lowest closing pitcher era over the last 6 seasons

Since 2021, Paul Skenes has the best ERA, with an ERA of 2.12.

Interpreted as:

lowest closing pitcher era with a minimum of 0.5 IP per team game over the last 6 seasons

	NAME	ERA	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	2.12	68	27	18	.600	68	468	1	0	0	390.2	280	92	104	27	87	16	0	0	1,525	5	10.78	2.00	5.38	0.62	30.7	5.7	0.94	.273	2.40	50	2.43	59	6.45	72.8
2	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.38	28	11	6	.647	28	173	0	0	0	155.0	115	41	44	12	45	6	0	0	621	3	10.05	2.61	3.84	0.70	27.9	7.2	1.03	.268	2.55	58	2.88	68	6.68	23.3
3	Mike Vasil M. Vasil	2.50	47	5	3	.625	3	82	0	0	4	101.0	74	28	32	8	52	8	17	5	423	4	7.31	4.63	1.58	0.71	19.4	12.3	1.25	.242	2.85	61	4.32	100	6.59	-0.1
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	78	31	18	.633	78	576	1	1	0	440.2	287	126	131	57	76	5	0	1	1,673	6	11.76	1.55	7.58	1.16	34.4	4.5	0.82	.240	2.68	64	2.76	66	5.86	69.8
5	Trevor Bauer T. Bauer	2.59	17	8	5	.615	17	137	1	0	0	107.2	71	31	36	19	37	3	0	1	432	3	11.45	3.09	3.70	1.59	31.7	8.6	1.00	.220	3.01	64	4.03	94	5.93	3.1
6	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.60	98	41	19	.683	98	671	1	1	0	536.1	377	155	165	52	170	27	0	2	2,145	46	11.26	2.85	3.95	0.87	31.3	7.9	1.02	.265	2.77	62	3.02	71	6.33	71.9
7	Cade Horton C. Horton	2.66	25	12	4	.750	24	101	0	0	0	125.1	99	37	42	11	35	6	0	0	502	1	7.25	2.51	2.89	0.79	20.1	7.0	1.07	.252	3.02	64	3.64	90	7.11	5.7
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.67	60	25	14	.641	60	379	0	0	0	341.0	247	101	109	30	96	7	0	0	1,348	9	10.00	2.53	3.95	0.79	28.1	7.1	1.01	.260	2.88	65	2.96	70	6.52	47.3
9	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.68	11	3	4	.429	9	48	0	0	0	50.1	39	15	21	4	28	2	0	1	218	2	8.58	5.01	1.71	0.72	22.0	12.8	1.33	.257	3.75	64	4.02	96	6.97	1
10	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.81	28	12	5	.706	27	203	0	0	0	144.0	92	45	50	12	53	10	0	0	575	4	12.69	3.31	3.83	0.75	35.3	9.2	1.01	.269	3.13	68	2.69	65	5.75	22.9
11	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.82	130	34	19	.642	93	471	0	0	2	511.1	404	160	172	46	122	10	14	3	2,027	22	8.29	2.15	3.86	0.81	23.2	6.0	1.03	.260	3.03	71	3.24	79	7.11	48.3
12	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	2.82	86	36	18	.667	86	583	1	1	0	494.1	361	155	166	58	121	19	0	1	1,959	5	10.61	2.20	4.82	1.06	29.8	6.2	0.98	.257	3.02	68	3.16	76	6.57	56.1
13	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.85	93	44	19	.698	92	658	0	0	0	527.0	436	167	180	47	132	39	0	1	2,139	10	11.24	2.25	4.98	0.80	30.8	6.2	1.08	.308	3.07	66	2.80	68	7.45	77.1
14	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	2.87	154	70	36	.660	154	1,089	4	2	0	958.2	738	306	329	94	216	41	0	2	3,804	18	10.22	2.03	5.04	0.88	28.6	5.7	1.00	.272	3.09	68	2.97	70	6.93	134.4
15	Max Fried M. Fried	2.89	143	70	33	.680	143	813	5	4	0	860.0	718	276	306	62	218	32	0	2	3,466	33	8.51	2.28	3.73	0.65	23.5	6.3	1.09	.280	3.20	70	3.06	74	7.51	101.2
16	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	2.91	136	51	32	.614	136	921	0	0	0	821.1	622	266	296	81	225	32	0	1	3,287	33	10.09	2.47	4.09	0.89	28.0	6.8	1.03	.267	3.24	70	3.14	76	6.82	93.4
17	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	2.95	136	56	35	.615	134	897	1	1	0	778.0	621	255	280	83	167	25	1	0	3,088	11	10.38	1.93	5.37	0.96	29.0	5.4	1.01	.281	3.24	72	2.97	72	7.18	99.9
18	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.98	98	48	20	.706	97	526	0	0	0	522.1	437	173	191	54	128	12	0	1	2,100	20	9.06	2.21	4.11	0.93	25.0	6.1	1.08	.278	3.29	72	3.30	77	7.53	55.1
19	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	2.99	118	38	23	.623	99	622	4	2	1	629.0	576	209	232	49	146	14	4	1	2,568	16	8.90	2.09	4.26	0.70	24.2	5.7	1.15	.303	3.32	71	2.95	70	8.24	87.7
20	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	3.00	86	39	19	.672	86	515	0	0	0	464.2	376	155	164	51	137	7	0	1	1,874	21	9.97	2.65	3.76	0.99	27.5	7.3	1.10	.279	3.18	75	3.30	82	7.28	37.7
21	Chase Burns C. Burns	3.01	25	7	4	.636	20	148	0	0	0	113.2	87	38	41	14	37	0	1	0	461	1	11.72	2.93	4.00	1.11	32.1	8.0	1.09	.279	3.25	69	3.09	71	6.89	15.2
22	Braxton Ashcraft B. Ashcraft	3.01	39	9	7	.563	21	157	0	0	0	149.1	132	50	54	11	41	8	6	1	614	1	9.46	2.47	3.83	0.66	25.6	6.7	1.16	.305	3.25	71	2.95	72	7.96	19.4
23	Michael King M. King	3.05	164	34	32	.515	73	601	1	1	7	540.0	440	183	210	56	190	27	23	6	2,235	13	10.02	3.17	3.16	0.93	26.9	8.5	1.17	.282	3.50	75	3.49	84	7.33	38.9
24	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.07	84	48	18	.727	84	478	0	0	0	478.0	390	163	179	66	103	18	0	3	1,916	4	9.00	1.94	4.64	1.24	24.9	5.4	1.03	.259	3.37	75	3.72	88	7.34	27.3
25	Shane Drohan S. Drohan	3.11	13	3	1	.750	3	37	0	0	1	37.2	31	13	16	2	11	0	3	0	154	0	8.84	2.63	3.36	0.48	24.0	7.1	1.12	.279	3.82	76	2.70	66	7.41	5.9

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