best era with a minimum of 1000 innings pitched as a pitcher in the 1990s

Greg Maddux had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 1000 innings in the 1990s, with an ERA of 2.54.

	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	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	2.54	2394.2	331	176	88	.667	331	1,764	75	23	0	2,084	677	786	111	443	60	0	74	9,563	32	6.63	1.66	3.98	0.42	18.4	4.6	1.06	.275	2.95	62	2.77	67	7.83	361.6
2	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	2.74	1111.0	168	72	43	.626	168	955	16	3	0	972	338	383	74	313	14	0	10	4,519	10	7.74	2.54	3.05	0.60	21.1	6.9	1.16	.284	3.10	70	2.94	73	7.87	129.7
3	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.83	1359.1	249	107	50	.682	182	1,534	28	11	3	1,050	428	476	107	410	55	23	20	5,477	38	10.16	2.71	3.74	0.71	28.0	7.5	1.07	.280	3.15	65	2.90	68	6.95	213
4	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.02	2177.2	305	152	89	.631	305	2,101	57	24	0	1,829	731	813	139	731	82	0	28	8,968	59	8.68	3.02	2.87	0.57	23.4	8.2	1.18	.286	3.36	66	3.02	68	7.56	333
5	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.14	2063.1	298	150	75	.667	290	2,538	65	25	2	1,560	721	805	183	910	98	3	13	8,557	65	11.07	3.97	2.79	0.80	29.7	10.6	1.20	.285	3.51	72	3.16	73	6.80	281.4
6	Tom Glavine T. Glavine	3.21	2228.0	327	164	87	.653	327	1,465	38	14	0	2,101	794	877	141	764	23	0	72	9,325	50	5.92	3.09	1.92	0.57	15.7	8.2	1.29	.283	3.54	78	3.58	86	8.49	138.4
7	David Cone D. Cone	3.21	2017.0	289	141	85	.624	287	1,928	40	16	0	1,667	720	792	169	774	73	1	19	8,378	100	8.60	3.45	2.49	0.75	23.0	9.2	1.21	.276	3.53	76	3.43	80	7.44	185.5
8	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.25	2211.1	316	143	98	.593	314	1,581	58	16	0	2,107	798	917	128	605	103	1	33	9,198	74	6.43	2.46	2.61	0.52	17.2	6.6	1.23	.292	3.73	77	3.30	78	8.58	235.9
9	Curt Schilling C. Schilling	3.31	1668.1	317	99	79	.556	210	1,561	57	13	13	1,451	613	663	148	441	30	60	33	6,802	46	8.42	2.38	3.54	0.80	22.9	6.5	1.13	.282	3.58	80	3.16	77	7.83	175.5
10	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.32	2142.1	315	143	95	.601	315	1,893	42	14	0	1,858	791	867	170	669	34	0	49	8,803	109	7.95	2.81	2.83	0.71	21.5	7.6	1.18	.280	3.64	81	3.25	79	7.81	206.5
11	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	3.37	1514.2	264	92	70	.568	215	882	36	14	3	1,397	567	643	123	410	61	12	34	6,277	17	5.24	2.44	2.15	0.73	14.1	6.5	1.19	.265	3.82	81	3.78	93	8.30	48.9
12	Ismael Valdez I. Valdez	3.38	1025.0	176	61	54	.530	150	756	10	5	1	963	385	427	104	286	15	8	24	4,275	16	6.64	2.51	2.64	0.91	17.7	6.7	1.22	.276	3.75	85	3.85	91	8.46	44
13	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.43	1218.2	192	74	54	.578	190	835	24	4	0	1,193	465	503	110	213	41	0	15	4,982	21	6.17	1.57	3.92	0.81	16.8	4.3	1.15	.286	3.71	81	3.42	83	8.81	96.6
14	Ramon Martinez R. Martinez	3.45	1618.0	246	118	71	.624	245	1,217	35	18	0	1,426	620	715	139	649	50	1	36	6,847	30	6.77	3.61	1.88	0.77	17.8	9.5	1.28	.269	3.98	92	3.90	99	7.93	3.1
15	Kevin Appier K. Appier	3.47	1867.2	287	120	90	.571	276	1,494	32	10	0	1,692	721	782	140	645	40	2	30	7,796	73	7.20	3.11	2.32	0.67	19.2	8.3	1.25	.283	3.77	76	3.48	79	8.15	191.9
16	Mike Mussina M. Mussina	3.50	1772.0	254	136	66	.673	254	1,325	39	14	0	1,659	689	731	182	421	19	0	15	7,214	36	6.73	2.14	3.15	0.92	18.4	5.8	1.17	.280	3.71	77	3.63	80	8.43	180
17	Mike Hampton M. Hampton	3.50	1043.0	208	70	43	.619	154	701	13	6	1	1,040	406	474	78	390	21	9	13	4,445	35	6.05	3.37	1.80	0.67	15.8	8.8	1.37	.296	4.09	87	3.93	96	8.97	18.8
18	Bill Swift B. Swift	3.53	1059.0	276	71	44	.617	142	565	4	3	26	1,070	415	474	86	301	31	53	28	4,443	21	4.80	2.56	1.88	0.73	12.7	6.8	1.29	.284	4.03	82	3.90	93	9.09	32.2
19	Zane Smith Z. Smith	3.58	1018.1	170	61	56	.521	163	489	18	10	0	1,075	405	469	75	198	12	1	25	4,192	7	4.32	1.75	2.47	0.66	11.7	4.7	1.25	.293	4.15	90	3.55	90	9.50	43.5
20	Jimmy Key J. Key	3.62	1476.2	246	112	68	.622	232	924	12	7	0	1,475	594	645	145	389	22	4	9	6,149	25	5.63	2.37	2.38	0.88	15.0	6.3	1.26	.285	3.93	83	3.84	88	8.99	88.8
21	Shane Reynolds S. Reynolds	3.70	1234.2	211	79	61	.564	185	1,067	17	7	0	1,300	508	561	114	251	22	5	21	5,183	30	7.78	1.83	4.25	0.83	20.6	4.8	1.26	.318	4.09	93	3.25	80	9.48	116.6
22	Pete Harnisch P. Harnisch	3.71	1676.1	272	97	83	.539	270	1,200	19	10	0	1,531	691	758	180	580	42	0	33	7,069	32	6.44	3.11	2.07	0.97	17.0	8.2	1.26	.267	4.07	94	4.07	101	8.22	-12.1
23	Al Leiter A. Leiter	3.71	1181.1	210	83	63	.568	180	993	11	6	2	1,031	487	520	83	612	55	7	23	5,093	38	7.57	4.66	1.62	0.63	19.5	12.0	1.39	.283	3.96	86	4.04	92	7.85	48
24	Alex Fernandez A. Fernandez	3.73	1708.0	255	103	83	.554	253	1,225	33	10	0	1,634	707	779	183	536	35	1	28	7,148	38	6.45	2.82	2.29	0.96	17.1	7.5	1.27	.281	4.10	88	3.98	92	8.61	69.2
25	Tom Candiotti T. Candiotti	3.75	1760.1	303	95	110	.463	268	1,152	27	4	0	1,722	734	847	170	550	61	9	21	7,472	85	5.89	2.81	2.09	0.87	15.4	7.4	1.29	.280	4.33	94	3.98	97	8.80	14.4

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
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