lowest era by a pitch at 19 years old since 1980 min 16 starts

Since 1980, J.R. Richard has the best ERA by a pitcher 19 or older when starting 16+ games, with an ERA of 1.90.

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Data note: Player Age: player game data complete from 1908
Data note: Data: Retrosheet

	NAME	ERA	Age	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	H/9
1	J.R. Richard	1.90	30	17	17	10	4	.714	119	4	4	0	113.2	65	24	31	2	40	0	0	1	438	2	9.42	3.17	2.98	0.16	27.2	9.1	0.92	.227	2.45	5.15
2	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	2.23	25	47	47	18	9	.667	323	0	0	0	266.2	187	66	76	24	80	11	0	0	1,065	3	10.90	2.70	4.04	0.81	30.3	7.5	1.00	.260	2.57	6.31
3	Logan Henderson L. Henderson	2.33	24	23	23	14	3	.824	143	0	0	0	123.2	81	32	33	17	27	1	0	0	470	1	10.41	1.96	5.30	1.24	30.4	5.7	0.87	.227	2.40	5.89
4	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	2.51	24	44	45	21	8	.724	339	1	1	0	240.2	147	67	77	22	75	12	0	0	938	7	12.68	2.80	4.52	0.82	36.1	8.0	0.92	.255	2.88	5.50
5	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	37	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	6.91
6	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	23	76	76	38	17	.691	589	0	0	0	471.1	357	135	150	31	140	13	0	12	1,888	16	11.25	2.67	4.21	0.59	31.2	7.4	1.05	.292	2.86	6.82
7	Parker Messick P. Messick	2.59	25	39	39	15	10	.600	231	0	0	0	226.0	195	65	69	21	55	4	0	2	912	8	9.20	2.19	4.20	0.84	25.3	6.0	1.11	.290	2.75	7.77
8	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.61	27	76	76	33	19	.635	488	1	0	0	448.2	310	130	140	41	123	11	0	1	1,760	9	9.79	2.47	3.97	0.82	27.7	7.0	0.97	.245	2.81	6.22
9	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	2.62	24	87	87	31	24	.564	586	1	0	0	495.0	376	144	158	41	123	23	0	0	1,959	6	10.65	2.24	4.76	0.75	29.9	6.3	1.01	.282	2.87	6.84
10	Tyler Holton T. Holton	2.65	30	19	272	18	14	.563	276	0	0	11	339.1	257	100	110	40	73	12	42	3	1,330	11	7.32	1.94	3.78	1.06	20.8	5.5	0.97	.234	2.92	6.82
11	Cade Horton C. Horton	2.66	24	24	25	12	4	.750	101	0	0	0	125.1	99	37	42	11	35	6	0	0	502	1	7.25	2.51	2.89	0.79	20.1	7.0	1.07	.252	3.02	7.11
12	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.73	38	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	6.94
13	Troy Melton T. Melton	2.76	25	24	36	11	7	.611	130	0	0	0	160.0	123	49	56	20	52	8	0	0	650	5	7.31	2.93	2.50	1.13	20.0	8.0	1.09	.234	3.15	6.92
14	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.83	31	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	6.49
15	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.83	30	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	7.07
16	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	2.87	41	29	787	64	34	.653	976	0	0	377	923.1	690	294	317	84	344	23	587	31	3,771	47	9.51	3.35	2.84	0.82	25.9	9.1	1.12	.259	3.09	6.73
17	Raisel Iglesias R. Iglesias	2.87	36	21	659	43	57	.430	933	0	0	287	796.0	617	254	286	89	219	28	508	18	3,201	17	10.55	2.48	4.26	1.01	29.1	6.8	1.05	.273	3.23	6.98
18	Nolan McLean N. McLean	2.93	24	39	39	17	11	.607	251	0	0	0	227.2	174	74	88	21	86	17	0	0	935	4	9.92	3.40	2.92	0.83	26.8	9.2	1.14	.273	3.48	6.88
19	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	37	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	7.07
20	Garrett Whitlock G. Whitlock	2.93	30	23	219	32	16	.667	402	0	0	14	366.0	317	119	135	35	85	13	44	4	1,479	12	9.89	2.09	4.73	0.86	27.2	5.7	1.10	.299	3.32	7.80
21	John Wetteland J. Wetteland	2.93	33	17	618	48	45	.516	804	0	0	330	765.0	616	249	287	73	252	16	523	30	3,145	40	9.46	2.96	3.19	0.86	25.6	8.0	1.13	.272	3.38	7.25
22	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	37	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	7.29
23	Kwang-Hyun Kim K. Kim	2.97	32	28	35	10	7	.588	104	0	0	2	145.2	126	48	55	15	51	4	3	4	606	5	6.43	3.15	2.04	0.93	17.2	8.4	1.22	.257	3.40	7.78
24	Walbert Ureña W. Ureña	2.97	22	27	29	9	11	.450	142	1	0	0	148.1	114	49	56	10	68	9	0	2	625	6	8.62	4.13	2.09	0.61	22.7	10.9	1.23	.263	3.40	6.92
25	Max Fried M. Fried	3.01	32	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	7.74

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