highest era in last 5 years starting pitchers

Between July 10, 2021 and July 10, 2026, Dan Altavilla and Blair Henley are tied for the highest ERA by a starting pitcher, with an ERA of 135.00.

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	H/9
1	Dan Altavilla D. Altavilla	135.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.1	3	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	6	0	27.00	54.00	0.50	0.00	16.7	33.3	15.00	1.000	135.00	81.00
2	Blair Henley B. Henley	135.00	1	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0.1	4	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	9	0	0.00	81.00	0.00	0.00	0.0	33.3	21.00	.800	135.00	108.00
3	Jay Jackson J. Jackson	81.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	27.00	54.00	0.50	27.00	25.0	50.0	9.00		81.00	27.00
4	Dylan Covey D. Covey	67.50	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	6	5	7	2	0	0	0	0	9	0	0.00	0.00		27.00	0.0	0.0	9.00	.571	94.50	81.00
5	David Hess D. Hess	63.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	6	7	7	3	0	1	0	0	10	0	0.00	0.00		27.00	0.0	0.0	6.00	.500	63.00	54.00
6	Thomas Szapucki T. Szapucki	60.75	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.1	7	9	9	4	3	0	0	0	13	0	13.50	20.25	0.67	27.00	15.4	23.1	7.50	.750	60.75	47.25
7	Burch Smith B. Smith	54.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0.00	0.00		27.00	0.0	0.0	9.00	.667	54.00	81.00
8	Dauri Moreta D. Moreta	54.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.1	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	27.00	0.00		27.00	33.3	0.0	6.00	1.000	54.00	54.00
9	Luis Oviedo L. Oviedo	54.00	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.0	5	6	8	1	3	1	0	0	13	0	18.00	27.00	0.67	9.00	15.4	23.1	8.00	.667	72.00	45.00
10	Keynan Middleton K. Middleton	45.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	9	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	0.00	11.1	11.1	6.00	.714	45.00	45.00
11	Tyler Samaniego T. Samaniego	36.00	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.0	6	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	18.00	0.00		0.00	22.2	0.0	6.00	.857	36.00	54.00
12	Scott Barlow S. Barlow	36.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	4	4	1	3	0	0	0	7	0	9.00	27.00	0.33	9.00	14.3	42.9	5.00	.500	36.00	18.00
13	Ross Detwiler R. Detwiler	36.00	2	0	1	.000	2	2	0	0	0	2.0	8	8	8	4	1	1	0	0	16	1	9.00	4.50	2.00	18.00	12.5	6.3	4.50	.500	36.00	36.00
14	Seth Johnson S. Johnson	34.71	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	8	9	9	1	3	0	0	0	18	0	0.00	11.57	0.00	3.86	0.0	16.7	4.71	.500	34.71	30.86
15	Sammy Peralta S. Peralta	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	2	2	2	0	2	1	0	0	7	0	13.50	27.00	0.50	0.00	14.3	28.6	6.00	.667	27.00	27.00
16	Juan Mejia J. Mejia	27.00	1	0	0		1	2	0	0	0	0.2	3	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	6	1	27.00	0.00		0.00	33.3	0.0	4.50	1.000	27.00	40.50
17	Pete Fairbanks P. Fairbanks	27.00	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	7	0	9.00	9.00	1.00	9.00	14.3	14.3	4.00	.500	27.00	27.00
18	Sean Guenther S. Guenther	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0.00	0.00		0.00	0.0	0.0	9.00	1.000	27.00	81.00
19	Austin Kitchen A. Kitchen	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	9	6	7	1	0	0	0	0	16	0	4.50	0.00		4.50	6.3	0.0	4.50	.571	31.50	40.50
20	Francisco Pérez F. Pérez	27.00	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	9.00	0.00		0.00	14.3	0.0	4.00	.667	27.00	36.00
21	Justin Garza J. Garza	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	1.0	4	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	7	0	18.00	0.00		18.00	28.6	0.0	4.00	.667	27.00	36.00
22	Nick Wittgren N. Wittgren	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	6	0	0.00	40.50	0.00	0.00	0.0	50.0	6.00	.333	27.00	13.50
23	Beau Burrows B. Burrows	27.00	1	0	1	.000	1	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	6	7	3	3	0	0	0	15	0	9.00	13.50	0.67	13.50	13.3	20.0	4.00	.286	31.50	22.50
24	Tyson Miller T. Miller	25.07	2	0	2	.000	2	5	0	0	0	4.2	13	13	13	1	5	2	0	0	32	0	9.64	9.64	1.00	1.93	15.6	15.6	3.86	.632	25.07	25.07
25	Michael Plassmeyer M. Plassmeyer	22.09	1	0	1	.000	1	4	0	0	0	3.2	8	9	10	3	0	3	0	0	23	0	9.82	0.00		7.36	17.4	0.0	2.18	.385	24.55	19.64

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Fri 7/10	KCR	@	BAL	7:05 PM
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