era leaders minimum 68 starts since 1950

Since 1950, Paul Skenes has the best ERA when starting 68+ games, with an ERA of 2.13.

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	IP	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.13	69	69	27	18	.600	475	1	0	0	396.2	286	94	106	27	89	16	0	0	1,550	5	10.78	2.02	5.34	0.61	30.6	5.7	0.95	.275	2.41	50	2.42	59	6.49	74.6
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	451	455	223	96	.699	3,052	25	15	0	2855.1	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	375.7
3	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	76	38	17	.691	589	0	0	0	471.1	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
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.60	261	261	101	69	.594	1,935	4	2	0	1610.1	1,228	465	502	159	360	25	0	14	6,327	32	10.81	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.81	66	2.75	67	6.86	242.3
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	438	498	236	106	.690	1,956	156	45	11	3170.1	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
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	314	397	165	87	.655	2,396	137	40	9	2324.1	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
7	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.78	111	111	45	22	.672	743	1	1	0	596.1	424	184	195	59	203	29	0	2	2,401	52	11.21	3.06	3.66	0.89	30.9	8.5	1.05	.267	2.94	66	3.12	73	6.40	74
8	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	521	558	268	152	.638	2,212	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
9	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.86	295	344	130	99	.568	1,625	98	27	14	2230.1	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	1.14	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
10	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	647	656	311	205	.603	3,640	231	61	1	4783.0	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
11	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.87	94	143	36	19	.655	505	0	0	2	533.2	423	170	182	49	132	11	17	3	2,122	22	8.52	2.23	3.83	0.83	23.8	6.2	1.04	.262	3.07	72	3.24	79	7.13	50.9
12	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	457	471	243	142	.631	2,303	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
13	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	482	528	251	174	.591	3,117	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
14	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.92	294	406	128	115	.527	1,534	83	33	23	2147.1	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
15	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	409	476	219	100	.687	3,154	46	17	3	2827.1	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
16	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	465	518	209	166	.557	2,486	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
17	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	356	360	164	139	.541	1,257	152	40	1	2661.1	2,435	878	1,003	171	809	44	3	75	10,972	57	4.25	2.74	1.55	0.58	11.5	7.4	1.22	.260	3.39	90	3.36	98	8.23	14.4
18	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.98	325	406	153	93	.622	2,671	16	3	12	2162.1	1,754	717	772	219	507	138	25	15	8,708	48	11.12	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.21	70	2.87	69	7.30	314.3
19	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	2.99	99	118	38	23	.623	622	4	2	1	629.0	576	209	232	49	146	14	4	1	2,568	16	8.90	2.09	4.26	0.70	24.2	5.7	1.15	.303	3.32	71	2.95	70	8.24	88
20	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.00	86	86	39	19	.672	515	0	0	0	464.2	376	155	164	51	137	7	0	1	1,874	21	9.97	2.65	3.76	0.99	27.5	7.3	1.10	.279	3.18	75	3.30	82	7.28	37.8
21	Max Fried M. Fried	3.04	193	210	96	44	.686	1,102	6	4	0	1141.1	990	386	427	91	316	47	10	6	4,655	47	8.69	2.49	3.49	0.72	23.7	6.8	1.14	.290	3.37	72	3.22	77	7.81	121.8
22	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	3.06	77	135	29	32	.475	371	20	7	4	636.1	516	216	234	44	190	17	22	11	2,556	25	5.25	2.69	1.95	0.62	14.5	7.4	1.11	.244	3.31	90	3.18	91	7.30	20.3
23	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.06	141	144	57	39	.594	934	1	1	0	810.0	649	275	301	92	178	27	1	0	3,222	11	10.38	1.98	5.25	1.02	29.0	5.5	1.02	.280	3.34	74	3.08	74	7.21	95.2
24	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	3.07	117	187	79	39	.669	632	64	20	34	1008.1	853	344	391	56	462	28	58		4,238	23	5.64	4.12	1.37	0.50	14.9	10.9	1.30	.260	3.49	80	3.41	90	7.61	42.3
25	Bob Veale B. Veale	3.07	255	397	120	95	.558	1,703	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	658	755	91	858	29	63	62	8,163	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.291	3.53	87	2.76	82	7.87	130

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Mets	30	38	.441	15.0
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Brewers	41	25	.621
Cardinals	37	29	.561	4.0
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