era leader from 1988 to 2022 minimum 1000 ip

Between the 1988 and 2022 seasons, Mariano Rivera had the lowest ERA when pitching at least 1000 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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.48	2581.0	401	197	87	.694	398	2,807	25	15	0	1,955	711	777	206	629	39	1	27	10,160	95	9.79	2.19	4.46	0.72	27.6	6.2	1.00	.270	2.71	64	2.75	68	6.82	358.4
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.52	1326.0	209	82	57	.590	209	1,607	4	2	0	1,021	372	407	117	303	21	0	13	5,217	26	10.91	2.06	5.30	0.79	30.8	5.8	1.00	.285	2.76	65	2.61	64	6.93	216.2
4	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	2.83	1478.0	280	97	61	.614	215	1,251	17	4	0	1,301	464	523	102	453	20	22	23	6,056	17	7.62	2.76	2.76	0.62	20.7	7.5	1.19	.283	3.18	73	3.05	77	7.92	149.2
5	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.87	1089.1	1,035	61	75	.449	0	1,133	0	0	601	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	71	3.07	73	6.99	143.1
6	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	3,154	46	17	3	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
7	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.03	1678.0	323	114	75	.603	243	2,064	16	3	12	1,362	565	612	178	387	103	25	15	6,752	38	11.07	2.08	5.33	0.95	30.6	5.7	1.04	.295	3.28	71	2.92	69	7.31	239.7
8	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.06	4821.2	708	347	209	.624	708	3,250	107	34	0	4,501	1,640	1,850	333	914	132	0	162	19,576	64	6.07	1.71	3.56	0.62	16.6	4.7	1.12	.279	3.45	74	3.21	77	8.40	522.1
9	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.11	2682.0	430	201	102	.663	421	3,193	12	5	0	2,180	927	998	300	701	107	2	20	10,831	74	10.71	2.35	4.55	1.01	29.5	6.5	1.07	.288	3.35	75	3.09	75	7.32	309.9
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.13	4149.1	604	294	162	.645	603	3,978	82	36	0	3,529	1,444	1,603	305	1,364	141	0	56	17,104	123	8.63	2.96	2.92	0.66	23.3	8.0	1.18	.285	3.48	70	3.12	71	7.65	570.5
11	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	2025.2	360	139	78	.641	284	1,988	15	10	1	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.23	1650.0	267	130	71	.647	267	1,930	6	3	0	1,392	593	638	186	423	48	0	6	6,650	54	10.53	2.31	4.56	1.01	29.0	6.4	1.10	.297	3.48	81	3.12	77	7.59	179.6
13	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.24	3163.0	482	244	133	.647	482	3,198	26	9	0	2,654	1,139	1,235	322	880	104	0	27	12,880	90	9.10	2.50	3.63	0.92	24.8	6.8	1.12	.278	3.51	76	3.35	79	7.55	308.2
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.24	1470.0	247	113	62	.646	247	1,723	2	2	0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
15	Hyun Jin Ryu H. Jin Ryu	3.27	1003.1	175	75	45	.625	174	896	4	3	1	960	364	391	107	222	16	1	13	4,115	14	8.04	1.99	4.04	0.96	21.8	5.4	1.18	.297	3.51	82	3.45	85	8.61	68.4
16	Brandon Webb B. Webb	3.27	1319.2	199	87	62	.584	198	1,065	15	8	0	1,200	479	557	92	435	50	1	34	5,515	56	7.26	2.97	2.45	0.63	19.3	7.9	1.24	.286	3.80	72	3.49	78	8.18	146.6
17	Dennis Martinez D. Martinez	3.27	1982.0	332	123	90	.577	282	1,144	50	18	3	1,839	720	825	165	514	74	13	41	8,195	27	5.19	2.33	2.23	0.75	14.0	6.3	1.19	.266	3.75	82	3.73	95	8.35	46.5
18	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.27	3251.1	485	210	144	.593	475	2,393	72	17	0	3,073	1,183	1,355	208	901	139	1	42	13,523	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.58	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	3.33	78	8.51	342.5
19	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.29	4135.1	618	303	166	.646	603	4,875	100	37	2	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
20	Doug Jones D. Jones	3.31	1016.1	782	62	74	.456	4	809	0	0	294	1,031	374	412	81	216	32	604	47	4,261	18	7.16	1.91	3.75	0.72	19.0	5.1	1.23	.304	3.65	78	3.15	75	9.13	116.9
21	Corey Kluber C. Kluber	3.31	1586.2	256	113	71	.614	251	1,683	18	8	0	1,417	584	637	160	347	61	3	9	6,431	30	9.55	1.97	4.85	0.91	26.2	5.4	1.11	.301	3.61	81	3.09	75	8.04	178.5
22	David Price D. Price	3.32	2143.2	400	157	82	.657	322	2,076	17	3	3	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
23	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.32	1756.2	266	112	78	.589	263	1,209	45	8	0	1,692	648	710	144	315	48	0	26	7,156	38	6.19	1.61	3.84	0.74	16.9	4.4	1.14	.285	3.64	80	3.23	80	8.67	154.3
24	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.32	1240.0	204	71	66	.518	200	1,158	17	7	0	941	458	492	140	436	28	1	18	5,059	10	8.40	3.16	2.66	1.02	22.9	8.6	1.11	.243	3.57	88	3.59	93	6.83	28.4
25	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.33	3473.0	723	213	155	.579	481	3,084	53	16	154	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6

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Tue 8/4	STL	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Wed 8/5	STL	@	NYY	7:05 PM
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Sat 8/8	ATL	@	NYY	3:05 PM
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