career era leaders since 1947 with a minimum of 200 games started

Since 1947, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 200+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

Regular season

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	SO	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	451	455	223	96	.699	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	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	375.2
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.68	276	276	106	74	.589	2,037	4	2	0	1689.0	1,296	503	540	165	383	25	0	16	6,646	34	10.85	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.7	5.8	0.99	.280	2.88	68	2.73	67	6.91	256.7
3	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	438	498	236	106	.690	1,956	156	45	11	3170.1	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
4	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	314	397	165	87	.655	2,396	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
5	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	521	558	268	152	.638	2,212	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
6	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.86	295	344	130	99	.568	1,625	98	27	14	2230.1	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	1.14	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
7	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	647	656	311	205	.603	3,640	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
8	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	457	471	243	142	.631	2,303	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
9	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	482	528	251	174	.591	3,117	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
10	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.92	294	406	128	115	.527	1,534	83	33	23	2147.1	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
11	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	409	476	219	100	.687	3,154	46	17	3	2827.1	2,221	919	1,006	239	760	141	23	30	11,394	62	10.04	2.42	4.15	0.76	27.7	6.7	1.05	.279	3.20	66	2.91	68	7.07	454.6
12	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	465	518	209	166	.557	2,486	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	338	419	159	97	.621	2,769	17	4	12	2241.0	1,817	735	793	222	518	144	25	15	9,016	48	11.12	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.30	336.2
14	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	356	360	164	139	.541	1,257	152	40	1	2661.1	2,435	878	1,003	171	809	44	3	75	10,972	57	4.25	2.74	1.55	0.58	11.5	7.4	1.22	.260	3.39	90	3.36	98	8.23	14.4
15	Max Fried M. Fried	3.01	201	218	96	45	.681	1,146	6	4	0	1178.2	1,014	394	435	94	328	47	10	6	4,797	49	8.75	2.50	3.49	0.72	23.9	6.8	1.14	.289	3.32	71	3.20	77	7.74	127.7
16	Bob Veale B. Veale	3.07	255	397	120	95	.558	1,703	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	658	755	91	858	29	63	62	8,163	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.291	3.53	87	2.76	82	7.87	130
17	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	3.08	247	250	110	70	.611	1,039	45	14	0	1674.2	1,505	573	623	146	413	14	1	46	6,836	26	5.58	2.22	2.52	0.78	15.2	6.0	1.15	.260	3.35	86	3.19	92	8.09	47.2
18	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.08	647	722	355	240	.597	2,509	373	63	27	5102.1	4,698	1,747	1,955	428	1,387	41	60	60	20,954	77	4.43	2.45	1.81	0.75	12.0	6.6	1.19	.257	3.45	84	3.45	95	8.29	116.2
19	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.11	690	777	314	265	.542	3,534	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
20	Joe Horlen J. Horlen	3.11	290	361	116	117	.498	1,065	59	18	4	2002.0	1,829	691	783	145	554	53	31	65	8,234	68	4.79	2.49	1.92	0.65	12.9	6.7	1.19	.262	3.52	90	3.31	94	8.22	47.7
21	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.11	229	229	85	63	.574	1,491	1	1	0	1195.2	916	413	449	111	537	12	0	6	4,945	87	11.22	4.04	2.78	0.84	30.2	10.9	1.22	.288	3.38	76	3.26	78	6.89	122.3
22	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.12	263	281	117	72	.619	988	50	16	1	1797.0	1,677	623	700	156	475	29	5	32	7,368	18	4.95	2.38	2.08	0.78	13.4	6.4	1.20	.266	3.51	80	3.61	96	8.40	30
23	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	707	709	354	184	.658	4,672	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
24	Mike Cuellar M. Cuellar	3.14	379	453	185	130	.587	1,632	172	36	11	2808.0	2,538	979	1,130	222	822	12	33	61	11,505	53	5.23	2.63	1.99	0.71	14.2	7.1	1.20	.263	3.62	91	3.28	94	8.13	61.8
25	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.15	245	266	104	92	.531	1,283	78	20	2	1748.1	1,479	611	698	119	640	47	10	32	7,305	77	6.60	3.29	2.00	0.61	17.6	8.8	1.21	.261	3.59	92	3.09	92	7.61	43.7

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Mets	69	81	.460	18.5
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