lowest earned run average for a career by a starting pitching in the modern era with at least 1000 innings pitched since 1950

Since 1950, Mariano Rivera has the best ERA in starts when pitching at least 1000 innings, with an ERA of 2.21.

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lowest earned run average for a career by a starting by a player pitching in the modern era with at least 1000 innings pitched since 1950

	NAME	ERA	GS	IP	G	W	L	W%	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	10	1283.2	1,115	82	60	.577	1,173	0	0	652	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
2	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.52	52	2254.1	1,070	143	122	.540	1,610	20	5	228	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	2855.1	455	223	96	.699	3,052	25	15	0	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	375.1
4	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	248	1539.2	248	96	65	.596	1,851	4	2	0	1,173	440	477	146	345	25	0	13	6,045	30	10.82	2.02	5.37	0.85	30.6	5.7	0.99	.279	2.79	66	2.70	66	6.86	239.4
5	Whitey Ford W. Ford	2.75	438	3170.1	498	236	106	.690	1,956	156	45	11	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
6	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2.76	314	2324.1	397	165	87	.655	2,396	137	40	9	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
7	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	2.79	1	1174.2	737	79	74	.516	687	0	0	178	1,097	364	442	50	468	24	458	121	5,023	28	5.26	3.59	1.47	0.38	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.39	82	3.17	93	8.40	30.6
8	John Hiller J. Hiller	2.83	43	1242.0	545	87	76	.534	1,036	13	6	125	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
9	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.86	521	3948.0	558	268	152	.638	2,212	211	53	4	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
10	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.86	295	2230.1	344	130	99	.568	1,625	98	27	14	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
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.86	647	4783.0	656	311	205	.603	3,640	231	61	1	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
12	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2.89	457	3507.0	471	243	142	.631	2,303	244	52	2	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
13	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.90	37	1701.1	944	114	118	.491	1,299	4	2	341	1,474	549	615	123	492	39	709	109	6,942	40	6.87	2.60	2.64	0.65	18.7	7.1	1.16	.271	3.25	83	2.95	82	7.80	125.4
14	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	2.91	482	3884.1	528	251	174	.591	3,117	255	56	6	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
15	Dean Chance D. Chance	2.92	294	2147.1	406	128	115	.527	1,534	83	33	23	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
16	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	409	2827.1	476	219	100	.687	3,154	46	17	3	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
17	Gary Lavelle G. Lavelle	2.93	3	1085.0	745	80	77	.510	769	0	0	136	1,004	353	413	51	440	13	399	126	4,604	19	6.38	3.65	1.75	0.42	16.7	9.6	1.33	.286	3.43	80	3.13	88	8.33	54.8
18	Clay Carroll C. Carroll	2.94	28	1353.1	731	96	73	.568	681	1	0	143	1,296	442	506	67	442	37	373	112	5,673	41	4.53	2.94	1.54	0.45	12.0	7.8	1.28	.276	3.37	83	3.24	93	8.62	34.5
19	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2.95	465	3432.0	518	209	166	.557	2,486	167	49	6	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
20	Don McMahon D. McMahon	2.96	2	1310.2	874	90	68	.570	1,003	0	0	152	1,054	431	482	104	579	34	505	84	5,503	75	6.89	3.98	1.73	0.71	18.2	10.5	1.25	.251	3.31	84	3.43	97	7.24	14
21	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	2.97	356	2661.1	360	164	139	.541	1,257	152	40	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
22	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	3.01	37	1809.1	1,002	124	107	.537	1,502	16	0	310	1,497	605	670	119	732	47	681	90	7,507	63	7.47	3.64	2.05	0.59	20.0	9.8	1.23	.270	3.33	81	3.18	84	7.45	125.4
23	Chris Sale C. Sale	3.01	312	2084.0	393	145	88	.622	2,579	16	3	12	1,692	697	750	213	487	130	25	15	8,389	48	11.14	2.10	5.30	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.05	.297	3.24	70	2.87	68	7.31	303.3
24	Lee Smith L. Smith	3.03	6	1289.1	1,022	71	92	.436	1,251	0	0	478	1,133	434	475	89	486	10	802	100	5,388	47	8.73	3.39	2.57	0.62	23.2	9.0	1.26	.294	3.32	76	2.92	74	7.91	142
25	Max Fried M. Fried	3.03	183	1079.2	200	92	41	.692	1,052	6	4	0	947	364	405	90	297	45	10	6	4,415	47	8.77	2.48	3.54	0.75	23.8	6.7	1.15	.292	3.38	71	3.24	78	7.89	112