best starter era since august 16 2025 minimum 26 innings pitched

Since August 16, 2025, Ben Brown has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 26 innings, with an ERA of 1.70.

	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	Ben Brown B. Brown	1.70	42.1	8	3	1	.750	8	41	0	0	0	27	8	8	1	11	2	0	0	164	2	8.72	2.34	3.73	0.21	25.0	6.7	0.90	.239	1.70	5.74
2	Troy Melton T. Melton	1.78	70.2	12	6	1	.857	12	61	0	0	0	43	14	15	8	23	2	0	0	275	2	7.77	2.93	2.65	1.02	22.2	8.4	0.93	.193	1.91	5.48
3	Cade Horton C. Horton	1.79	40.1	9	5	1	.833	9	34	0	0	0	26	8	8	4	8	1	0	0	155	0	7.59	1.79	4.25	0.89	21.9	5.2	0.84	.204	1.79	5.80
4	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1.89	109.1	19	9	3	.750	19	125	0	0	0	74	23	27	5	30	6	0	0	432	4	10.29	2.47	4.17	0.41	28.9	6.9	0.95	.259	2.22	6.09
5	Jacob Latz J. Latz	2.15	29.1	6	1	0	1.000	6	23	0	0	0	19	7	7	2	9	0	0	0	111	0	7.06	2.76	2.56	0.61	20.7	8.1	0.95	.221	2.15	5.83
6	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.25	156.0	27	12	7	.632	27	229	1	1	0	90	39	47	15	40	11	0	0	600	5	13.21	2.31	5.73	0.87	38.2	6.7	0.83	.246	2.71	5.19
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.26	147.2	25	13	7	.650	25	185	0	0	0	113	37	42	12	30	14	0	0	589	1	11.28	1.83	6.17	0.73	31.4	5.1	0.97	.290	2.56	6.89
8	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.26	183.0	32	13	7	.650	32	225	0	0	0	129	46	53	15	48	10	0	0	729	3	11.07	2.36	4.69	0.74	30.9	6.6	0.97	.265	2.61	6.34
9	Chase Burns C. Burns	2.35	118.2	21	13	1	.929	21	137	0	0	0	87	31	35	13	43	1	0	0	477	4	10.39	3.26	3.19	0.99	28.7	9.0	1.10	.261	2.65	6.60
10	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.38	139.2	23	9	8	.529	23	167	0	0	0	105	37	47	15	24	5	0	0	541	1	10.76	1.55	6.96	0.97	30.9	4.4	0.92	.273	3.03	6.77
11	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.44	180.2	27	13	7	.650	27	177	1	0	0	108	49	50	18	44	3	0	1	681	3	8.82	2.19	4.02	0.90	26.0	6.5	0.84	.205	2.49	5.38
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.49	105.0	18	10	2	.833	18	126	0	0	0	73	29	29	13	23	2	0	0	403	1	10.80	1.97	5.48	1.11	31.3	5.7	0.91	.251	2.49	6.26
13	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.58	97.2	18	7	6	.538	18	93	0	0	0	67	28	29	6	49	8	0	0	408	3	8.57	4.52	1.90	0.55	22.8	12.0	1.19	.242	2.67	6.17
14	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.60	169.1	29	11	7	.611	29	166	0	0	0	146	49	53	15	43	1	0	2	681	7	8.82	2.29	3.86	0.80	24.4	6.3	1.12	.287	2.82	7.76
15	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	2.62	196.0	31	16	5	.762	31	223	1	1	0	184	57	63	14	41	4	0	0	801	4	10.24	1.88	5.44	0.64	27.8	5.1	1.15	.328	2.89	8.45
16	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	2.66	44.0	9	5	1	.833	9	54	0	0	0	31	13	13	5	9	1	0	0	169	1	11.05	1.84	6.00	1.02	32.0	5.3	0.91	.260	2.66	6.34
17	Max Meyer M. Meyer	2.68	111.0	20	9	1	.900	20	121	0	0	0	85	33	39	11	41	7	0	0	462	5	9.81	3.32	2.95	0.89	26.2	8.9	1.14	.262	3.16	6.89
18	Clay Holmes C. Holmes	2.77	87.2	16	7	6	.538	16	70	0	0	0	68	27	30	5	32	5	0	0	365	2	7.19	3.29	2.19	0.51	19.2	8.8	1.14	.249	3.08	6.98
19	Quinn Priester Q. Priester	2.79	38.2	7	2	1	.667	7	37	0	0	0	37	12	13	3	11	3	0	0	160	1	8.61	2.56	3.36	0.70	23.1	6.9	1.24	.321	3.03	8.61
20	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	2.87	134.2	23	10	4	.714	23	79	0	0	0	125	43	43	17	23	5	0	0	544	2	5.28	1.54	3.43	1.14	14.5	4.2	1.10	.257	2.87	8.35
21	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	2.88	175.0	30	14	5	.737	30	120	0	0	0	154	56	58	18	62	0	0	0	720	1	6.17	3.19	1.94	0.93	16.7	8.6	1.23	.262	2.98	7.92
22	Zac Thornton Z. Thornton	2.88	34.1	6	2	2	.500	6	24	0	0	0	26	11	12	3	10	1	0	0	134	0	6.29	2.62	2.40	0.79	17.9	7.5	1.05	.240	3.15	6.82
23	Jake Bennett J. Bennett	2.90	71.1	12	7	4	.636	12	50	0	0	0	59	23	23	5	13	2	0	2	280	2	6.31	1.64	3.85	0.63	17.9	4.6	1.01	.257	2.90	7.44
24	Max Fried M. Fried	2.92	126.1	21	11	3	.786	21	122	0	0	0	93	41	41	4	38	3	0	0	498	3	8.69	2.71	3.21	0.28	24.5	7.6	1.04	.269	2.92	6.63
25	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	2.94	95.0	17	10	4	.714	17	91	0	0	0	66	31	35	6	41	5	0	0	388	3	8.62	3.88	2.22	0.57	23.5	10.6	1.13	.245	3.32	6.25

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Tue 8/4	LAD	@	CHC	8:05 PM
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