career era leaders since 1900 min 2000 ip

Since 1900, Ed Walsh has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 2000 innings, with an ERA of 1.82.

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Ed Walsh E. Walsh	1.82	2964.1	430	195	126	.607	315	1,736	250	57	35	2,346	598	873	23	617	52	105		11,413	76	5.27	1.87	2.81	0.07	15.2	5.4	1.00	.259	2.65	69	2.02	79	7.12	164.3
2	Addie Joss A. Joss	1.89	2327.0	286	160	97	.623	260	920	234	45	5	1,888	488	730	19	364	58	22		8,891	28	3.56	1.41	2.53	0.07	10.3	4.1	0.97	.248	2.82	70	2.25	86	7.30	88.8
3	Mordecai Brown M. Brown	2.06	3172.1	481	239	130	.648	332	1,375	271	55	49	2,708	725	1,044	43	673	61	138		12,422	61	3.90	1.91	2.04	0.12	11.1	5.4	1.07	.259	2.96	71	2.42	83	7.68	161.9
4	Rube Waddell R. Waddell	2.13	2868.1	395	186	140	.571	330	2,267	251	49	4	2,374	679	1,019	33	783	106	52		11,337	72	7.11	2.46	2.90	0.10	20.0	6.9	1.10	.287	3.20	75	1.99	71	7.45	257.5
5	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.13	4788.2	636	373	188	.665	552	2,507	435	79	30	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
6	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	5914.1	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
7	Cy Young C. Young	2.19	3633.2	442	244	165	.597	404	1,678	363	48	9	3,237	886	1,263	51	449	76	34		14,008	61	4.16	1.11	3.74	0.13	12.0	3.2	1.01	.271	3.13	75	2.20	76	8.02	287.8
8	Ed Reulbach E. Reulbach	2.28	2632.1	399	182	106	.632	300	1,137	200	40	13	2,117	668	887	33	892	107	80		10,521	49	3.89	3.05	1.27	0.11	10.8	8.5	1.14	.250	3.03	80	2.84	99	7.24	9
9	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.35	4495.2	623	326	194	.627	529	2,246	410	69	23	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2
10	Sam Leever S. Leever	2.35	2248.2	332	172	77	.691	257	711	204	35	10	2,070	588	822	22	460	76	62		8,971	38	2.85	1.84	1.55	0.09	7.9	5.1	1.13	.266	3.29	81	2.72	92	8.28	64
11	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.38	3226.0	502	209	148	.585	361	1,374	249	35	24	2,897	853	1,161	32	827	52	107		12,731	57	3.83	2.31	1.66	0.09	10.8	6.5	1.15	.274	3.24	82	2.54	88	8.08	131.9
12	Doc White D. White	2.39	3041.0	427	189	156	.548	363	1,384	262	45	5	2,738	808	1,118	33	670	120	53		12,093	63	4.10	1.98	2.07	0.10	11.4	5.5	1.12	.274	3.31	89	2.51	96	8.10	22.9
13	Nap Rucker N. Rucker	2.42	2375.1	336	134	134	.500	274	1,217	186	38	14	2,089	639	823	41	701	73	58		9,441	43	4.61	2.66	1.74	0.16	12.9	7.4	1.17	.276	3.12	86	2.60	90	7.92	73.7
14	Chief Bender C. Bender	2.46	3017.0	459	212	127	.625	334	1,711	255	40	34	2,645	823	1,108	40	712	102	112		11,895	79	5.10	2.12	2.40	0.12	14.4	6.0	1.11	.279	3.31	88	2.29	83	7.89	145.9
15	Hooks Wiltse H. Wiltse	2.47	2112.1	357	139	90	.607	225	965	152	27	33	1,892	580	787	54	498	40	109		8,413	41	4.11	2.12	1.94	0.23	11.5	5.9	1.13	.268	3.35	89	2.56	90	8.06	70.5
16	Hippo Vaughn H. Vaughn	2.49	2730.0	390	178	137	.565	332	1,416	214	41	5	2,461	754	1,039	39	817	85	45		11,225	63	4.67	2.69	1.73	0.13	12.6	7.3	1.20	.273	3.43	83	2.62	88	8.11	108.4
17	Jack Taylor J. Taylor	2.49	2230.1	265	129	118	.522	243	584	235	19	5	2,092	616	960	35	490	71	22		9,049	37	2.36	1.98	1.19	0.14	6.5	5.4	1.16	.261	3.87	85	3.04	102	8.44	-21.1
18	Bob Ewing B. Ewing	2.49	2301.0	291	124	118	.512	264	998	205	19	4	2,097	637	940	31	614	55	27		9,157	45	3.90	2.40	1.63	0.12	10.9	6.7	1.18	.277	3.68	86	2.55	87	8.20	107.6
19	Deacon Phillippe D. Phillippe	2.50	2286.0	330	168	92	.646	251	861	209	25	11	2,187	636	893	31	299	52	68		9,065	42	3.39	1.18	2.88	0.12	9.5	3.3	1.09	.276	3.52	85	2.46	81	8.61	149.2
20	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.52	2254.1	1,070	143	122	.540	52	1,610	20	5	228	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
21	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	2,193	804	881	235	713	46	1	28	11,279	108	9.62	2.25	4.28	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.1
22	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2.56	5190.0	696	373	208	.642	600	2,198	436	90	32	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
23	Slim Sallee S. Sallee	2.56	2821.2	476	174	143	.549	305	836	189	25	36	2,729	804	1,092	68	573	43	123		11,476	12	2.67	1.83	1.46	0.22	7.3	5.0	1.17	.267	3.48	89	2.87	97	8.70	25.8
24	Frank Smith F. Smith	2.59	2274.0	354	139	111	.556	255	1,051	184	27	6	1,975	655	891	27	676	41	78		9,064	69	4.16	2.68	1.55	0.11	11.6	7.5	1.17	.268	3.53	98	2.52	100	7.82	-10.6
25	Jack Chesbro J. Chesbro	2.61	2747.2	373	192	123	.610	315	1,237	245	35	5	2,482	796	1,107	36	631	102	50		10,973	57	4.05	2.07	1.96	0.12	11.3	5.8	1.13	.273	3.63	89	2.59	89	8.13	107.9