career era leaders since 1970 minimum 550 innings pitched

Since 1970, Mariano Rivera has the lowest ERA when pitching at least 550 innings, with an ERA of 2.21.

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	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	1283.2	1,115	82	60	.577	10	1,173	0	0	652	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.31	903.0	853	47	40	.540	0	1,196	0	0	422	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	11.92	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
3	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	2.44	725.2	689	41	36	.532	3	808	0	0	368	572	197	226	57	185	34	585	18	2,938	14	10.02	2.29	4.37	0.71	27.5	6.3	1.04	.278	2.80	58	2.80	69	7.09	105.2
4	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.48	873.0	916	63	51	.553	0	1,402	0	0	402	510	241	268	57	431	34	607	7	3,554	90	14.45	4.44	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.26	171.1
5	Josh Hader J. Hader	2.50	557.0	513	38	33	.535	0	884	0	0	252	301	155	170	66	213	24	358	6	2,186	20	14.28	3.44	4.15	1.07	40.4	9.7	0.92	.235	2.75	61	2.80	67	4.86	86.8
6	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	375.2
7	Darren O'Day D. O'Day	2.59	609.0	644	42	21	.667	0	637	0	0	21	458	175	189	64	172	50	155	24	2,461	3	9.41	2.54	3.70	0.95	25.9	7.0	1.03	.256	2.79	61	3.48	82	6.77	52.4
8	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.60	972.1	984	58	46	.558	0	1,329	0	0	497	634	281	302	95	305	33	739	21	3,860	22	12.30	2.82	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.257	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.87	144.6
9	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	2.63	766.1	447	61	39	.610	11	385	0	0	106	731	224	257	36	252	16	248	65	3,191	17	4.52	2.96	1.53	0.42	12.1	7.9	1.28	.278	3.02	73	3.22	91	8.59	25.4
10	Tom Henke T. Henke	2.67	789.2	642	41	42	.494	0	861	0	0	311	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	64	2.71	66	6.92	123.5
11	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.67	809.1	609	53	53	.500	1	548	0	0	216	700	240	280	34	283	13	432	64	3,357	28	6.09	3.15	1.94	0.38	16.3	8.4	1.21	.269	3.11	77	3.03	87	7.78	40.2
12	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.69	867.2	897	57	53	.518	0	1,322	0	0	441	532	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,502	74	13.71	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.7	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	65	2.68	66	5.52	132.4
13	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.72	699.1	498	49	33	.598	2	444	0	0	102	624	211	251	49	219	21	262	71	2,906	25	5.71	2.82	2.03	0.63	15.3	7.5	1.21	.265	3.23	75	3.45	93	8.03	19.9
14	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.73	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	2,052	4	2	0	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
15	Brad Ziegler B. Ziegler	2.75	717.1	739	37	38	.493	0	479	0	0	105	654	219	251	32	248	25	264	55	2,947	7	6.01	3.11	1.93	0.40	16.3	8.4	1.26	.288	3.15	68	3.49	87	8.21	41.9
16	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.76	1043.1	674	56	46	.549	0	379	0	0	244	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
17	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.79	941.2	437	70	63	.526	17	830	6	2	115	787	292	329	84	428	11	323	65	3,968	34	7.93	4.09	1.94	0.80	20.9	10.8	1.29	.269	3.14	71	3.41	87	7.52	53.2
18	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.82	3417.2	466	229	133	.633	453	1,844	192	46	3	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
19	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.82	1581.0	883	108	111	.493	29	1,238	3	1	329	1,354	496	551	109	450	34	679	104	6,430	38	7.05	2.56	2.75	0.62	19.3	7.0	1.14	.271	3.14	81	2.86	79	7.71	133.5
20	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.83	614.1	114	47	22	.681	114	765	1	1	0	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	11.21	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	77.9
21	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.83	632.2	160	46	22	.676	111	602	0	0	2	497	199	211	55	151	16	17	3	2,509	23	8.56	2.15	3.99	0.78	24.0	6.0	1.02	.262	3.00	70	3.15	77	7.07	66.4
22	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	2.83	1042.0	661	68	71	.489	0	861	0	0	300	879	328	370	77	309	13	512	83	4,251	37	7.44	2.67	2.79	0.67	20.3	7.3	1.14	.268	3.20	75	2.93	80	7.59	88
23	Kent Tekulve K. Tekulve	2.85	1436.2	1,050	94	90	.511	0	779	0	0	184	1,305	455	526	63	491	17	638	179	6,001	23	4.88	3.08	1.59	0.39	13.0	8.2	1.25	.267	3.30	77	3.25	88	8.18	71.1
24	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	2.86	976.0	948	52	53	.495	0	1,142	0	0	437	738	310	336	98	389	17	677	42	4,011	68	10.53	3.59	2.94	0.90	28.5	9.7	1.15	.271	3.10	69	3.30	79	6.81	97
25	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	2.87	923.1	787	64	34	.653	29	976	0	0	377	690	294	317	84	344	23	587	31	3,771	47	9.51	3.35	2.84	0.82	25.9	9.1	1.12	.259	3.09	67	3.35	78	6.73	93.6

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