lowest career era in live ball era minimum 40 starts

Since 1920, Paul Skenes has the best ERA when starting 40+ games, with an ERA of 2.06.

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lowest career era by a player in live ball era minimum 40 starts

	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	2.06	65	65	27	16	.628	449	1	0	0	375.2	261	86	94	26	82	16	0	0	1,455	5	10.76	1.96	5.48	0.62	30.9	5.6	0.91	.266	2.25	49	2.43	59	6.25	69.6
2	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.52	52	1,070	143	122	.540	1,610	20	5	228	2254.1	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
3	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	375.7
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	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.62	258	258	99	69	.589	1,915	4	2	0	1593.1	1,217	463	500	158	356	25	0	14	6,260	32	10.82	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.82	67	2.75	67	6.87	238.3
6	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	438	498	236	106	.690	1,956	156	45	11	3170.1	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
7	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	314	397	165	87	.655	2,396	137	40	9	2324.1	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
8	Ernie White E. White	2.78	57	108	30	21	.588	244	24	5	6	489.1	425	151	198	28	188	10	31		2,067	6	4.49	3.46	1.30	0.51	11.8	9.1	1.25	.249	3.64	78	3.51	96	7.82	8.9
9	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.78	57	57	22	14	.611	362	0	0	0	320.2	234	99	107	30	93	5	0	0	1,273	8	10.16	2.61	3.89	0.84	28.4	7.3	1.02	.261	3.00	68	3.01	71	6.57	42.3
10	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.80	108	108	43	22	.662	724	1	1	0	577.2	416	180	190	58	195	27	0	2	2,329	52	11.28	3.04	3.71	0.90	31.1	8.4	1.06	.270	2.96	66	3.11	73	6.48	71.6
11	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.83	43	545	87	76	.534	1,036	13	6	125	1242.0	1,040	391	438	110	535	12	363	71	5,206	39	7.51	3.88	1.94	0.80	19.9	10.3	1.27	.265	3.17	75	3.38	89	7.54	58.9
12	Spud Chandler S. Chandler	2.84	184	211	109	43	.717	614	109	26	6	1485.0	1,327	468	549	64	463	19	14		6,102	20	3.72	2.81	1.33	0.39	10.1	7.6	1.21	.256	3.33	73	3.30	88	8.04	71.2
13	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	521	558	268	152	.638	2,212	211	53	4	3948.0	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
14	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.86	295	344	130	99	.568	1,625	98	27	14	2230.1	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
15	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	647	656	311	205	.603	3,640	231	61	1	4783.0	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
16	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	457	471	243	142	.631	2,303	244	52	2	3507.0	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
17	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	482	528	251	174	.591	3,117	255	56	6	3884.1	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
18	Harry Brecheen H. Brecheen	2.92	240	318	133	92	.591	901	125	25	18	1907.2	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
19	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.92	90	139	34	18	.654	473	0	0	2	508.2	411	165	177	48	128	10	17	3	2,034	22	8.37	2.26	3.70	0.85	23.3	6.3	1.06	.264	3.13	73	3.32	81	7.27	43.6
20	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.92	294	406	128	115	.527	1,534	83	33	23	2147.1	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
21	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
22	Tex Hughson T. Hughson	2.94	156	225	96	54	.640	693	99	19	17	1375.2	1,270	450	504	77	372	11	51		5,663	5	4.53	2.43	1.86	0.50	12.2	6.6	1.19	.265	3.30	79	3.01	82	8.31	98.8
23	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	465	518	209	166	.557	2,486	167	49	6	3432.0	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
24	Joe Beggs J. Beggs	2.96	41	238	48	35	.578	178	23	4	29	693.2	688	228	284	39	189	4	127		2,895	4	2.31	2.45	0.94	0.51	6.1	6.5	1.26	.261	3.68	81	3.58	99	8.93	0.1
25	Mort Cooper M. Cooper	2.97	239	295	128	75	.631	913	128	33	15	1840.2	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

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