career era leaders with minimum 488 ip in the live ball era

Since 1920, Mariano Rivera has the best ERA when pitching at least 488 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	870.0	913	63	51	.553	0	1,396	0	0	400	510	241	268	57	428	34	604	7	3,542	90	14.44	4.43	3.26	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.28	170.5
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	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
9	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.62	967.0	978	58	46	.558	0	1,322	0	0	493	634	281	302	95	304	32	733	21	3,843	22	12.30	2.83	4.35	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.258	2.81	66	2.71	67	5.90	143.1
10	Tyler Rogers T. Rogers	2.63	489.2	488	28	25	.528	0	342	0	0	23	444	143	167	29	99	28	81	9	2,009	3	6.29	1.82	3.45	0.53	17.0	4.9	1.11	.275	3.07	64	3.31	82	8.16	41.4
11	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
12	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
13	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.68	866.1	895	57	52	.523	0	1,322	0	0	441	531	258	289	79	366	43	674	13	3,495	74	13.73	3.80	3.61	0.82	37.8	10.5	1.04	.268	3.00	65	2.67	65	5.52	133
14	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	256.6
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	2.79	1174.2	737	79	74	.516	1	687	0	0	178	1,097	364	442	50	468	24	458	121	5,023	28	5.26	3.59	1.47	0.38	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.39	82	3.17	93	8.40	30.6
24	Pat Neshek P. Neshek	2.82	488.0	544	36	25	.590	0	471	0	0	16	375	153	167	57	133	9	119	21	1,959	9	8.69	2.45	3.54	1.05	24.0	6.8	1.04	.247	3.08	70	3.60	88	6.92	27.6
25	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	77.8

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