highest era in a career with 1000 games played

Jose Mesa has the highest career ERA when pitching in 1,000+ games, with an ERA of 4.36.

Interpreted as:
highest era by a player in a career with 1000 or more games played
NAMEERAGWLW%GSSOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAERA-FIPFIP-H/9PRAA
1Jose Mesa
J. Mesa
4.36
1,022
80
109
.423
95
1,038
6
2
321
1548.2
1,629
750
811
151
651
55
633
57
6,804
75
6.03
3.78
1.59
0.88
15.3
9.6
1.47
.301
4.71
100
4.31
99
9.47
9.5
2LaTroy Hawkins
L. Hawkins
4.31
1,042
75
94
.444
98
983
2
0
127
1467.1
1,607
702
763
163
456
21
373
35
6,323
70
6.03
2.80
2.16
1.00
15.5
7.2
1.41
.307
4.68
94
4.17
94
9.86
38.8
3Mike Stanton
M. Stanton
3.92
1,178
68
63
.519
1
895
0
0
84
1114.0
1,086
485
523
93
420
33
363
76
4,762
35
7.23
3.39
2.13
0.75
18.8
8.8
1.35
.299
4.23
90
3.74
86
8.77
77.6
4Dan Plesac
D. Plesac
3.64
1,064
65
71
.478
14
1,041
0
0
158
1072.0
977
433
478
105
402
17
422
54
4,539
41
8.74
3.38
2.59
0.88
22.9
8.9
1.29
.293
4.01
86
3.45
82
8.20
89.5
5Mike Timlin
M. Timlin
3.63
1,058
75
73
.507
4
872
0
0
141
1204.1
1,168
486
533
118
377
47
467
72
5,082
31
6.52
2.82
2.31
0.88
17.2
7.4
1.28
.286
3.98
81
3.93
89
8.73
65.9
6Dennis Eckersley
D. Eckersley
3.50
1,071
197
171
.535
361
2,401
100
20
390
3285.2
3,076
1,278
1,382
347
738
75
577
91
13,534
28
6.58
2.02
3.25
0.95
17.7
5.5
1.16
.274
3.79
86
3.40
85
8.43
224.9
7Roberto Hernandez
R. Hernandez
3.45
1,010
67
71
.486
3
945
0
0
326
1071.1
1,002
411
475
96
462
35
667
53
4,632
50
7.94
3.88
2.05
0.81
20.4
10.0
1.37
.293
3.99
77
3.85
86
8.42
74
8Michael Jackson
M. Jackson
3.42
1,005
62
67
.481
7
1,006
0
0
142
1188.1
983
451
492
127
464
56
422
80
4,966
39
7.62
3.51
2.17
0.96
20.3
9.3
1.22
.258
3.73
81
3.95
94
7.44
38.1
9Jesse Orosco
J. Orosco
3.16
1,252
87
80
.521
4
1,179
0
0
144
1295.1
1,055
455
512
113
581
34
501
86
5,460
40
8.19
4.04
2.03
0.79
21.6
10.6
1.26
.265
3.56
80
3.60
91
7.33
52.1
10Lee Smith
L. Smith
3.03
1,022
71
92
.436
6
1,251
0
0
478
1289.1
1,133
434
475
89
486
10
802
100
5,388
47
8.73
3.39
2.57
0.62
23.2
9.0
1.26
.294
3.32
76
2.92
74
7.91
142
11Rich Gossage
R. Gossage
3.01
1,002
124
107
.537
37
1,502
16
0
310
1809.1
1,497
605
670
119
732
47
681
90
7,507
63
7.47
3.64
2.05
0.59
20.0
9.8
1.23
.270
3.33
81
3.18
84
7.45
125.4
12John Franco
J. Franco
2.89
1,119
90
87
.508
0
975
0
0
424
1245.2
1,166
400
466
81
495
22
774
78
5,312
54
7.04
3.58
1.97
0.59
18.4
9.3
1.33
.290
3.37
73
3.44
86
8.42
76
13Trevor Hoffman
T. Hoffman
2.87
1,035
61
75
.449
0
1,133
0
0
601
1089.1
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
14Kent Tekulve
K. Tekulve
2.85
1,050
94
90
.511
0
779
0
0
184
1436.2
1,305
455
526
63
491
17
638
179
6,001
23
4.88
3.08
1.59
0.39
13.0
8.2
1.25
.267
3.30
77
3.25
88
8.18
71.1
15Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
2.52
1,070
143
122
.540
52
1,610
20
5
228
2254.1
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
16Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
2.21
1,115
82
60
.577
10
1,173
0
0
652
1283.2
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

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.617
68
52
.567
6.0
64
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10.0
59
63
.484
16.0
58
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.479
16.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
62
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.521
60
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.492
3.5
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61
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3.5
59
62
.488
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49
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.508
60
61
.496
1.5
56
65
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5.5
47
74
.388
14.5
47
74
.388
14.5
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73
48
.603
64
58
.525
9.5
62
59
.512
11.0
59
63
.484
14.5
53
69
.434
20.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
74
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.612
71
50
.587
3.0
61
60
.504
13.0
57
62
.479
16.0
58
64
.475
16.5
NL WestWLPCTGB
73
48
.603
65
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.533
8.5
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.525
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50
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