Since 1951, Paul Skenes has the best ERA, with an ERA of 2.17.

Interpreted as:

lowest career era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player after 1950

	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.17	68	27	18	.600	68	468	1	0	0	390.2	281	94	104	27	87	16	0	0	1,525	5	10.78	2.00	5.38	0.62	30.7	5.7	0.94	.274	2.40	51	2.43	59	6.47	72.6
2	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.41	27	11	6	.647	27	168	0	0	0	149.1	111	40	43	12	44	6	0	0	599	3	10.13	2.65	3.82	0.72	28.0	7.3	1.04	.268	2.59	59	2.91	69	6.69	21.8
3	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	2.50	47	5	3	.625	3	82	0	0	4	101.0	74	28	32	8	52	8	17	5	423	4	7.31	4.63	1.58	0.71	19.4	12.3	1.25	.242	2.85	61	4.32	100	6.59	-0.1
4	Hoyt 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
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	455	223	96	.699	451	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
6	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	38	17	.691	76	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
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.61	260	100	69	.592	260	1,929	4	2	0	1604.1	1,225	465	502	159	358	25	0	14	6,304	32	10.82	2.01	5.39	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.82	67	2.75	67	6.87	240.8
8	Cade Horton C. Horton	2.66	25	12	4	.750	24	101	0	0	0	125.1	99	37	42	11	35	6	0	0	502	1	7.25	2.51	2.89	0.79	20.1	7.0	1.07	.252	3.02	64	3.64	90	7.11	5.7
9	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.68	11	3	4	.429	9	48	0	0	0	50.1	39	15	21	4	28	2	0	1	218	2	8.58	5.01	1.71	0.72	22.0	12.8	1.33	.257	3.75	64	4.01	96	6.97	1
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.70	59	24	14	.632	59	375	0	0	0	333.0	245	100	108	30	96	7	0	0	1,322	9	10.14	2.59	3.91	0.81	28.4	7.3	1.02	.264	2.92	66	2.98	70	6.62	45.3
11	Bob Lee B. Lee	2.71	269	25	23	.521	7	315	0	0	64	492.0	402	148	177	31	196	5	152	35	2,044	12	5.76	3.59	1.61	0.57	15.4	9.6	1.22	.248	3.24	81	3.30	98	7.35	5.7
12	Ellis Kinder E. Kinder	2.71	298	44	28	.611	14	294	5	0	89	561.2	496	169	195	43	181	4	209	8	2,338	5	4.71	2.90	1.62	0.69	12.6	7.7	1.21	.249	3.12	65	3.38	81	7.95	47.4
13	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
14	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.74	478	227	105	.684	426	1,897	149	43	10	3058.1	2,679	932	1,068	221	1,034	26	30	44	12,571	72	5.58	3.04	1.83	0.65	15.1	8.2	1.21	.262	3.14	75	3.24	88	7.88	150.9
15	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	2.74	38	9	6	.600	20	152	0	0	0	144.1	123	44	48	10	41	7	6	1	589	1	9.48	2.56	3.71	0.62	25.8	7.0	1.14	.298	2.99	65	2.90	71	7.67	19.4
16	Bob Locker B. Locker	2.75	576	57	39	.594	0	577	0	0	95	879.0	776	269	329	40	257	36	288	80	3,643	37	5.91	2.63	2.25	0.41	15.8	7.1	1.18	.269	3.37	82	2.79	80	7.95	68.1
17	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.76	674	56	46	.549	0	379	0	0	244	1043.1	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
18	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	397	165	87	.655	314	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
19	Dick Hughes D. Hughes	2.79	68	20	9	.690	34	230	13	4	8	307.0	221	95	101	29	76	7	17	12	1,205	8	6.74	2.23	3.03	0.85	19.1	6.3	0.97	.222	2.96	86	3.05	97	6.48	3.4
20	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	2.79	737	79	74	.516	1	687	0	0	178	1174.2	1,097	364	442	50	468	24	458	121	5,023	28	5.26	3.59	1.47	0.38	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.39	82	3.17	93	8.40	30.6
21	Dick Lines D. Lines	2.83	107	7	7	.500	0	103	0	0	6	168.2	146	53	66	10	48	1	41	13	696	6	5.50	2.56	2.15	0.53	14.8	6.9	1.15	.255	3.52	87	2.97	87	7.79	8.1
22	Bruce Sutter B. Sutter	2.83	661	68	71	.489	0	861	0	0	300	1042.0	879	328	370	77	309	13	512	83	4,251	37	7.44	2.67	2.79	0.67	20.3	7.3	1.14	.268	3.20	75	2.93	80	7.59	88
23	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.83	545	87	76	.534	43	1,036	13	6	125	1242.0	1,040	391	438	110	535	12	363	71	5,206	39	7.51	3.88	1.94	0.80	19.9	10.3	1.27	.265	3.17	75	3.38	89	7.54	58.9
24	John Fulgham J. Fulgham	2.84	35	14	12	.538	33	123	14	3	0	231.1	189	73	80	17	58	4	0	4	914	3	4.79	2.26	2.12	0.66	13.5	6.3	1.07	.242	3.11	77	3.42	95	7.35	4.6
25	Kent 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

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Cardinals	32	28	.533	5.0
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Fri 6/5	PIT	@	ATL	7:15 PM
Sat 6/6	PIT	@	ATL	4:10 PM
Sun 6/7	PIT	@	ATL	1:35 PM
Tue 6/9	LAD	@	PIT	6:40 PM
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22

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Skenes

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Phillies	33	29	.532	8.5
Nationals	31	32	.492	11.0
Marlins	29	34	.460	13.0
Mets	27	35	.435	14.5
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Brewers	37	23	.617
Pirates	34	29	.540	4.5
Cardinals	32	28	.533	5.0
Cubs	33	30	.524	5.5
Reds	31	30	.508	6.5
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Red Sox	26	35	.426	11.0
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White Sox	33	29	.532	2.0
Twins	29	35	.453	7.0
Tigers	25	38	.397	10.5
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Mariners	33	30	.524
Athletics	30	32	.484	2.5
Rangers	30	32	.484	2.5
Astros	28	36	.438	5.5
Angels	24	39	.381	9.0