career era leaders with minimum 400 ip in the live ball era

Since 1920, Mariano Rivera has the best ERA when pitching at least 400 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	Mike Adams M. Adams	2.41	407.1	408	21	20	.512	0	409	0	0	4	316	109	122	33	126	6	60	12	1,653	7	9.04	2.78	3.25	0.73	24.7	7.6	1.09	.262	2.70	60	3.09	75	6.98	45.6
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	471.1	76	38	17	.691	76	589	0	0	0	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
10	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
11	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
12	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.61	448.2	76	33	19	.635	76	488	1	0	0	310	130	140	41	123	11	0	1	1,760	9	9.79	2.47	3.97	0.82	27.7	7.0	0.97	.245	2.81	63	3.03	71	6.22	59.4
13	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.62	495.0	87	31	24	.564	87	586	1	0	0	376	144	158	41	123	23	0	0	1,959	6	10.65	2.24	4.76	0.75	29.9	6.3	1.01	.282	2.87	61	2.72	66	6.84	78.1
14	Tyler Rogers T. Rogers	2.62	495.0	494	28	26	.519	0	346	0	0	23	450	144	168	30	99	28	82	9	2,030	3	6.29	1.80	3.49	0.55	17.0	4.9	1.11	.275	3.05	64	3.31	82	8.18	41.4
15	Koji Uehara K. Uehara	2.66	480.2	436	22	26	.458	12	572	0	0	95	350	142	153	60	78	4	207	9	1,862	9	10.71	1.46	7.33	1.12	30.7	4.2	0.89	.253	2.86	62	2.84	68	6.55	69.2
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	Bob Lee B. Lee	2.71	492.0	269	25	23	.521	7	315	0	0	64	402	148	177	31	196	5	152	35	2,044	12	5.76	3.59	1.61	0.57	15.4	9.6	1.22	.248	3.24	81	3.30	98	7.35	5.7
20	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
21	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
22	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	438	1,956	156	45	11	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
23	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
24	Bob Locker B. Locker	2.75	879.0	576	57	39	.594	0	577	0	0	95	776	269	329	40	257	36	288	80	3,643	37	5.91	2.63	2.25	0.41	15.8	7.1	1.18	.269	3.37	82	2.79	80	7.95	68.1
25	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

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