lowest era among mlb pitchers with at least 100 starts since 1950

Since 1950, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

	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	375.2
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.68	276	276	106	74	.589	2,037	4	2	0	1689.0	1,296	503	540	165	383	25	0	16	6,646	34	10.85	2.04	5.32	0.88	30.7	5.8	0.99	.280	2.88	68	2.73	67	6.91	256.7
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	3.10	72	6.49	78
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.87	109	158	44	22	.667	588	0	0	2	621.0	492	198	210	55	146	16	17	3	2,465	23	8.52	2.12	4.03	0.80	23.9	5.9	1.03	.263	3.04	71	3.17	78	7.13	63.9
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	338	419	159	97	.621	2,769	17	4	12	2241.0	1,817	735	793	222	518	144	25	15	9,016	48	11.12	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.30	336.2
16	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
17	Max Fried M. Fried	3.01	201	218	96	45	.681	1,146	6	4	0	1178.2	1,014	394	435	94	328	47	10	6	4,797	49	8.75	2.50	3.49	0.72	23.9	6.8	1.14	.289	3.32	71	3.20	77	7.74	127.7
18	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.04	157	160	63	44	.589	1,053	1	1	0	906.1	726	306	335	103	196	31	1	0	3,604	11	10.46	1.95	5.37	1.02	29.2	5.4	1.02	.281	3.33	73	3.05	73	7.21	111.1
19	Allie Reynolds A. Reynolds	3.07	117	187	79	39	.669	632	64	20	34	1008.1	853	344	391	56	462	28	58		4,238	23	5.64	4.12	1.37	0.50	14.9	10.9	1.30	.260	3.49	80	3.41	90	7.61	42.3
20	Bob Veale B. Veale	3.07	255	397	120	95	.558	1,703	78	20	21	1926.0	1,684	658	755	91	858	29	63	62	8,163	92	7.96	4.01	1.98	0.43	20.9	10.5	1.32	.291	3.53	87	2.76	82	7.87	130
21	Gary Nolan G. Nolan	3.08	247	250	110	70	.611	1,039	45	14	0	1674.2	1,505	573	623	146	413	14	1	46	6,836	26	5.58	2.22	2.52	0.78	15.2	6.0	1.15	.260	3.35	86	3.19	92	8.09	47.2
22	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	3.10	539	608	298	204	.594	2,121	310	49	23	4253.1	3,933	1,463	1,628	367	1,140	36	55	60	17,458	64	4.49	2.41	1.86	0.78	12.1	6.5	1.19	.259	3.44	85	3.45	96	8.32	77
23	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	136	151	55	30	.647	918	2	1	1	790.1	608	272	285	89	200	33	4	2	3,158	8	10.45	2.28	4.59	1.01	29.1	6.3	1.02	.271	3.25	73	3.18	75	6.92	93.5
24	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
25	Joe Horlen J. Horlen	3.11	290	361	116	117	.498	1,065	59	18	4	2002.0	1,829	691	783	145	554	53	31	65	8,234	68	4.79	2.49	1.92	0.65	12.9	6.7	1.19	.262	3.52	90	3.31	94	8.22	47.7

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