lowest career era by a player with 30 starts minimum since 1970

Since 1970, Paul Skenes has the best ERA when starting 30+ games, with an ERA of 1.96.

	NAME	ERA	GS	G	W	L	W%	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	1.96	55	55	21	13	.618	386	1	0	0	320.2	230	70	76	21	74	12	0	0	1,247	4	10.83	2.08	5.22	0.59	31.0	5.9	0.95	.277	2.13	46	2.39	58	6.46	61
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	451	455	223	96	.699	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	375.1
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	248	248	96	65	.596	1,851	4	2	0	1539.2	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
4	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	76	76	38	17	.691	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
5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.66	48	48	19	10	.655	306	0	0	0	263.2	191	78	85	21	81	4	0	0	1,052	7	10.45	2.76	3.78	0.72	29.1	7.7	1.03	.266	2.90	65	2.82	67	6.52	39.5
6	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.82	453	466	229	133	.633	1,844	192	46	3	3417.2	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
7	John Fulgham J. Fulgham	2.84	33	35	14	12	.538	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
8	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.89	81	130	30	17	.638	428	0	0	2	460.2	372	148	158	41	119	9	17	3	1,840	20	8.36	2.32	3.60	0.80	23.3	6.5	1.07	.266	3.09	74	3.27	82	7.27	37.6
9	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	409	476	219	100	.687	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
10	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.93	257	276	110	86	.561	1,340	86	24	9	1899.0	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	1.16	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
11	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	2.95	64	136	27	24	.529	549	1	1	0	424.1	345	139	151	45	119	11	18	2	1,725	15	11.64	2.52	4.61	0.95	31.8	6.9	1.09	.300	3.20	70	2.86	67	7.32	64.7
12	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.96	543	549	254	173	.595	3,057	181	49	0	3980.2	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
13	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	3.00	100	100	39	20	.661	670	1	1	0	528.2	388	176	184	56	182	24	0	2	2,139	52	11.41	3.10	3.68	0.95	31.3	8.5	1.08	.275	3.13	71	3.17	74	6.61	62.1
14	Kodai Senga K. Senga	3.00	52	52	20	13	.606	320	0	0	0	285.0	222	95	106	30	133	9	0	0	1,196	19	10.11	4.20	2.41	0.95	26.8	11.1	1.25	.273	3.35	73	3.82	90	7.01	13
15	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.01	153	167	64	55	.538	707	49	13	2	1124.2	936	376	425	83	403	27	7	17	4,663	42	5.66	3.22	1.75	0.66	15.2	8.6	1.19	.248	3.40	85	3.36	97	7.49	10.2
16	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	3.01	37	1,002	124	107	.537	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
17	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.01	312	393	145	88	.622	2,579	16	3	12	2084.0	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
18	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.02	74	74	33	16	.673	456	0	0	0	404.2	331	136	143	48	116	5	0	1	1,627	19	10.14	2.58	3.93	1.07	28.0	7.1	1.10	.282	3.18	77	3.35	84	7.36	29.1
19	Max Fried M. Fried	3.03	183	200	92	41	.692	1,052	6	4	0	1079.2	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	71	3.24	78	7.89	112
20	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.08	134	137	54	37	.593	889	1	1	0	766.2	614	262	287	90	172	26	1	0	3,056	11	10.44	2.02	5.17	1.06	29.1	5.6	1.03	.279	3.37	75	3.14	76	7.21	84
21	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	3.08	42	82	18	15	.545	215	12	6	3	365.0	293	125	134	28	99	8	14	4	1,459	11	5.30	2.44	2.17	0.69	14.7	6.8	1.07	.239	3.30	92	3.17	92	7.22	8.8
22	Mark Fidrych M. Fidrych	3.10	56	58	29	19	.604	170	34	5	0	412.1	397	142	163	23	99	6	2	9	1,695	10	3.71	2.16	1.72	0.50	10.0	5.8	1.20	.268	3.56	79	3.33	86	8.67	24.1
23	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	127	142	53	28	.654	871	2	1	1	745.0	580	257	269	84	190	32	4	1	2,984	8	10.52	2.30	4.58	1.01	29.2	6.4	1.03	.274	3.25	73	3.18	75	7.01	89
24	Alejandro Pena A. Pena	3.11	72	503	56	52	.519	839	12	7	74	1057.2	959	365	427	75	331	13	232	62	4,398	16	7.14	2.82	2.53	0.64	19.1	7.5	1.22	.282	3.63	85	3.11	85	8.16	63.5
25	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	3.11	161	162	67	66	.504	503	67	18	0	1186.2	1,124	410	475	72	354	23	1	33	4,922	29	3.81	2.68	1.42	0.55	10.2	7.2	1.25	.265	3.60	93	3.41	98	8.52	5.6