lowest career era in live ball era minimum 1500 ip

Since 1920, Hoyt Wilhelm has the best ERA when pitching at least 1500 innings, with an ERA of 2.52.

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lowest career era by a player in live ball era minimum 1500 ip

	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.52	2254.1	1,070	143	122	.540	52	1,610	20	5	228	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	451	3,052	25	15	0	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
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.70	1670.0	273	105	74	.587	273	2,010	4	2	0	1,290	501	538	163	382	25	0	16	6,585	33	10.83	2.06	5.26	0.88	30.5	5.8	1.00	.281	2.90	69	2.74	67	6.95	252.9
4	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	438	1,956	156	45	11	2,766	967	1,107	228	1,086	28	35	44	13,036	75	5.55	3.08	1.80	0.65	15.0	8.3	1.22	.261	3.14	75	3.26	88	7.85	156.9
5	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	314	2,396	137	40	9	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
6	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	3948.0	558	268	152	.638	521	2,212	211	53	4	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
7	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.86	2230.1	344	130	99	.568	295	1,625	98	27	14	1,719	709	812	174	831	40	30	44	9,120	70	6.56	3.35	1.96	0.70	17.8	9.1	1.14	.240	3.28	83	3.28	92	6.94	68.3
8	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	647	3,640	231	61	1	3,971	1,521	1,674	380	1,390	76	6	116	19,369	126	6.85	2.62	2.62	0.72	18.8	7.2	1.12	.259	3.15	79	3.03	85	7.47	286.1
9	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	457	2,303	244	52	2	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
10	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.90	1701.1	944	114	118	.491	37	1,299	4	2	341	1,474	549	615	123	492	39	709	109	6,942	40	6.87	2.60	2.64	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.16	.271	3.25	83	2.95	82	7.80	125.4
11	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	482	3,117	255	56	6	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
12	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.92	1907.2	318	133	92	.591	240	901	125	25	18	1,731	618	701	116	536	37	53		7,821	18	4.25	2.53	1.68	0.55	11.5	6.9	1.19	.259	3.31	75	3.26	84	8.17	135.3
13	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.92	2147.1	406	128	115	.527	294	1,534	83	33	23	1,864	697	832	122	739	65	61	75	8,906	70	6.43	3.10	2.08	0.51	17.2	8.3	1.21	.270	3.49	85	2.96	83	7.81	140.2
14	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	409	3,154	46	17	3	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
15	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	3432.0	518	209	166	.557	465	2,486	167	49	6	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.96	2219.0	416	157	97	.618	335	2,745	16	3	12	1,803	730	788	221	515	140	25	15	8,931	48	11.13	2.09	5.33	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.298	3.20	69	2.83	68	7.31	331.8
17	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	2.97	1840.2	295	128	75	.631	239	913	128	33	15	1,666	607	703	84	571	28	39		7,648	28	4.46	2.79	1.60	0.41	11.9	7.5	1.22	.261	3.44	79	3.16	84	8.15	118.4
18	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	2661.1	360	164	139	.541	356	1,257	152	40	1	2,435	878	1,003	171	809	44	3	75	10,972	57	4.25	2.74	1.55	0.58	11.5	7.4	1.22	.260	3.39	90	3.36	98	8.23	14.4
19	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	2.98	3590.1	535	253	154	.622	433	1,677	260	36	33	3,461	1,188	1,380	227	725	53	82		14,805	53	4.20	1.82	2.31	0.57	11.3	4.9	1.17	.267	3.46	76	3.55	89	8.68	174.2
20	Max Lanier M. Lanier	3.01	1619.1	327	108	82	.568	204	821	91	21	17	1,490	541	630	65	611	18	62		6,772	13	4.56	3.40	1.34	0.36	12.1	9.0	1.30	.271	3.50	79	3.22	84	8.28	108.7
21	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	3.01	1809.1	1,002	124	107	.537	37	1,502	16	0	310	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
22	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	3.02	1967.1	317	150	83	.644	230	1,163	154	26	31	1,919	661	774	95	453	27	77		8,171	12	5.32	2.07	2.57	0.43	14.2	5.5	1.21	.284	3.54	77	3.22	78	8.78	190.8
23	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.06	2993.0	488	207	150	.580	374	1,796	212	33	26	2,674	1,016	1,197	136	1,249	19	79	1	12,648	65	5.40	3.76	1.44	0.41	14.2	9.9	1.31	.269	3.60	76	3.19	80	8.04	244.2
24	Lefty Grove L. Grove	3.06	3940.2	616	300	141	.680	457	2,266	298	35	54	3,849	1,339	1,594	162	1,187	42	123		16,622	51	5.18	2.71	1.91	0.37	13.6	7.1	1.28	.284	3.64	68	3.36	76	8.79	462.8
25	Tiny Bonham T. Bonham	3.06	1551.0	231	103	72	.589	193	478	110	21	9	1,501	528	580	117	287	9	27		6,284	4	2.77	1.67	1.67	0.68	7.6	4.6	1.15	.257	3.37	83	3.46	94	8.71	37.9

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Since 1920, Hoyt Wilhelm has the best ERA when pitching at least 1500 innings, with an ERA of 2.52.

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