lowest career era in mlb since 1920 minimum 100 starts

Since 1920, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

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lowest career era by a player in MLB since 1920 minimum 100 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	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
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.66	270	270	104	72	.591	1,995	4	2	0	1658.1	1,277	491	528	163	375	25	0	16	6,531	33	10.83	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.5	5.7	1.00	.280	2.87	68	2.74	67	6.93	250.6
3	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
4	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
5	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.83	114	114	47	22	.681	765	1	1	0	614.1	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	11.21	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	78.4
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.87	104	153	42	22	.656	561	0	0	2	590.0	467	188	200	53	142	16	17	3	2,346	23	8.56	2.17	3.95	0.81	23.9	6.1	1.03	.263	3.05	71	3.20	78	7.12	59.6
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
18	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.96	333	414	157	95	.623	2,730	16	3	12	2207.0	1,790	727	785	221	515	140	25	15	8,883	48	11.13	2.10	5.30	0.90	30.7	5.8	1.04	.297	3.20	70	2.85	68	7.30	327.3
19	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
20	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	356	360	164	139	.541	1,257	152	40	1	2661.1	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
21	Carl Hubbell C. Hubbell	2.98	433	535	253	154	.622	1,677	260	36	33	3590.1	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
22	Max Lanier M. Lanier	3.01	204	327	108	82	.568	821	91	21	17	1619.1	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
23	Max Fried M. Fried	3.02	198	215	96	45	.681	1,131	6	4	0	1166.0	1,006	391	432	92	324	47	10	6	4,747	49	8.73	2.50	3.49	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.290	3.33	71	3.19	76	7.77	127.1
24	Dizzy Dean D. Dean	3.02	230	317	150	83	.644	1,163	154	26	31	1967.1	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
25	Hal Newhouser H. Newhouser	3.06	374	488	207	150	.580	1,796	212	33	26	2993.0	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

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Since 1920, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

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