best starter era since august 16 2025 minimum 53 innings pitched

Since August 16, 2025, Shohei Ohtani has the best ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 53 innings, with an ERA of 1.24.

	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	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1.24	72.2	13	5	3	.625	13	84	0	0	0	47	10	12	3	17	3	0	0	282	4	10.40	2.11	4.94	0.37	29.8	6.0	0.88	.251	1.49	5.82
2	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	1.79	115.1	20	10	3	.769	20	135	0	0	0	75	23	25	5	30	4	0	0	449	3	10.53	2.34	4.50	0.39	30.1	6.7	0.91	.255	1.95	5.85
3	Nick Martinez N. Martinez	1.90	71.0	12	4	2	.667	12	46	0	0	0	63	15	15	6	15	4	0	0	289	0	5.83	1.90	3.07	0.76	15.9	5.2	1.10	.261	1.90	7.99
4	Kyle Harrison K. Harrison	1.93	60.2	12	6	1	.857	12	72	0	0	0	50	13	13	3	19	3	0	0	249	3	10.68	2.82	3.79	0.45	28.9	7.6	1.14	.309	1.93	7.42
5	Chase Burns C. Burns	1.96	64.1	11	7	1	.875	11	72	0	0	0	42	14	14	8	20	0	0	0	249	0	10.07	2.80	3.60	1.12	28.9	8.0	0.96	.228	1.96	5.88
6	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	2.04	123.2	19	7	3	.700	19	141	1	1	0	110	28	33	5	24	1	0	0	494	1	10.26	1.75	5.88	0.36	28.5	4.9	1.08	.325	2.40	8.01
7	Hunter Brown H. Brown	2.04	53.0	9	3	4	.429	9	59	0	0	0	38	12	16	5	20	2	0	0	214	0	10.02	3.40	2.95	0.85	27.6	9.3	1.09	.258	2.72	6.45
8	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.08	86.1	14	5	5	.500	14	96	0	0	0	66	20	28	7	16	2	0	0	333	1	10.01	1.67	6.00	0.73	28.8	4.8	0.95	.278	2.92	6.88
9	Spencer Arrighetti S. Arrighetti	2.17	58.0	10	6	3	.667	10	55	0	0	0	38	14	16	5	34	7	0	0	247	0	8.53	5.28	1.62	0.78	22.3	13.8	1.24	.226	2.48	5.90
10	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.23	92.2	15	8	4	.667	15	114	0	0	0	60	23	25	10	18	9	0	0	359	1	11.07	1.75	6.33	0.97	31.8	5.0	0.84	.240	2.43	5.83
11	Stephen Kolek S. Kolek	2.29	59.0	9	4	2	.667	9	35	1	1	0	37	15	17	4	10	1	0	0	223	2	5.34	1.53	3.50	0.61	15.7	4.5	0.80	.191	2.59	5.64
12	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.35	99.2	18	9	5	.643	18	115	0	0	0	70	26	29	8	15	4	0	0	384	1	10.38	1.35	7.67	0.72	29.9	3.9	0.85	.256	2.62	6.32
13	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.42	104.0	18	9	2	.818	18	108	0	0	0	94	28	29	10	25	1	0	0	415	3	9.35	2.16	4.32	0.87	26.0	6.0	1.14	.310	2.51	8.13
14	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.43	111.0	17	6	4	.600	17	115	0	0	0	69	30	31	12	28	2	0	0	420	3	9.32	2.27	4.11	0.97	27.4	6.7	0.87	.217	2.51	5.59
15	Max Meyer M. Meyer	2.52	60.2	11	5	0	1.000	11	68	0	0	0	42	17	18	4	22	4	0	0	250	2	10.09	3.26	3.09	0.59	27.2	8.8	1.05	.250	2.67	6.23
16	Emerson Hancock E. Hancock	2.62	68.2	12	4	2	.667	12	70	0	0	0	52	20	20	8	15	3	0	0	265	2	9.17	1.97	4.67	1.05	26.4	5.7	0.98	.260	2.62	6.82
17	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	2.68	90.2	16	5	4	.556	16	94	0	0	0	76	27	30	7	26	5	0	0	367	1	9.33	2.58	3.62	0.69	25.6	7.1	1.13	.294	2.98	7.54
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	Davis Martin D. Martin	2.80	103.0	18	10	2	.833	18	100	0	0	0	86	32	35	8	29	4	0	1	415	5	8.74	2.53	3.45	0.70	24.1	7.0	1.12	.285	3.06	7.51
20	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.81	93.0	17	6	4	.600	17	134	0	0	0	60	29	31	8	30	7	0	0	368	2	12.97	2.90	4.47	0.77	36.4	8.2	0.97	.275	3.00	5.81
21	Gavin Williams G. Williams	2.81	109.0	18	12	4	.750	18	130	0	0	0	85	34	35	14	38	2	0	0	440	1	10.73	3.14	3.42	1.16	29.5	8.6	1.13	.277	2.89	7.02
22	Bryce Elder B. Elder	2.82	118.0	19	7	4	.636	19	104	0	0	0	92	37	41	10	31	3	0	0	474	0	7.93	2.36	3.35	0.76	21.9	6.5	1.04	.252	3.13	7.02
23	Joey Cantillo J. Cantillo	2.90	87.0	17	6	2	.750	17	80	0	0	0	70	28	32	9	37	1	0	0	357	4	8.28	3.83	2.16	0.93	22.4	10.4	1.23	.265	3.31	7.24
24	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	2.92	61.2	11	6	4	.600	11	56	0	0	0	42	20	22	3	26	5	0	0	253	2	8.17	3.79	2.15	0.44	22.1	10.3	1.10	.239	3.21	6.13
25	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	2.93	101.1	19	6	5	.545	19	119	0	0	0	72	33	35	13	43	3	0	0	420	3	10.57	3.82	2.77	1.15	28.3	10.2	1.13	.244	3.11	6.39

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