lowest career era by a starting pitcher with a minimum of 1500 ip since 1920

Since 1920, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 1500 innings, with an ERA of 2.54.

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	NAME	ERA	IP	G	W	L	W%	GS	SO	CG	SHO	SV	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	H/9
1	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.54	2850.1	451	223	96	.699	451	3,047	25	15	0	2,191	804	881	235	711	46	0	27	11,261	108	9.62	2.25	4.29	0.74	27.1	6.3	1.02	.271	2.78	6.92
2	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.71	2202.1	314	159	85	.652	314	2,274	137	40	0	1,655	663	751	194	742	17	0	46	8,959	76	9.29	3.03	3.06	0.79	25.4	8.3	1.09	.255	3.07	6.76
3	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.71	3038.0	438	227	99	.696	438	1,857	156	45	0	2,647	916	1,050	220	1,014	27	0	39	12,468	72	5.50	3.00	1.83	0.65	14.9	8.1	1.21	.260	3.11	7.84
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.73	1702.1	279	107	76	.585	279	2,052	4	2	0	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	6.94
5	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.80	3857.0	521	262	148	.639	521	2,142	211	53	0	3,256	1,202	1,334	292	1,259	37	0	36	15,714	83	5.00	2.94	1.70	0.68	13.6	8.0	1.17	.247	3.11	7.60
6	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	4776.1	647	310	203	.604	647	3,634	231	61	0	3,961	1,517	1,670	378	1,387	76	0	115	19,337	123	6.85	2.61	2.62	0.71	18.8	7.2	1.12	.258	3.15	7.46
7	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.88	3796.1	482	245	170	.590	482	3,044	255	56	0	3,199	1,216	1,376	250	1,277	99	0	107	15,669	105	7.22	3.03	2.38	0.59	19.4	8.1	1.18	.268	3.26	7.58
8	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	3476.1	457	238	140	.630	457	2,284	244	52	0	3,133	1,118	1,320	318	701	38	0	82	14,118	51	5.91	1.81	3.26	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.42	8.11
9	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.92	2133.1	295	125	99	.558	295	1,528	98	27	0	1,674	692	795	168	795	39	0	37	8,751	69	6.45	3.35	1.92	0.71	17.5	9.1	1.16	.242	3.35	7.06
10	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.94	1949.1	294	111	105	.514	294	1,402	83	33	0	1,682	637	763	111	663	64	0	58	8,082	60	6.47	3.06	2.11	0.51	17.3	8.2	1.20	.269	3.52	7.77
11	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	3338.1	465	203	160	.559	465	2,417	167	49	0	2,999	1,095	1,260	275	821	148	0	114	13,700	79	6.52	2.21	2.94	0.74	17.6	6.0	1.14	.271	3.40	8.09
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.95	2720.0	409	208	97	.682	409	3,032	46	17	0	2,151	893	979	233	705	136	0	26	10,955	60	10.03	2.33	4.30	0.77	27.7	6.4	1.05	.280	3.24	7.12
13	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.96	2654.2	356	164	138	.543	356	1,254	152	40	0	2,428	874	999	170	804	44	0	75	10,942	57	4.25	2.73	1.56	0.58	11.5	7.3	1.22	.260	3.39	8.23
14	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	2.97	1741.2	239	119	71	.626	239	843	128	33	0	1,580	574	663	75	518	27	0		7,219	23	4.36	2.68	1.63	0.39	11.7	7.2	1.20	.261	3.43	8.16
15	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.97	1725.0	240	118	83	.587	240	805	125	25	0	1,586	569	641	106	468	36	0		7,088	15	4.20	2.44	1.72	0.55	11.4	6.6	1.19	.261	3.34	8.27
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.97	2145.2	339	154	94	.621	339	2,658	17	4	0	1,749	708	765	215	478	143	0	12	8,629	45	11.15	2.00	5.56	0.90	30.8	5.5	1.04	.299	3.21	7.34
17	Bob Veale B. Veale	2.98	1764.1	255	109	90	.548	255	1,553	78	20	0	1,507	585	675	79	780	29	0	51	7,444	76	7.92	3.98	1.99	0.40	20.9	10.5	1.30	.285	3.44	7.69
18	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	3.05	1811.0	230	138	65	.680	230	1,039	154	26	0	1,771	613	714	90	415	27	0		7,539	10	5.16	2.06	2.50	0.45	13.8	5.5	1.21	.282	3.55	8.80
19	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	3.05	2353.0	293	157	101	.609	293	638	194	20	0	2,468	797	953	108	330	14	0		9,639	14	2.44	1.26	1.93	0.41	6.6	3.4	1.19	.276	3.65	9.44
20	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	3.05	3357.2	433	233	146	.615	433	1,556	260	36	0	3,261	1,138	1,326	221	682	49	0		13,890	46	4.17	1.83	2.28	0.59	11.2	4.9	1.17	.267	3.55	8.74
21	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.08	5101.0	665	358	227	.612	665	2,501	382	63	0	4,703	1,743	1,951	422	1,383	39	0	52	20,960	74	4.41	2.44	1.81	0.74	11.9	6.6	1.19	.258	3.44	8.30
22	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	3.08	1667.2	247	109	69	.612	247	1,029	45	14	0	1,501	571	621	144	412	14	0	46	6,811	25	5.55	2.22	2.50	0.78	15.1	6.0	1.15	.260	3.35	8.10
23	Lefty Grove L. Grove	3.08	3560.2	457	268	119	.693	457	2,013	298	35	0	3,513	1,220	1,448	148	1,027	38	0		15,016	38	5.09	2.60	1.96	0.37	13.4	6.8	1.28	.285	3.66	8.88
24	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.09	1708.2	245	101	88	.534	245	1,259	78	20	0	1,438	587	672	115	621	47	0	30	7,127	76	6.63	3.27	2.03	0.61	17.7	8.7	1.21	.260	3.54	7.57
25	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.10	2808.0	374	187	140	.572	374	1,674	212	33	0	2,532	966	1,128	128	1,152	19	0		11,865	62	5.37	3.69	1.45	0.41	14.1	9.7	1.31	.270	3.62	8.12

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