lowest career era by a starting pitcher with a minimum of 3000 ip since 1920

Since 1920, Whitey Ford has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher when pitching at least 3000 innings, with an ERA of 2.71.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.10	5156.2	690	305	252	.548	690	3,372	303	53	0	4,762	1,778	2,045	382	1,314	101	0	144	21,140	150	5.89	2.29	2.57	0.67	16.0	6.2	1.18	.274	3.57	8.31
11	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	4913.2	707	354	184	.658	707	4,671	118	46	0	4,182	1,706	1,884	363	1,579	159	0	63	20,227	143	8.56	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	7.66
12	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.15	5001.0	740	355	226	.611	740	3,366	109	35	0	4,717	1,750	1,974	351	996	137	0	177	20,388	70	6.06	1.79	3.38	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.55	8.49
13	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.18	5326.0	773	318	291	.522	773	5,654	222	61	0	3,880	1,884	2,151	314	2,748	156	0	75	22,310	275	9.55	4.64	2.06	0.53	25.3	12.3	1.24	.265	3.63	6.56
14	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.20	5165.1	709	327	240	.577	709	4,104	254	55	0	4,616	1,835	2,096	405	1,814	53	0	145	21,457	177	7.15	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.24	.279	3.65	8.04
15	Bucky Walters B. Walters	3.20	3047.1	398	195	151	.564	398	1,089	242	42	0	2,906	1,084	1,281	147	1,081	50	0		12,867	60	3.22	3.19	1.01	0.43	8.5	8.4	1.31	.263	3.78	8.58
16	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.21	3292.0	473	207	159	.566	473	2,130	143	37	0	2,876	1,173	1,316	250	1,157	23	0	59	13,601	101	5.82	3.16	1.84	0.68	15.7	8.5	1.23	.262	3.60	7.86
17	Bob Feller B. Feller	3.25	3683.0	484	258	154	.626	484	2,491	279	44	0	3,146	1,329	1,493	214	1,689	58	0	4	15,555	62	6.09	4.13	1.47	0.52	16.0	10.9	1.31	.264	3.65	7.69
18	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.26	3405.1	476	222	166	.572	476	1,970	181	42	0	2,922	1,232	1,362	370	935	47	0	54	13,844	48	5.21	2.47	2.11	0.98	14.2	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	7.72
19	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.26	3237.2	476	210	143	.595	476	2,375	72	17	0	3,058	1,173	1,345	205	890	139	0	42	13,456	108	6.60	2.47	2.67	0.57	17.7	6.6	1.22	.290	3.74	8.50
20	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.27	5248.1	756	321	253	.559	756	3,545	178	58	0	4,670	1,905	2,095	469	1,333	81	0	96	21,500	110	6.08	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.59	8.01
21	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	3.29	3363.1	488	195	193	.503	488	1,571	140	40	0	3,373	1,231	1,386	242	883	44	0	81	13,992	61	4.20	2.36	1.78	0.65	11.2	6.3	1.27	.278	3.71	9.03
22	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.30	4103.0	603	301	166	.645	603	4,818	100	37	0	3,320	1,504	1,692	408	1,491	188	0	37	16,937	109	10.57	3.27	3.23	0.89	28.4	8.8	1.17	.290	3.71	7.28
23	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.30	3620.0	519	215	180	.544	519	2,752	151	40	0	3,314	1,327	1,484	364	938	156	0	86	15,021	44	6.84	2.33	2.93	0.90	18.3	6.2	1.17	.273	3.69	8.24
24	Billy Pierce B. Pierce	3.30	3078.2	433	197	159	.553	433	1,817	193	38	0	2,811	1,129	1,252	266	1,067	25	1	30	12,893	44	5.31	3.12	1.70	0.78	14.1	8.3	1.26	.262	3.66	8.22
25	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.31	4957.1	685	286	248	.536	685	3,694	242	60	0	4,614	1,823	2,021	428	1,316	155	0	67	20,429	114	6.71	2.39	2.81	0.78	18.1	6.4	1.20	.282	3.67	8.38