lowest era among mlb pitchers with at least 100 starts since 1970

Since 1970, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

Regular season

	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	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.82	453	466	229	133	.633	1,844	192	46	3	3417.2	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
4	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	3.09	72	6.49	78
5	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
6	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
7	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.93	257	276	110	86	.561	1,340	86	24	9	1899.0	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	1.16	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
8	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
9	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.96	543	549	254	173	.595	3,057	181	49	0	3980.2	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
10	Max Fried M. Fried	3.00	202	219	97	45	.683	1,152	6	4	0	1185.2	1,020	395	436	94	328	47	10	6	4,822	49	8.74	2.49	3.51	0.71	23.9	6.8	1.14	.289	3.31	71	3.19	76	7.74	129.9
11	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.01	153	167	64	55	.538	707	49	13	2	1124.2	936	376	425	83	403	27	7	17	4,663	42	5.66	3.22	1.75	0.66	15.2	8.6	1.19	.248	3.40	85	3.36	97	7.49	10.2
12	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.02	158	161	64	44	.593	1,062	1	1	0	913.1	729	306	335	103	197	31	1	0	3,628	12	10.46	1.94	5.39	1.01	29.3	5.4	1.01	.280	3.30	73	3.03	73	7.18	113.7
13	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
14	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.11	229	229	85	63	.574	1,491	1	1	0	1195.2	916	413	449	111	537	12	0	6	4,945	87	11.22	4.04	2.78	0.84	30.2	10.9	1.22	.288	3.38	76	3.26	78	6.89	122.3
15	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	3.11	161	162	67	66	.504	503	67	18	0	1186.2	1,124	410	475	72	354	23	1	33	4,922	29	3.81	2.68	1.42	0.55	10.2	7.2	1.25	.265	3.60	93	3.41	98	8.52	5.6
16	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	122	158	60	25	.706	710	0	0	4	717.0	599	248	274	84	193	28	11	5	2,917	12	8.91	2.42	3.68	1.05	24.3	6.6	1.10	.271	3.44	75	3.63	85	7.52	49.1
17	Don Gullett D. Gullett	3.11	186	266	109	50	.686	921	44	14	11	1390.0	1,205	481	528	115	501	12	35	42	5,763	36	5.96	3.24	1.84	0.74	16.0	8.7	1.23	.259	3.42	88	3.42	97	7.80	17.9
18	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.12	263	281	117	72	.619	988	50	16	1	1797.0	1,677	623	700	156	475	29	5	32	7,368	18	4.95	2.38	2.08	0.78	13.4	6.4	1.20	.266	3.51	80	3.61	96	8.40	30
19	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
20	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.13	146	226	64	57	.529	558	28	9	10	1062.2	968	370	421	97	315	16	37	26	4,368	10	4.73	2.67	1.77	0.82	12.8	7.2	1.21	.258	3.57	87	3.82	102	8.20	-9.4
21	J.R. Richard	3.15	221	238	107	71	.601	1,493	76	19	0	1606.0	1,227	562	625	73	770	17	3	15	6,674	92	8.37	4.32	1.94	0.41	22.4	11.5	1.24	.267	3.50	92	2.85	82	6.88	114.7
22	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
23	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.16	116	135	47	27	.635	724	4	2	1	729.1	688	256	280	62	172	19	4	1	2,998	20	8.93	2.12	4.21	0.77	24.1	5.7	1.18	.310	3.46	74	3.05	71	8.49	97
24	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.17	151	212	63	38	.624	1,120	0	0	2	975.2	763	344	379	106	282	38	16	3	3,946	43	10.33	2.60	3.97	0.98	28.4	7.1	1.07	.274	3.50	76	3.27	78	7.04	100.5
25	Catfish Hunter C. Hunter	3.17	327	329	169	102	.624	1,309	140	30	0	2399.0	2,047	846	936	257	606	34	2	31	9,702	33	4.91	2.27	2.16	0.96	13.5	6.2	1.11	.239	3.51	90	3.67	102	7.68	-26.2

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