best pitcher in 2020s

Between the 2020 and 2029 seasons, Paul Skenes had the best ERA, with an ERA of 2.12.

Interpreted as:
best with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game pitcher in 2020s
NAMEERAGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
2.12
67
27
18
.600
67
461
1
0
0
386.0
274
91
101
27
86
16
0
0
1,502
5
10.75
2.01
5.36
0.63
30.7
5.7
0.93
.271
2.35
50
2.44
60
6.39
70.8
2Cam Schlittler
C. Schlittler
2.23
26
11
5
.688
26
165
0
0
0
145.0
106
36
38
11
44
5
0
0
579
3
10.24
2.73
3.75
0.68
28.5
7.6
1.03
.268
2.36
55
2.82
67
6.58
22.3
3Trevor Bauer
T. Bauer
2.24
28
13
9
.591
28
237
3
2
0
180.2
112
45
53
28
54
6
0
2
710
6
11.81
2.69
4.39
1.39
33.4
7.6
0.92
.218
2.64
53
3.56
81
5.58
17.2
4Walbert Ureña
W. Ureña
2.44
10
2
4
.333
8
41
0
0
0
44.1
36
12
18
3
25
2
0
1
194
2
8.32
5.08
1.64
0.61
21.1
12.9
1.38
.268
3.65
59
3.93
94
7.31
1.2
5Mike 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
61
4.32
100
6.59
-0.1
6Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.60
88
33
20
.623
88
666
1
1
0
497.2
327
144
152
64
91
5
0
1
1,897
10
12.04
1.65
7.32
1.16
35.1
4.8
0.84
.246
2.75
64
2.71
65
5.91
82.2
7Cade Horton
C. Horton
2.66
25
12
4
.750
24
101
0
0
0
125.1
99
37
42
11
35
6
0
0
502
1
7.25
2.51
2.89
0.79
20.1
7.0
1.07
.252
3.02
64
3.64
90
7.11
5.7
8Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
2.70
59
24
14
.632
59
375
0
0
0
333.0
245
100
108
30
96
7
0
0
1,322
9
10.14
2.59
3.91
0.81
28.4
7.3
1.02
.264
2.92
66
2.97
70
6.62
45.3
9Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
2.74
99
40
20
.667
99
668
1
1
0
532.0
378
162
172
52
177
27
0
2
2,141
47
11.30
2.99
3.77
0.88
31.2
8.3
1.04
.268
2.91
65
3.06
72
6.39
68.4
10Braxton Ashcraft
B. Ashcraft
2.74
38
9
6
.600
20
152
0
0
0
144.1
123
44
48
10
41
7
6
1
589
1
9.48
2.56
3.71
0.62
25.8
7.0
1.14
.298
2.99
65
2.89
71
7.67
19.3
11Chris Sale
C. Sale
2.83
92
44
18
.710
91
652
0
0
0
521.1
426
164
177
47
130
38
0
1
2,110
10
11.26
2.24
5.02
0.81
30.9
6.2
1.07
.305
3.06
66
2.80
68
7.35
76
12Max Fried
M. Fried
2.85
154
77
33
.700
154
863
5
4
0
916.0
760
290
320
64
237
36
0
2
3,690
34
8.48
2.33
3.64
0.63
23.4
6.4
1.09
.280
3.14
68
3.06
74
7.47
109.3
13Brandon Woodruff
B. Woodruff
2.85
99
39
23
.629
99
674
2
1
0
568.0
416
180
192
67
139
23
0
1
2,252
6
10.68
2.20
4.85
1.06
29.9
6.2
0.98
.259
3.04
68
3.17
75
6.59
66.2
14Corbin Burnes
C. Burnes
2.86
148
55
33
.625
145
1,009
0
0
0
881.0
659
280
311
83
249
35
2
1
3,527
38
10.31
2.54
4.05
0.85
28.6
7.1
1.03
.268
3.18
69
3.07
74
6.73
109.4
15Zack Wheeler
Z. Wheeler
2.88
164
73
38
.658
164
1,134
4
2
0
1022.2
803
327
353
96
229
48
0
4
4,067
18
9.98
2.02
4.95
0.84
27.9
5.6
1.01
.276
3.11
68
2.98
70
7.07
144.4
16Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
2.90
108
54
22
.711
107
588
0
0
0
580.2
478
187
209
62
136
13
0
1
2,321
20
9.11
2.11
4.32
0.96
25.3
5.9
1.06
.273
3.24
70
3.30
77
7.41
62.5
17Drew Rasmussen
D. Rasmussen
2.94
141
34
19
.642
92
483
0
0
2
519.2
420
170
182
49
131
10
17
3
2,076
22
8.36
2.27
3.69
0.85
23.3
6.3
1.06
.264
3.15
74
3.31
81
7.27
44.9
18Shane Bieber
S. Bieber
2.95
89
40
21
.656
89
618
2
0
0
554.1
470
182
193
58
132
11
0
0
2,230
23
10.03
2.14
4.68
0.94
27.7
5.9
1.09
.292
3.13
73
3.07
75
7.63
65.1
19Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
2.96
27
11
5
.688
26
195
0
0
0
137.0
88
45
49
12
50
9
0
0
546
3
12.81
3.28
3.90
0.79
35.7
9.2
1.01
.271
3.22
72
2.68
65
5.78
21.5
20Shane McClanahan
S. McClanahan
2.96
85
39
18
.684
85
509
0
0
0
459.2
368
151
160
50
135
6
0
1
1,849
21
9.97
2.64
3.77
0.98
27.5
7.3
1.09
.277
3.13
75
3.27
82
7.21
38.1
21Kwang-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
22Cristopher Sánchez
C. Sánchez
3.01
116
36
23
.610
97
604
4
2
1
615.0
568
206
229
48
144
14
4
1
2,516
16
8.84
2.11
4.19
0.70
24.0
5.7
1.16
.305
3.35
72
2.97
70
8.31
83.9
23Tarik Skubal
T. Skubal
3.06
144
57
39
.594
141
934
1
1
0
810.0
649
275
301
92
178
27
1
0
3,222
11
10.38
1.98
5.25
1.02
29.0
5.5
1.02
.280
3.34
74
3.08
74
7.21
95
24Gerrit Cole
G. Cole
3.07
127
60
28
.682
127
927
6
4
0
771.2
599
263
279
102
188
19
0
1
3,063
13
10.81
2.19
4.93
1.19
30.3
6.1
1.02
.272
3.25
75
3.29
78
6.99
81.2
25Julio Urías
J. Urías
3.09
95
51
18
.739
94
523
0
0
0
533.0
435
183
199
71
121
18
0
3
2,140
6
8.83
2.04
4.32
1.20
24.4
5.7
1.04
.259
3.36
75
3.72
87
7.35
31.8

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.625
31
26
.544
4.5
32
28
.533
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32
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.533
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28
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Tue
6/2
@
8:10 PM
Wed
6/3
@
8:10 PM
Thu
6/4
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8:10 PM
Fri
6/5
@
7:15 PM
Sat
6/6
@
4:10 PM
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NL EastWLPCTGB
40
20
.667
31
29
.517
9.0
30
29
.508
9.5
26
33
.441
13.5
26
34
.433
14.0
NL CentralWLPCTGB
35
21
.625
31
26
.544
4.5
32
28
.533
5.0
32
28
.533
5.0
30
28
.517
6.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
38
21
.644
32
26
.552
5.5
31
27
.534
6.5
23
36
.390
15.0
22
38
.367
16.5
AL EastWLPCTGB
36
20
.643
36
23
.610
1.5
29
31
.483
9.0
28
32
.467
10.0
25
33
.431
12.0
AL CentralWLPCTGB
34
27
.557
32
27
.542
1.0
27
33
.450
6.5
22
37
.373
11.0
22
38
.367
11.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
31
29
.517
28
31
.475
2.5
28
31
.475
2.5
27
34
.443
4.5
23
37
.383
8.0

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Scores

DATEMATCHUPSCORE
Sun
5/17
@
3-6
Sun
5/17
@
7-3
Sun
5/17
@
6-7
Sun
5/17
@
3-10
Sun
5/17
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Schedule

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6/1
@
6:40 PM
Mon
6/1
@
6:45 PM
Mon
6/1
@
7:10 PM
Mon
6/1
@
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6/1
@
7:40 PM