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 2.15.

	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	2.15	30	30	14	6	.700	211	0	0	0	175.2	125	42	46	14	40	7	0	0	679	3	10.81	2.05	5.28	0.72	31.1	5.9	0.94	.273	2.36	51	2.57	64	6.40	28.7
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.50	429	432	212	94	.693	2,968	25	15	0	2742.2	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.53	224	224	85	58	.594	1,699	4	2	0	1400.0	1,077	393	430	125	315	23	0	13	5,505	28	10.92	2.03	5.39	0.80	30.9	5.7	0.99	.285	2.76	65	2.61	64	6.92	229.1
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	Kodai Senga K. Senga	2.73	36	36	16	9	.640	242	0	0	0	204.1	154	62	69	19	90	7	0	0	844	15	10.66	3.96	2.69	0.84	28.7	10.7	1.19	.278	3.04	65	3.48	82	6.78	17.8
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	Shota Imanaga S. Imanaga	2.88	36	36	18	4	.818	204	0	0	0	212.1	180	68	79	34	41	3	0	0	853	3	8.65	1.74	4.98	1.44	23.9	4.8	1.04	.256	3.35	72	3.92	99	7.63	0.8
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	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.93	56	105	21	14	.600	331	0	0	2	341.1	279	111	120	25	89	5	17	2	1,373	17	8.73	2.35	3.72	0.66	24.1	6.5	1.08	.275	3.16	75	2.98	75	7.36	38.3
11	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
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	Max Fried M. Fried	2.97	158	175	79	36	.687	902	6	4	0	929.0	814	307	342	78	257	39	10	6	3,795	41	8.74	2.49	3.51	0.76	23.8	6.8	1.15	.292	3.31	70	3.27	79	7.89	91.9
14	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	3.01	86	86	38	19	.667	608	1	1	0	481.2	348	161	169	53	173	24	0	2	1,951	42	11.36	3.23	3.51	0.99	31.2	8.9	1.08	.270	3.16	71	3.30	77	6.50	50.1
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	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
18	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.07	299	379	139	86	.618	2,460	16	3	12	1993.2	1,631	680	732	207	464	122	25	15	8,036	47	11.11	2.09	5.30	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.30	72	2.89	69	7.36	286.1
19	Garrett Crochet G. Crochet	3.08	39	111	12	21	.364	344	0	0	0	263.0	208	90	102	23	91	8	18	2	1,086	8	11.77	3.11	3.78	0.79	31.7	8.4	1.14	.298	3.49	74	2.80	66	7.12	41.7
20	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
21	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	115	130	46	26	.639	788	2	1	1	680.1	535	234	243	75	176	29	4	1	2,727	7	10.42	2.33	4.48	0.99	28.9	6.5	1.05	.277	3.21	73	3.19	75	7.08	81.7
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	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
24	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
25	Michael King M. King	3.11	56	153	30	27	.526	529	1	1	7	460.0	383	159	184	44	158	22	24	6	1,917	12	10.35	3.09	3.35	0.86	27.6	8.2	1.18	.291	3.60	76	3.29	79	7.49	44.8