Since 1997, Paul Skenes has the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 1.89.

Interpreted as:

best with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game pitcher average team after 1996

	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.89	38	15	9	.625	38	267	1	0	0	229.0	154	48	53	15	54	8	0	0	879	3	10.49	2.12	4.94	0.59	30.4	6.1	0.91	.260	2.08	45	2.45	61	6.05	40.1
2	Noah Cameron N. Cameron	1.91	7	2	2	.500	7	32	0	0	0	42.1	26	9	9	4	12	0	0	0	163	0	6.80	2.55	2.67	0.85	19.6	7.4	0.90	.191	1.91	46	3.62	90	5.53	1.9
3	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	1.99	20	3	2	.600	2	32	0	0	1	45.1	32	10	11	3	26	5	7	3	193	0	6.35	5.16	1.23	0.60	16.6	13.5	1.28	.228	2.18	50	4.56	110	6.35	-1.9
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.50	232	90	59	.604	232	1,746	4	2	0	1449.1	1,109	403	440	129	325	24	0	13	5,691	28	10.84	2.02	5.37	0.80	30.7	5.7	0.99	.283	2.73	64	2.62	65	6.89	235.8
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.51	438	214	94	.695	435	2,988	25	15	0	2770.1	2,117	772	847	229	688	44	1	28	10,931	104	9.71	2.24	4.34	0.74	27.3	6.3	1.01	.270	2.75	64	2.83	70	6.88	368.1
6	Kodai Senga K. Senga	2.53	43	20	10	.667	43	281	0	0	0	245.1	179	69	77	22	109	7	0	0	1,007	18	10.31	4.00	2.58	0.81	27.9	10.8	1.17	.267	2.82	61	3.48	83	6.57	19.8
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	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.78	322	171	69	.713	320	2,489	39	13	0	2156.1	1,677	666	733	183	521	112	1	19	8,650	42	10.39	2.17	4.78	0.76	28.8	6.0	1.02	.280	3.06	62	2.75	63	7.00	398.5
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.83	32	13	7	.650	32	195	0	0	0	168.1	133	53	58	15	52	3	0	0	683	6	10.43	2.78	3.75	0.80	28.6	7.6	1.10	.282	3.10	71	2.93	72	7.11	21.6
10	Shane Smith S. Smith	2.85	14	3	4	.429	14	66	0	0	0	72.2	59	23	31	4	30	8	0	0	310	5	8.17	3.72	2.20	0.50	21.3	9.7	1.22	.272	3.84	71	3.52	85	7.31	5.1
11	Jack Dreyer J. Dreyer	2.87	28	2	2	.500	4	37	0	0	0	37.2	28	12	13	0	15	0	3	1	154	1	8.84	3.58	2.47	0.00	24.0	9.7	1.14	.275	3.11	72	2.29	56	6.69	7.3
12	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	2.89	37	18	5	.783	37	208	0	0	0	218.0	184	70	81	34	42	3	0	0	875	3	8.59	1.73	4.95	1.40	23.8	4.8	1.04	.255	3.34	72	3.88	98	7.60	1.9
13	Max Fried M. Fried	2.96	183	82	38	.683	166	953	6	4	0	979.1	853	322	357	83	266	39	10	6	3,987	43	8.76	2.44	3.58	0.76	23.9	6.7	1.14	.291	3.28	69	3.25	78	7.84	99
14	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
15	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	2.97	119	15	23	.395	47	411	0	0	0	315.1	251	104	116	30	101	8	18	2	1,293	8	11.73	2.88	4.07	0.86	31.8	7.8	1.12	.297	3.31	72	2.80	66	7.16	49
16	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.01	241	106	60	.639	232	1,379	24	7	0	1572.1	1,415	526	595	105	392	62	0	19	6,443	47	7.89	2.24	3.52	0.60	21.4	6.1	1.15	.291	3.41	72	3.06	70	8.10	230
17	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
18	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.03	386	142	87	.620	306	2,521	16	3	12	2039.0	1,663	686	739	209	480	126	25	15	8,217	47	11.13	2.12	5.25	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.298	3.26	71	2.88	69	7.34	294.4
19	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	130	46	26	.639	115	788	2	1	1	680.1	535	234	243	75	176	29	4	1	2,727	7	10.42	2.33	4.48	0.99	28.9	6.5	1.05	.277	3.21	73	3.19	75	7.08	81.7
20	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	158	60	25	.706	122	710	0	0	4	717.0	599	248	274	84	193	28	11	5	2,917	12	8.91	2.42	3.68	1.05	24.3	6.6	1.10	.271	3.44	75	3.63	85	7.52	49.1
21	Michael King M. King	3.13	156	30	28	.517	59	547	1	1	7	477.0	396	166	193	47	163	22	24	6	1,986	12	10.32	3.08	3.36	0.89	27.5	8.2	1.17	.289	3.64	76	3.31	80	7.47	44.5
22	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.15	210	63	38	.624	149	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	10.36	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.24	78	7.03	100.1
23	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.16	386	199	102	.661	379	3,166	59	22	0	2614.1	2,173	917	1,038	285	717	122	3	28	10,629	49	10.90	2.47	4.42	0.98	29.8	6.7	1.11	.298	3.57	70	3.04	68	7.48	416
24	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.16	467	215	112	.657	458	3,408	12	5	0	2881.0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
25	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	317	153	80	.657	317	2,251	8	5	0	1954.0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5