lowest career earned run average by pitcher 1985 to 2014

Between the 1985 and 2014 seasons, Jose Fernandez had the lowest ERA, with an ERA of 2.25.

Interpreted as:

lowest career earned run average with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by pitcher 1985 to 2014

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.25	36	16	8	.667	36	257	0	0	0	224.1	147	56	66	14	71	5	0	6	886	5	10.31	2.85	3.62	0.56	29.0	8.0	0.97	.247	2.65	62	2.60	72	5.90	26.3
2	Matt Harvey M. Harvey	2.39	36	12	10	.545	36	261	1	1	0	237.2	177	63	65	12	57	7	0	1	935	5	9.88	2.16	4.58	0.45	27.9	6.1	0.98	.276	2.46	66	2.32	61	6.70	38.9
3	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.48	211	98	49	.667	209	1,445	17	9	0	1378.1	1,035	380	412	82	424	22	1	25	5,489	53	9.44	2.77	3.41	0.54	26.3	7.7	1.06	.271	2.69	65	2.72	70	6.76	178.1
4	John Tudor J. Tudor	2.52	143	66	29	.695	137	489	23	12	0	948.1	832	266	305	68	211	10	1	21	3,777	7	4.64	2.00	2.32	0.65	12.9	5.6	1.10	.255	2.89	69	3.35	92	7.90	28.2
5	Tanner Roark T. Roark	2.57	45	22	11	.667	36	178	1	1	0	252.1	216	72	75	17	50	6	1	1	1,002	0	6.35	1.78	3.56	0.61	17.8	5.0	1.05	.265	2.68	70	3.24	88	7.70	12
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.69	22	9	6	.600	22	144	0	0	0	140.1	117	42	44	7	43	1	0	2	565	1	9.24	2.76	3.35	0.45	25.5	7.6	1.14	.297	2.82	77	2.66	72	7.50	16
7	Tim Burke T. Burke	2.72	498	49	33	.598	2	444	0	0	102	699.1	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
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.76	165	44	29	.603	85	737	7	1	12	674.2	547	207	222	63	173	33	25	12	2,703	20	9.83	2.31	4.26	0.84	27.3	6.4	1.07	.285	2.96	67	3.02	73	7.30	80.5
9	Masahiro Tanaka M. Tanaka	2.77	20	13	5	.722	20	141	3	1	0	136.1	123	42	47	15	21	4	0	0	542	4	9.31	1.39	6.71	0.99	26.0	3.9	1.06	.299	3.10	72	3.04	77	8.12	13.3
10	Alex Wood A. Wood	2.89	66	14	14	.500	35	247	1	0	0	249.1	227	80	87	19	72	7	11	2	1,021	9	8.92	2.60	3.43	0.69	24.2	7.1	1.20	.308	3.14	79	3.06	85	8.19	15.1
11	Mark Eichhorn M. Eichhorn	2.89	556	48	40	.545	0	624	0	0	32	847.2	785	272	300	45	256	40	226	62	3,531	22	6.63	2.72	2.44	0.48	17.7	7.3	1.23	.288	3.19	69	3.12	74	8.33	100.9
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	476	219	100	.687	409	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
13	Kris Medlen K. Medlen	2.95	152	34	20	.630	61	434	2	1	1	512.2	471	168	185	42	121	13	24	4	2,080	9	7.62	2.12	3.59	0.74	20.9	5.8	1.15	.292	3.25	76	3.22	84	8.27	35.2
14	Sonny Gray S. Gray	2.99	45	19	13	.594	43	250	2	2	0	283.0	238	94	106	19	94	7	0	2	1,160	17	7.95	2.99	2.66	0.60	21.6	8.1	1.17	.277	3.37	81	3.29	88	7.57	14.6
15	Stu Cliburn S. Cliburn	3.00	84	13	5	.722	1	90	0	0	6	183.0	170	61	70	16	58	7	39	12	756	3	4.43	2.85	1.55	0.79	11.9	7.7	1.25	.263	3.44	76	3.94	97	8.36	3.2
16	Adam Wainwright A. Wainwright	3.01	280	119	66	.643	217	1,306	21	9	3	1541.2	1,405	515	559	104	386	42	11	20	6,309	35	7.62	2.25	3.38	0.61	20.7	6.1	1.16	.291	3.26	76	3.12	78	8.20	148.6
17	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.02	109	43	30	.589	109	746	1	1	0	649.1	541	218	249	59	166	21	0	6	2,614	21	10.34	2.30	4.49	0.82	28.5	6.4	1.09	.297	3.45	80	2.83	75	7.50	67.9
18	Michael Wacha M. Wacha	3.04	34	9	7	.563	28	159	0	0	0	171.2	147	58	61	11	52	5	2	0	707	5	8.34	2.73	3.06	0.58	22.5	7.4	1.16	.283	3.20	84	3.07	84	7.71	11.6
19	Madison Bumgarner M. Bumgarner	3.06	151	67	49	.578	148	896	6	3	0	952.2	852	324	360	84	229	29	1	23	3,881	14	8.46	2.16	3.91	0.79	23.1	5.9	1.13	.291	3.40	85	3.15	86	8.05	53.2
20	Hisashi Iwakuma H. Iwakuma	3.07	91	38	20	.655	77	440	0	0	2	524.0	463	179	188	62	106	7	6	9	2,094	17	7.56	1.82	4.15	1.06	21.0	5.1	1.09	.271	3.23	82	3.59	93	7.95	15.2
21	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	3.07	303	125	92	.576	303	1,951	23	9	0	2060.2	1,839	704	790	161	572	62	0	16	8,425	116	8.52	2.50	3.41	0.70	23.2	6.8	1.17	.295	3.45	76	3.14	76	8.03	221.2
22	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.09	688	345	180	.657	687	4,546	113	45	0	4783.1	4,039	1,643	1,818	350	1,551	157	0	60	19,665	139	8.55	2.92	2.93	0.66	23.1	7.9	1.17	.282	3.42	69	3.09	71	7.60	663.9
23	Mike Scott M. Scott	3.11	208	95	64	.597	206	1,162	40	19	0	1405.0	1,122	485	531	129	416	22	2	41	5,702	29	7.44	2.66	2.79	0.83	20.4	7.3	1.09	.250	3.40	88	3.25	92	7.19	42.8
24	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.15	117	36	36	.500	94	354	16	6	0	617.1	576	216	253	59	187	8	9	19	2,555	5	5.16	2.73	1.89	0.86	13.9	7.3	1.24	.266	3.69	86	3.81	100	8.40	1.6
25	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.16	744	355	227	.610	740	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5