lowest career era in mlb since 1920 minimum 450 games started

Since 1920, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 450+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

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lowest career era by a player in MLB since 1920 minimum 450 games started

	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	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	Lefty Grove L. Grove	3.06	457	616	300	141	.680	2,266	298	35	54	3940.2	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
8	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.09	665	750	363	245	.597	2,583	382	63	28	5243.2	4,830	1,798	2,016	434	1,434	42	67	60	21,547	81	4.43	2.46	1.80	0.74	12.0	6.7	1.19	.258	3.46	84	3.44	94	8.29	124.4
9	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3.11	690	777	314	265	.542	3,534	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
10	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	707	709	354	184	.658	4,672	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
11	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.16	740	744	355	227	.610	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
12	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.19	773	807	324	292	.526	5,714	222	61	3	5386.0	3,923	1,911	2,178	321	2,795	158	13	78	22,575	277	9.55	4.67	2.04	0.54	25.3	12.4	1.25	.265	3.64	90	2.96	83	6.56	370.2
13	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3.22	709	741	329	244	.574	4,136	254	55	2	5217.2	4,672	1,864	2,130	414	1,833	53	13	150	21,683	183	7.13	3.16	2.26	0.71	19.1	8.5	1.25	.279	3.67	87	3.14	86	8.06	271.5
14	Bob Feller B. Feller	3.25	484	570	266	162	.621	2,581	279	44	22	3827.0	3,271	1,384	1,557	224	1,764	60	52	6	16,180	69	6.07	4.15	1.46	0.53	16.0	10.9	1.32	.264	3.66	82	3.48	89	7.69	184.6
15	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.26	476	500	224	166	.574	2,012	181	42	1	3449.1	2,958	1,248	1,380	374	954	49	6	57	14,032	49	5.25	2.49	2.11	0.98	14.3	6.8	1.13	.243	3.60	95	3.66	103	7.72	-51.5
16	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.26	756	774	324	256	.559	3,574	178	58	5	5282.1	4,692	1,914	2,104	472	1,343	82	12	102	21,631	112	6.09	2.29	2.66	0.80	16.5	6.2	1.14	.261	3.58	92	3.23	90	7.99	181.2
17	Vida Blue V. Blue	3.27	473	502	209	161	.565	2,175	143	37	2	3343.1	2,939	1,213	1,357	263	1,185	23	11	61	13,837	103	5.85	3.19	1.84	0.71	15.7	8.6	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.42	94	7.91	67.4
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.27	481	490	221	121	.646	3,507	12	5	0	2987.2	2,464	1,085	1,158	363	793	115	2	20	12,104	80	10.56	2.39	4.42	1.09	29.0	6.6	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.9
19	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	3.27	519	591	224	184	.549	2,855	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
20	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.28	476	486	211	144	.594	2,397	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	3.32	78	8.51	344.2
21	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.29	603	618	303	166	.646	4,875	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
22	Claude Osteen C. Osteen	3.30	488	541	196	195	.501	1,612	140	40	1	3460.2	3,471	1,268	1,435	249	940	45	24	93	14,433	67	4.19	2.44	1.71	0.65	11.2	6.5	1.27	.278	3.73	96	3.38	101	9.03	-21.4
23	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	3.30	484	573	229	172	.571	2,416	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,365	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	87	3.46	92	7.94	117.1
24	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	3.31	685	692	287	250	.534	3,701	242	60	0	4970.0	4,632	1,830	2,029	430	1,322	155	3	71	20,491	114	6.70	2.39	2.80	0.78	18.1	6.5	1.20	.282	3.67	85	3.18	82	8.39	368.6
25	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.33	481	723	213	155	.579	3,084	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6

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