lowest era among mlb pitchers with at least 100 starts since 1976

Since 1976, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

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	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	2.73	279	279	107	76	.585	2,052	4	2	0	1702.1	1,312	516	553	166	391	27	0	16	6,713	35	10.85	2.07	5.25	0.88	30.6	5.8	1.00	.281	2.92	69	2.74	67	6.94	256.5
3	J.R. Richard	2.79	166	166	84	55	.604	1,163	66	17	0	1239.1	910	384	432	59	534	9	0	15	5,062	56	8.45	3.88	2.18	0.43	23.0	10.5	1.17	.258	3.14	82	2.73	78	6.61	106.7
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	77.9
5	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.83	111	160	46	22	.676	602	0	0	2	632.2	497	199	211	55	151	16	17	3	2,509	23	8.56	2.15	3.99	0.78	24.0	6.0	1.02	.262	3.00	70	3.15	77	7.07	66.4
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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	339	420	159	97	.621	2,779	17	4	12	2246.2	1,821	736	794	223	518	145	25	15	9,037	48	11.13	2.08	5.36	0.89	30.8	5.7	1.04	.297	3.18	69	2.83	68	7.29	337.1
8	Max Fried M. Fried	3.01	203	220	97	46	.678	1,156	6	4	0	1192.1	1,026	399	440	94	330	47	10	6	4,849	49	8.73	2.49	3.50	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.289	3.32	71	3.19	76	7.74	130.8
9	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.02	160	163	66	44	.600	1,075	1	1	0	925.1	740	310	339	104	199	31	1	0	3,676	12	10.46	1.94	5.40	1.01	29.2	5.4	1.01	.281	3.30	73	3.03	73	7.20	115.8
10	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	93.4
11	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.10	231	231	85	63	.574	1,495	1	1	0	1200.2	922	414	450	111	537	12	0	6	4,964	87	11.21	4.03	2.78	0.83	30.1	10.8	1.22	.289	3.37	76	3.25	78	6.91	123.8
12	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.11	303	309	122	113	.519	1,266	99	30	2	2198.1	2,023	760	851	114	659	33	3	57	9,043	64	5.18	2.70	1.92	0.47	14.0	7.3	1.22	.274	3.48	86	3.16	88	8.28	109.2
13	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
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	3.14	240	251	116	72	.617	842	88	17	1	1758.1	1,566	614	681	150	542	21	5	10	7,193	28	4.31	2.77	1.55	0.77	11.7	7.5	1.20	.251	3.49	84	3.79	99	8.02	6.2
18	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.15	118	137	48	28	.632	740	4	2	1	742.2	699	260	284	64	173	19	4	1	3,050	20	8.97	2.10	4.28	0.78	24.3	5.7	1.17	.309	3.44	74	3.05	71	8.47	98.9
19	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
20	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.20	152	213	63	38	.624	1,122	0	0	2	978.1	768	348	383	109	284	38	16	3	3,961	43	10.32	2.61	3.95	1.00	28.3	7.2	1.08	.274	3.52	76	3.31	79	7.07	96.1
21	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	284	360	139	78	.641	1,988	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6
22	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.20	339	339	163	89	.647	2,382	8	5	0	2081.0	1,742	741	792	239	525	63	0	7	8,380	58	10.30	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.53	217.3
23	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	3.24	269	376	116	91	.560	1,606	22	4	3	1880.0	1,710	676	772	147	663	28	43	34	7,867	30	7.69	3.17	2.42	0.70	20.4	8.4	1.26	.288	3.70	83	3.27	82	8.19	148.2
24	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.24	247	247	113	62	.646	1,723	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
25	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.25	552	552	219	194	.530	3,956	127	38	0	3735.1	2,777	1,349	1,538	224	1,798	101	0	55	15,584	200	9.53	4.33	2.20	0.54	25.4	11.5	1.22	.269	3.71	89	2.92	80	6.69	307.9

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Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
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Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
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Cubs - w	89	73	.549	14.0
Pirates	82	80	.506	21.0
Cardinals	77	85	.475	26.0
Reds	75	87	.463	28.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers - y	100	62	.617
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Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
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