.58
3	Max Fried M. Fried	2.71	428.2	72	36	15	.706	72	408	3	3	0	365	129	140	34	91	13	0	2	1,711	19	8.57	1.91	4.48	0.71	23.8	5.3	1.06	.284	2.94	7.66
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.75	379.2	68	35	16	.686	68	418	0	0	0	299	116	126	44	84	8	0	0	1,504	13	9.91	1.99	4.98	1.04	27.8	5.6	1.01	.268	2.99	7.09
5	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	2.83	477.1	80	38	15	.717	80	583	1	0	0	353	150	157	64	105	25	0	0	1,879	5	10.99	1.98	5.55	1.21	31.0	5.6	0.96	.262	2.96	6.66
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.84	428.1	74	34	16	.680	74	542	1	1	0	307	135	143	47	143	23	0	2	1,724	36	11.39	3.00	3.79	0.99	31.4	8.3	1.05	.268	3.00	6.45
7	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	2.94	562.2	93	33	21	.611	93	677	0	0	0	408	184	197	52	151	27	0	0	2,238	25	10.83	2.42	4.48	0.83	30.3	6.7	0.99	.267	3.15	6.53
8	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.02	404.2	74	33	16	.673	74	456	0	0	0	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	7.36
9	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.07	478.0	84	48	18	.727	84	478	0	0	0	390	163	179	66	103	18	0	3	1,916	4	9.00	1.94	4.64	1.24	24.9	5.4	1.03	.259	3.37	7.34
10	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.08	555.2	91	36	23	.610	91	514	2	1	0	503	190	212	40	116	20	0	0	2,230	9	8.33	1.88	4.43	0.65	23.0	5.2	1.11	.301	3.43	8.15
11	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.08	558.1	90	39	23	.629	90	622	3	2	0	462	191	206	49	119	24	0	2	2,243	8	10.03	1.92	5.23	0.79	27.7	5.3	1.04	.289	3.32	7.45
12	Joe Musgrove J. Musgrove	3.09	454.2	78	31	19	.620	78	481	2	2	0	386	156	170	54	117	40	0	5	1,871	9	9.52	2.32	4.11	1.07	25.7	6.3	1.11	.282	3.37	7.64
13	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	3.10	551.2	95	38	25	.603	95	669	0	0	0	501	190	210	54	133	8	0	1	2,263	12	10.91	2.17	5.03	0.88	29.6	5.9	1.15	.320	3.43	8.17
14	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.11	591.0	96	44	20	.688	96	722	4	3	0	462	204	214	77	139	11	0	0	2,340	11	10.99	2.12	5.19	1.17	30.9	5.9	1.02	.277	3.26	7.04
15	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.13	534.0	84	40	23	.635	84	519	6	3	0	442	186	209	42	182	32	0	1	2,207	26	8.75	3.07	2.85	0.71	23.5	8.2	1.17	.279	3.52	7.45
16	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	3.14	619.0	93	30	36	.455	93	559	10	2	0	521	216	243	59	148	24	0	3	2,485	13	8.13	2.15	3.78	0.86	22.5	6.0	1.08	.273	3.53	7.58
17	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.15	436.2	83	29	25	.537	83	575	0	0	0	319	153	159	42	219	8	0	1	1,827	26	11.85	4.51	2.63	0.87	31.5	12.0	1.23	.282	3.28	6.57
18	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.22	424.2	68	26	18	.591	68	439	2	0	0	380	152	162	43	103	9	0	0	1,729	18	9.30	2.18	4.26	0.91	25.4	6.0	1.14	.297	3.43	8.05
19	Wade Miley W. Miley	3.28	318.1	59	22	13	.629	59	232	1	1	0	296	116	128	36	102	8	0	0	1,332	5	6.56	2.88	2.27	1.02	17.4	7.7	1.25	.273	3.62	8.37
20	Sonny Gray S. Gray	3.30	439.0	82	23	22	.511	82	455	0	0	0	370	161	170	38	141	20	0	1	1,817	18	9.33	2.89	3.23	0.78	25.0	7.8	1.16	.285	3.49	7.59
21	Robbie Ray R. Ray	3.31	385.2	65	25	20	.556	65	463	0	0	0	317	142	147	65	119	11	0	0	1,567	11	10.80	2.78	3.89	1.52	29.5	7.6	1.13	.277	3.43	7.40
22	Alek Manoah A. Manoah	3.32	395.2	70	28	18	.609	70	386	0	0	0	314	146	160	43	150	40	0	1	1,660	8	8.78	3.41	2.57	0.98	23.3	9.0	1.17	.260	3.64	7.14
23	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	3.34	515.1	88	33	22	.600	88	551	2	2	0	417	191	204	56	143	22	0	1	2,083	19	9.62	2.50	3.85	0.98	26.5	6.9	1.09	.275	3.56	7.28
24	Justin Steele J. Steele	3.35	336.0	63	22	16	.579	63	340	0	0	0	321	125	149	32	106	13	0	0	1,420	13	9.11	2.84	3.21	0.86	23.9	7.5	1.27	.311	3.99	8.60
25	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	3.35	384.1	74	26	18	.591	74	482	1	0	0	264	143	151	45	133	20	0	1	1,557	11	11.29	3.11	3.62	1.05	31.0	8.5	1.03	.250	3.54	6.18

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