best starting pitchers mlb 2026 from era and strikeouts with at least 5 starts

Mason Montgomery has the best ERA by a starting pitcher with 5+ starts in a season this year, with an ERA of 0.00.

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Data note: Earned Run Average, Strikeouts, Starts: player game data complete from 1901
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	SO	GS	SEASON	TM	G	W	L	W%	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	H/9
1	Mason Montgomery M. Montgomery	0.00	8	5	2026	PIT	5	0	0		0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	21	0	14.40	5.40	2.67	0.00	38.1	14.3	1.20	.300	0.00	5.40
2	Braydon Fisher B. Fisher	0.79	11	10	2026	TOR	10	0	0		0	0	0	11.1	3	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	45	0	8.74	7.94	1.10	0.00	24.4	22.2	1.15	.125	0.79	2.38
3	Sean Newcomb S. Newcomb	0.84	13	6	2026	CWS	6	0	0		0	0	0	10.2	4	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	38	0	10.97	3.38	3.25	0.00	34.2	10.5	0.75	.190	0.84	3.38
4	Tyler Alexander T. Alexander	1.50	5	5	2026	TEX	5	0	0		0	0	0	6.0	2	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	22	1	7.50	3.00	2.50	0.00	22.7	9.1	0.67	.143	1.50	3.00
5	Ben Brown B. Brown	1.70	41	8	2026	CHC	8	3	1	.750	0	0	0	42.1	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
6	Casey Legumina C. Legumina	1.74	6	6	2026	TBR	6	0	0		0	0	0	10.1	7	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	39	0	5.23	1.74	3.00	0.00	15.4	5.1	0.87	.233	1.74	6.10
7	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1.79	95	14	2026	LAD	14	8	2	.800	0	0	0	85.2	55	17	21	4	26	6	0	0	340	0	9.98	2.73	3.65	0.42	27.9	7.6	0.95	.244	2.21	5.78
8	Wandy Peralta W. Peralta	1.80	4	5	2026	SDP	5	0	0		0	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	19	0	7.20	1.80	4.00	0.00	21.1	5.3	1.20	.357	1.80	9.00
9	PJ Poulin	1.80	11	11	2026	WSH	11	0	0		0	0	0	15.0	11	3	3	2	4	1	0	0	58	0	6.60	2.40	2.75	1.20	19.0	6.9	1.00	.225	1.80	6.60
10	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	1.80	252	30	2026	MIL	30	16	5	.762	1	1	0	174.2	96	35	43	14	44	9	0	0	665	6	12.98	2.27	5.73	0.72	37.9	6.6	0.80	.237	2.22	4.95
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	1.90	55	9	2026	LAD	9	4	1	.800	0	0	0	42.2	31	9	10	0	16	1	0	0	173	1	11.60	3.38	3.44	0.00	31.8	9.2	1.10	.307	2.11	6.54
12	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	1.95	239	33	2026	NYY	33	14	6	.700	0	0	0	193.2	129	42	52	16	49	6	0	0	761	0	11.11	2.28	4.88	0.74	31.4	6.4	0.92	.251	2.42	5.99
13	Richard Lovelady R. Lovelady	2.08	7	6	2026	WSH	6	0	1	.000	0	0	0	8.2	7	2	2	1	5	0	0	0	37	0	7.27	5.19	1.40	1.04	18.9	13.5	1.38	.250	2.08	7.27
14	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.16	200	27	2026	ATL	27	14	9	.609	1	1	0	162.2	129	39	44	10	31	15	0	0	648	0	11.07	1.72	6.45	0.55	30.9	4.8	0.98	.304	2.43	7.14
15	Lake Bachar L. Bachar	2.16	28	12	2026	TOT	12	0	2	.000	0	0	0	25.0	17	6	6	1	14	2	0	1	105	1	10.08	5.04	2.00	0.36	26.7	13.3	1.24	.267	2.16	6.12
16	Brad Lord B. Lord	2.31	13	5	2026	WSH	5	0	0		0	0	0	11.2	7	3	3	0	8	2	0	0	53	0	10.03	6.17	1.63	0.00	24.5	15.1	1.29	.233	2.31	5.40
17	Dylan Cease D. Cease	2.40	239	29	2026	TOR	29	11	6	.647	1	1	0	169.0	108	45	54	11	78	3	0	0	685	5	12.73	4.15	3.06	0.59	34.9	11.4	1.10	.274	2.88	5.75
18	Cal Quantrill C. Quantrill	2.47	61	15	2026	TEX	15	6	4	.600	0	0	0	76.2	60	21	24	10	12	2	0	0	301	1	7.16	1.41	5.08	1.17	20.3	4.0	0.94	.231	2.82	7.04
19	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	2.47	110	18	2026	MIL	18	11	3	.786	0	0	0	98.1	64	27	28	14	19	1	0	0	371	1	10.07	1.74	5.79	1.28	29.6	5.1	0.84	.220	2.56	5.86
20	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.53	182	28	2026	LAD	28	14	9	.609	1	0	0	185.0	119	52	55	20	42	7	0	1	708	2	8.85	2.04	4.33	0.97	25.7	5.9	0.87	.217	2.68	5.79
21	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.56	193	32	2026	CLE	32	12	9	.571	0	0	0	186.1	149	53	57	17	49	4	0	2	747	6	9.32	2.37	3.94	0.82	25.8	6.6	1.06	.273	2.75	7.20
22	Drew Anderson D. Anderson	2.61	48	11	2026	DET	11	1	3	.250	0	0	0	51.2	39	15	16	7	23	2	0	0	210	0	8.36	4.01	2.09	1.22	22.9	11.0	1.20	.246	2.79	6.79
23	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	2.67	91	16	2026	NYY	16	7	3	.700	0	0	0	84.1	51	25	30	7	38	2	0	0	340	3	9.71	4.06	2.39	0.75	26.8	11.2	1.06	.218	3.20	5.44
24	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.67	174	30	2026	TBR	30	16	5	.762	0	0	0	172.0	125	51	53	14	32	7	0	0	669	3	9.10	1.67	5.44	0.73	26.0	4.8	0.91	.251	2.77	6.54
25	Max Meyer M. Meyer	2.68	121	20	2026	MIA	20	9	1	.900	0	0	0	111.0	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

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