lowest era among mlb pitchers with at least 100 starts since 1980

Since 1980, 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	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.07	257	275	116	70	.624	977	49	16	1	1769.0	1,638	603	677	154	466	29	5	31	7,240	18	4.97	2.37	2.10	0.78	13.5	6.4	1.19	.264	3.44	79	3.61	96	8.33	28.5
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	93.5
11	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
12	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
13	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.12	115	134	47	26	.644	719	4	2	1	723.0	680	251	275	61	170	18	4	1	2,971	20	8.95	2.12	4.23	0.76	24.2	5.7	1.18	.309	3.42	73	3.03	71	8.46	97.4
14	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
15	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
16	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.14	150	211	63	38	.624	1,116	0	0	2	971.0	758	339	374	104	282	38	16	3	3,927	43	10.34	2.61	3.96	0.96	28.4	7.2	1.07	.274	3.47	75	3.25	78	7.03	102
17	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
18	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
19	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.21	337	337	161	89	.644	2,368	8	5	0	2069.1	1,735	737	788	237	522	63	0	7	8,336	58	10.30	2.27	4.54	1.03	28.4	6.3	1.09	.291	3.43	79	3.20	78	7.55	216.8
20	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.22	411	411	157	133	.541	2,805	53	19	0	2694.2	2,034	965	1,101	172	1,149	78	0	36	11,171	152	9.37	3.84	2.44	0.57	25.1	10.3	1.18	.267	3.68	89	2.87	80	6.79	221
21	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.24	165	169	72	58	.554	641	50	16	0	1199.0	1,121	431	475	62	367	18	1	36	4,961	29	4.81	2.75	1.75	0.47	12.9	7.4	1.24	.273	3.57	91	3.28	92	8.41	39.3
22	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
23	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
24	Brandon Webb B. Webb	3.27	198	199	87	62	.584	1,065	15	8	0	1319.2	1,200	479	557	92	435	50	1	34	5,515	56	7.26	2.97	2.45	0.63	19.3	7.9	1.24	.286	3.80	72	3.49	78	8.18	146.6
25	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.27	308	308	125	80	.610	1,992	5	3	0	1871.2	1,584	680	734	186	535	80	0	14	7,660	43	9.58	2.57	3.72	0.89	26.0	7.0	1.13	.287	3.53	81	3.30	80	7.62	177.9

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