career era leaders with minimum 450 ip in the live ball era

Since 1920, Mariano Rivera has the best ERA when pitching at least 450 innings, with an ERA of 2.21.

	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	2.49	872.0	915	63	51	.553	0	1,399	0	0	401	510	241	268	57	431	34	606	7	3,551	90	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.26	170.4
5	Josh Hader J. Hader	2.50	553.2	510	38	32	.543	0	883	0	0	251	298	154	168	66	209	24	355	6	2,170	19	14.35	3.40	4.22	1.07	40.7	9.6	0.92	.235	2.73	61	2.78	66	4.84	87.6
6	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
7	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
8	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.57	482.2	85	31	24	.564	85	571	1	0	0	367	138	152	38	120	23	0	0	1,912	6	10.65	2.24	4.76	0.71	29.9	6.3	1.01	.284	2.83	60	2.67	64	6.84	78.7
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	2.61	968.1	980	58	46	.558	0	1,325	0	0	494	634	281	302	95	304	33	735	21	3,848	22	12.31	2.83	4.36	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.258	2.81	66	2.71	67	5.89	143.6
12	Tyler Rogers T. Rogers	2.62	491.2	490	28	25	.528	0	344	0	0	23	445	143	167	29	99	28	81	9	2,016	3	6.30	1.81	3.47	0.53	17.1	4.9	1.11	.274	3.06	64	3.30	81	8.15	42.1
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.68	1689.0	276	106	74	.589	276	2,037	4	2	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
17	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.69	866.2	896	57	53	.518	0	1,322	0	0	441	531	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,498	74	13.73	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.8	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	66	2.68	65	5.51	132.4
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2,396	137	40	9	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
25	Ernie White E. White	2.78	489.1	108	30	21	.588	57	244	24	5	6	425	151	198	28	188	10	31		2,067	6	4.49	3.46	1.30	0.51	11.8	9.1	1.25	.249	3.64	78	3.51	96	7.82	8.9

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Rays	90	59	.604
Yankees	86	63	.577	4.0
Red Sox	82	68	.547	8.5
Blue Jays	75	75	.500	15.5
Orioles	72	78	.480	18.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Mon 9/14	NYY	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Tue 9/15	NYY	@	MIN	7:40 PM
Wed 9/16	NYY	@	MIN	1:40 PM
Fri 9/18	NYY	@	AZ	9:40 PM
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Schwarber

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Stewart

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Crow-Armstrong

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Wood

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Crow-Armstrong

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SB Leaders

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Nuñez

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Simpson

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Gray

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Strikeout Leaders

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Misiorowski

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Cease

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0.88

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Braves	88	62	.587
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Marlins	74	76	.493	14.0
Nationals	70	81	.464	18.5
Mets	69	80	.463	18.5
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Brewers - x	93	57	.620
Cubs	83	67	.553	10.0
Pirates	75	75	.500	18.0
Cardinals	74	76	.493	19.0
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