lowest career era with a minimum of 500 ip by active player

Clayton Kershaw has the lowest career ERA by an active pitcher when pitching at least 500 innings, with an ERA of 2.50.

	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	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.50	2742.2	432	212	94	.693	429	2,968	25	15	0	2,091	762	835	227	678	44	1	28	10,816	103	9.74	2.22	4.38	0.74	27.4	6.3	1.01	.270	2.74	64	2.82	70	6.86	366.8
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.53	1410.0	226	87	58	.600	226	1,712	4	2	0	1,085	396	433	127	318	23	0	13	5,545	28	10.93	2.03	5.38	0.81	30.9	5.7	1.00	.285	2.76	65	2.62	65	6.93	229.2
3	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.60	879.1	884	49	37	.570	0	1,232	0	0	453	585	254	272	83	265	31	663	18	3,492	21	12.61	2.71	4.65	0.85	35.3	7.6	0.97	.267	2.78	66	2.56	63	5.99	144
4	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.62	774.1	812	57	45	.559	0	1,266	0	0	341	456	225	249	53	398	33	529	7	3,171	82	14.71	4.63	3.18	0.62	39.9	12.6	1.10	.284	2.89	64	2.42	58	5.30	146.5
5	Blake Treinen B. Treinen	2.79	557.2	507	43	36	.544	7	570	0	0	82	465	173	198	40	207	19	191	22	2,293	23	9.20	3.34	2.75	0.65	24.9	9.0	1.21	.292	3.20	67	3.26	78	7.50	55.4
6	Max Fried M. Fried	2.96	936.0	176	79	36	.687	159	910	6	4	0	819	308	343	79	257	39	10	6	3,822	41	8.75	2.47	3.54	0.76	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.30	69	3.26	78	7.88	93
7	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	2.97	685.0	547	41	52	.441	21	815	0	0	230	538	226	252	81	190	25	416	16	2,768	17	10.71	2.50	4.29	1.06	29.4	6.9	1.06	.276	3.31	70	3.26	77	7.07	72.8
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.06	2006.0	381	139	86	.618	301	2,478	16	3	12	1,644	682	735	207	468	124	25	15	8,091	47	11.12	2.10	5.29	0.93	30.6	5.8	1.05	.299	3.30	72	2.89	69	7.38	289.2
9	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	680.1	130	46	26	.639	115	788	2	1	1	535	234	243	75	176	29	4	1	2,727	7	10.42	2.33	4.48	0.99	28.9	6.5	1.05	.277	3.21	73	3.19	75	7.08	81.7
10	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.16	2881.0	467	215	112	.657	458	3,408	12	5	0	2,349	1,012	1,085	337	756	112	2	20	11,640	78	10.65	2.36	4.51	1.05	29.3	6.5	1.08	.286	3.39	76	3.18	77	7.34	307.8
11	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.18	943.1	206	62	37	.626	145	1,084	0	0	2	740	333	368	102	273	37	16	3	3,816	42	10.34	2.60	3.97	0.97	28.4	7.2	1.07	.275	3.51	76	3.26	78	7.06	96.7
12	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	1954.0	317	153	80	.657	317	2,251	8	5	0	1,627	690	740	217	500	61	0	8	7,861	58	10.37	2.30	4.50	1.00	28.6	6.4	1.09	.292	3.41	79	3.16	77	7.49	213.5
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.18	1105.2	213	77	58	.570	213	1,372	1	1	0	850	391	426	108	503	11	0	5	4,583	81	11.17	4.09	2.73	0.88	29.9	11.0	1.22	.287	3.47	78	3.35	80	6.92	100.7
14	Shane Bieber S. Bieber	3.22	843.0	136	62	32	.660	134	958	5	2	0	752	302	323	94	188	18	1	1	3,415	34	10.23	2.01	5.10	1.00	28.1	5.5	1.12	.305	3.45	76	3.08	73	8.03	108
15	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.27	619.0	114	45	33	.577	111	708	0	0	0	510	225	243	76	144	23	1	0	2,492	8	10.29	2.09	4.92	1.11	28.4	5.8	1.06	.282	3.53	79	3.28	79	7.42	57.3
16	Taylor Rogers T. Rogers	3.28	505.1	526	29	35	.453	0	585	0	0	83	447	184	213	51	148	33	157	21	2,095	12	10.42	2.64	3.95	0.91	27.9	7.1	1.18	.310	3.79	77	3.23	77	7.96	56.6
17	Justin Steele J. Steele	3.30	506.2	102	32	22	.593	91	517	1	0	0	460	186	219	51	155	20	2	2	2,123	14	9.18	2.75	3.34	0.91	24.4	7.3	1.21	.296	3.89	81	3.48	85	8.17	35.2
18	Walker Buehler W. Buehler	3.31	747.1	137	51	23	.689	128	783	3	1	0	620	275	305	89	199	29	2	4	3,042	22	9.43	2.40	3.93	1.07	25.7	6.5	1.10	.273	3.67	81	3.53	84	7.47	58.3
19	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.31	3463.2	535	262	150	.636	535	3,456	26	9	0	2,940	1,275	1,379	363	968	116	0	27	14,150	97	8.98	2.52	3.57	0.94	24.4	6.8	1.13	.279	3.58	78	3.43	81	7.64	304.3
20	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.32	1636.2	268	107	71	.601	268	1,699	4	3	0	1,410	604	654	155	468	70	0	14	6,724	39	9.34	2.57	3.63	0.85	25.3	7.0	1.15	.290	3.60	83	3.30	80	7.75	151.5
21	Framber Valdez F. Valdez	3.33	936.2	165	70	45	.609	143	910	8	3	0	781	347	383	77	338	53	7	1	3,877	51	8.74	3.25	2.69	0.74	23.5	8.7	1.19	.282	3.68	81	3.55	85	7.50	62.6
22	Ryan Pressly R. Pressly	3.35	664.0	638	37	38	.493	0	699	0	0	115	583	247	277	61	199	14	249	14	2,741	47	9.47	2.70	3.51	0.83	25.5	7.3	1.18	.295	3.75	80	3.20	77	7.90	73.2
23	Seth Lugo S. Lugo	3.35	904.1	343	59	44	.573	106	871	1	0	16	803	337	364	104	236	32	66	18	3,709	20	8.67	2.35	3.69	1.04	23.5	6.4	1.15	.283	3.62	82	3.63	87	7.99	52.8
24	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	3.37	866.1	152	56	40	.583	152	939	2	2	0	711	324	342	92	281	33	0	2	3,547	32	9.75	2.92	3.34	0.96	26.5	7.9	1.15	.281	3.55	79	3.47	85	7.39	59.9
25	Logan Webb L. Webb	3.37	910.2	155	58	43	.574	152	835	3	2	0	860	341	375	62	218	30	0	4	3,716	21	8.25	2.15	3.83	0.61	22.5	5.9	1.18	.310	3.71	82	3.04	76	8.50	101.3