Since 1961, Paul Skenes has the best ERA, with an ERA of 2.15.

Interpreted as:

lowest career era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game by a player after 1960

	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	2.15	70	27	19	.587	70	485	1	0	0	402.2	290	96	108	29	90	16	0	0	1,573	5	10.84	2.01	5.39	0.65	30.8	5.7	0.94	.274	2.41	50	2.45	60	6.48	74.4
2	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.17	597	70	64	.522	4	858	0	0	163	1083.2	773	261	319	63	326	27	423	38	4,309	51	7.13	2.71	2.63	0.52	19.9	7.6	1.01	.234	2.65	62	2.68	76	6.42	104.8
3	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.19	223	129	47	.733	211	1,713	115	35	5	1632.2	1,171	398	459	116	412	13	7	30	6,463	48	9.44	2.27	4.16	0.64	26.5	6.4	0.97	.251	2.53	63	2.16	65	6.46	219.8
4	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.33	29	11	6	.647	29	180	0	0	0	162.0	121	42	45	13	49	6	0	0	650	3	10.00	2.72	3.67	0.72	27.7	7.5	1.05	.269	2.50	57	2.95	69	6.72	23.4
5	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.44	12	4	4	.500	10	55	0	0	0	55.1	42	15	21	4	33	3	0	1	242	2	8.95	5.37	1.67	0.65	22.7	13.6	1.36	.259	3.42	57	4.00	94	6.83	1.5
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.60	262	101	69	.594	262	1,940	4	2	0	1616.1	1,234	467	504	159	360	25	0	14	6,350	32	10.80	2.00	5.39	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.81	66	2.74	67	6.87	244.4
10	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.63	61	26	14	.650	61	386	0	0	0	349.1	248	102	110	31	96	7	0	0	1,375	9	9.94	2.47	4.02	0.80	28.1	7.0	0.98	.254	2.83	64	2.96	70	6.39	48.9
11	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.65	29	13	5	.722	28	218	1	1	0	153.0	93	45	50	12	53	10	0	0	602	4	12.82	3.12	4.11	0.71	36.2	8.8	0.95	.262	2.94	64	2.52	61	5.47	27.8
12	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	5.8
13	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.69	21	9	4	.692	21	120	0	0	0	120.1	109	36	38	12	31	1	0	1	485	3	8.98	2.32	3.87	0.90	24.7	6.4	1.16	.302	2.84	65	3.21	77	8.15	12.6
14	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
15	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
16	Stu Miller S. Miller	2.72	421	57	49	.538	0	600	0	0	135	731.2	588	221	251	39	260	15	312	75	2,978	11	7.38	3.20	2.31	0.48	20.1	8.7	1.16	.266	3.09	76	2.73	76	7.23	70.4
17	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
18	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
19	Ted Abernathy T. Abernathy	2.77	608	55	47	.539	0	617	0	0	149	910.2	735	280	341	50	446	33	400	78	3,863	32	6.10	4.41	1.38	0.49	16.0	11.5	1.30	.252	3.37	77	3.44	98	7.26	8.8
20	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
21	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
22	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.80	220	103	47	.687	201	956	54	17	3	1416.0	1,297	440	500	113	357	10	11	18	5,784	38	6.08	2.27	2.68	0.72	16.5	6.2	1.17	.272	3.18	78	3.02	82	8.24	103.1
23	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
24	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.83	330	143	112	.561	323	1,664	120	35	2	2360.2	2,127	742	868	180	526	102	5	97	9,635	58	6.34	2.01	3.16	0.69	17.3	5.5	1.12	.272	3.31	85	2.92	91	8.11	73.6
25	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

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Mets	32	39	.451	14.0
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Brewers	43	26	.623
Cardinals	39	31	.557	4.5
Cubs	37	35	.514	7.5
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