lowest era by a starting pitcher since 2000 with at least 18 games played in a single season

Since 2000, Zack Greinke has the lowest ERA by a starting pitcher with 18+ games pitched in a season, with an ERA of 1.66 in 2015.

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Data note: Games Pitched: player game data complete from 1908
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	NAME	ERA	G	SEASON	TM	W	L	W%	GS	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	Zack Greinke Z. Greinke	1.66	32	2015	LAD	19	3	.864	32	200	1	0	0	222.2	148	41	43	14	40	5	0	1	843	7	8.08	1.62	5.00	0.57	23.7	4.7	0.84	.229	1.74	5.98
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.69	21	2016	LAD	12	4	.750	21	172	3	3	0	149.0	97	28	31	8	11	2	0	1	544	5	10.39	0.66	15.64	0.48	31.6	2.0	0.72	.254	1.87	5.86
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	1.70	32	2018	NYM	10	9	.526	32	269	1	0	0	217.0	152	41	48	10	46	5	0	3	835	2	11.16	1.91	5.85	0.41	32.2	5.5	0.91	.281	1.99	6.30
4	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1.73	22	2025	TEX	11	3	.786	22	129	1	1	0	130.0	90	25	28	10	21	7	0	1	496	6	8.93	1.45	6.14	0.69	26.0	4.2	0.85	.243	1.94	6.23
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	1.74	29	2000	BOS	18	6	.750	29	284	7	4	0	217.0	128	42	44	17	32	14	0	0	817	1	11.78	1.33	8.88	0.71	34.8	3.9	0.74	.236	1.82	5.31
6	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	1.75	28	2022	HOU	18	4	.818	28	185	0	0	0	175.0	116	34	43	12	29	6	0	0	666	3	9.51	1.49	6.38	0.62	27.8	4.4	0.83	.240	2.21	5.97
7	Jake Arrieta J. Arrieta	1.77	33	2015	CHC	22	6	.786	33	236	4	3	0	229.0	150	45	52	10	48	6	0	2	870	6	9.28	1.89	4.92	0.39	27.1	5.5	0.86	.246	2.04	5.90
8	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.77	27	2014	LAD	21	3	.875	27	239	6	2	0	198.1	139	39	42	9	31	2	0	0	749	7	10.85	1.41	7.71	0.41	31.9	4.1	0.86	.278	1.91	6.31
9	Jacob Misiorowski J. Misiorowski	1.80	30	2026	MIL	16	5	.762	30	252	1	1	0	174.2	96	35	43	14	44	9	0	0	665	6	12.98	2.27	5.73	0.72	37.9	6.6	0.80	.237	2.22	4.95
10	Trevor Rogers T. Rogers	1.81	18	2025	BAL	9	3	.750	18	103	1	0	0	109.2	70	22	23	6	29	2	0	0	423	0	8.45	2.38	3.55	0.49	24.3	6.9	0.90	.226	1.89	5.74
11	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	1.83	33	2013	LAD	16	9	.640	33	232	3	2	0	236.0	164	48	55	11	52	3	0	2	908	12	8.85	1.98	4.46	0.42	25.6	5.7	0.92	.251	2.10	6.25
12	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	1.87	32	2005	HOU	13	8	.619	32	185	1	0	0	211.1	151	44	51	11	62	3	0	5	838	3	7.88	2.64	2.98	0.47	22.1	7.4	1.01	.243	2.17	6.43
13	Blake Snell B. Snell	1.89	31	2018	TBR	21	5	.808	31	221	0	0	0	180.2	112	38	41	16	64	1	0	2	700	13	11.01	3.19	3.45	0.80	31.6	9.1	0.97	.241	2.04	5.58
14	Cam Schlittler C. Schlittler	1.95	33	2026	NYY	14	6	.700	33	239	0	0	0	193.2	129	42	52	16	49	6	0	0	761	0	11.11	2.28	4.88	0.74	31.4	6.4	0.92	.251	2.42	5.99
15	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.96	23	2024	PIT	11	3	.786	23	170	0	0	0	133.0	94	29	31	10	32	6	0	0	514	2	11.50	2.17	5.31	0.68	33.1	6.2	0.95	.284	2.10	6.36
16	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.97	32	2025	PIT	10	10	.500	32	216	1	0	0	187.2	136	41	45	11	42	6	0	0	733	2	10.36	2.01	5.14	0.53	29.5	5.7	0.95	.273	2.16	6.52
17	Reynaldo López R. López	2.00	25	2024	ATL	8	5	.615	25	146	0	0	0	134.2	108	30	32	10	42	2	0	0	540	2	9.76	2.81	3.48	0.67	27.0	7.8	1.11	.288	2.14	7.22
18	Rich Harden R. Harden	2.07	25	2008	TOT	10	2	.833	25	181	0	0	0	148.0	96	34	38	11	61	3	0	2	595	3	11.01	3.71	2.97	0.67	30.4	10.3	1.06	.251	2.31	5.84
19	Ryne Stanek R. Stanek	2.09	27	2019	TBR	0	1	.000	27	49	0	0	0	43.0	29	10	12	3	14	0	0	0	169	1	10.26	2.93	3.50	0.63	29.0	8.3	1.00	.252	2.51	6.07
20	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.11	27	2018	BOS	12	4	.750	27	237	0	0	0	158.0	102	37	39	11	34	14	0	0	617	4	13.50	1.94	6.97	0.63	38.4	5.5	0.86	.283	2.22	5.81
21	Rich Hill R. Hill	2.12	20	2016	TOT	12	5	.706	20	129	0	0	0	110.1	77	26	29	4	33	8	0	0	439	0	10.52	2.69	3.91	0.33	29.4	7.5	1.00	.275	2.37	6.28
22	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.13	33	2015	LAD	16	7	.696	33	301	4	3	0	232.2	163	55	62	15	42	5	0	1	890	9	11.64	1.62	7.17	0.58	33.8	4.7	0.88	.281	2.40	6.31
23	Felix Hernandez F. Hernandez	2.14	34	2014	SEA	15	6	.714	34	248	0	0	0	236.0	170	56	68	16	46	5	0	1	912	18	9.46	1.75	5.39	0.61	27.2	5.0	0.92	.258	2.59	6.48
24	Tony Gonsolin T. Gonsolin	2.14	24	2022	LAD	16	1	.941	24	119	0	0	0	130.1	79	31	32	11	35	4	0	1	498	5	8.22	2.42	3.40	0.76	23.9	7.0	0.87	.207	2.21	5.46
25	Kyle Hendricks K. Hendricks	2.15	30	2016	CHC	16	8	.667	30	169	2	1	0	188.0	142	45	53	15	43	8	0	3	738	5	8.09	2.06	3.93	0.72	22.9	5.8	0.98	.252	2.54	6.80

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Dodgers	100	62	.617
Padres	91	71	.562	9.0
Diamondbacks	86	76	.531	14.0
Giants	65	97	.401	35.0
Rockies	58	104	.358	42.0

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Thu 3/25	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Sat 3/27	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Sun 3/28	ATL	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Mon 3/29	MIN	@	LAD	4:00 AM
Tue 3/30	MIN	@	LAD	4:00 AM

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Braves - y	94	68	.580
Phillies - w	88	74	.543	6.0
Marlins	80	82	.494	14.0
Nationals	77	85	.475	17.0
Mets	74	88	.457	20.0
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Brewers - y	103	59	.636
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
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