lowest era by closer all-time minimum 500 games played

Christy Mathewson has the lowest career ERA when pitching in 500+ games, with an ERA of 2.13.

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lowest era by a player by closer all-time minimum 500 games played

	NAME	ERA	G	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Christy Mathewson C. Mathewson	2.13	636	373	188	.665	552	2,507	435	79	30	4788.2	4,219	1,135	1,620	89	848	59	73		18,913	115	4.71	1.59	2.96	0.17	13.3	4.5	1.06	.268	3.04	75	2.26	76	7.93	363
2	Walter Johnson W. Johnson	2.17	802	417	279	.599	666	3,509	531	110	34	5914.1	4,913	1,424	1,902	97	1,363	205	127		23,405	154	5.34	2.07	2.57	0.15	15.0	5.8	1.06	.264	2.89	68	2.42	76	7.48	472.8
3	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	1,115	82	60	.577	10	1,173	0	0	652	1283.2	998	315	340	71	286	46	952	41	5,103	13	8.22	2.01	4.10	0.50	23.0	5.6	1.00	.263	2.38	49	2.76	61	7.00	246.7
4	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.31	853	47	40	.540	0	1,196	0	0	422	903.0	601	232	262	82	300	33	703	26	3,600	43	11.92	2.99	3.99	0.82	33.2	8.3	1.00	.261	2.61	54	2.72	63	5.99	159
5	Eddie Plank E. Plank	2.35	623	326	194	.627	529	2,246	410	69	23	4495.2	3,958	1,174	1,566	42	1,072	190	77		17,803	88	4.50	2.15	2.10	0.08	12.6	6.0	1.12	.275	3.14	81	2.45	86	7.92	195.2
6	Eddie Cicotte E. Cicotte	2.38	502	209	148	.585	361	1,374	249	35	24	3226.0	2,897	853	1,161	32	827	52	107		12,731	57	3.83	2.31	1.66	0.09	10.8	6.5	1.15	.274	3.24	82	2.54	88	8.08	131.9
7	Jonathan Papelbon J. Papelbon	2.44	689	41	36	.532	3	808	0	0	368	725.2	572	197	226	57	185	34	585	18	2,938	14	10.02	2.29	4.37	0.71	27.5	6.3	1.04	.278	2.80	58	2.80	69	7.09	105.2
8	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.47	883	60	48	.556	0	1,357	0	0	380	841.0	484	231	256	54	417	34	579	7	3,418	88	14.52	4.46	3.25	0.58	39.7	12.2	1.07	.276	2.74	60	2.35	56	5.18	166.4
9	Hoyt Wilhelm H. Wilhelm	2.52	1,070	143	122	.540	52	1,610	20	5	228	2254.1	1,757	632	773	150	778	62	651	61	9,164	90	6.43	3.11	2.07	0.60	17.6	8.5	1.12	.245	3.09	68	3.06	82	7.01	167.6
10	Grover Alexander G. Alexander	2.56	696	373	208	.642	600	2,198	436	90	32	5190.0	4,868	1,476	1,852	165	951	70	81		20,893	38	3.81	1.65	2.31	0.29	10.5	4.6	1.12	.269	3.21	73	2.88	81	8.44	359.1
11	Darren O'Day D. O'Day	2.59	644	42	21	.667	0	637	0	0	21	609.0	458	175	189	64	172	50	155	24	2,461	3	9.41	2.54	3.70	0.95	25.9	7.0	1.03	.256	2.79	61	3.48	82	6.77	52.4
12	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.61	952	55	43	.561	0	1,297	0	0	482	942.1	619	273	292	92	291	32	714	20	3,742	21	12.39	2.78	4.46	0.88	34.7	7.8	0.97	.260	2.79	66	2.67	66	5.91	143.7
13	Cy Young C. Young	2.63	906	511	316	.618	815	2,803	749	76	17	7356.0	7,092	2,147	3,167	138	1,217	161	84		29,565	156	3.43	1.49	2.30	0.17	9.5	4.1	1.13	.275	3.87	74	2.84	79	8.68	620
14	Tim Keefe T. Keefe	2.63	600	342	225	.603	594	2,564	554	39	2	5049.2	4,438	1,474	2,470	75	1,233	83	7		20,941	240	4.57	2.20	2.08	0.13	12.2	5.9	1.12	.257	4.40	79	2.92	87	7.91	239.2
15	Vic Willis V. Willis	2.63	513	249	205	.548	471	1,651	388	50	11	3996.0	3,621	1,167	1,620	66	1,212	156	41		16,263	94	3.72	2.73	1.36	0.15	10.2	7.5	1.21	.270	3.65	86	2.96	95	8.16	82
16	Red Ames R. Ames	2.63	533	183	167	.523	371	1,702	209	27	36	3198.0	2,896	934	1,313	41	1,034	64	118		13,080	156	4.79	2.91	1.65	0.12	13.0	7.9	1.23	.279	3.70	93	2.54	88	8.15	121.5
17	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.64	866	56	50	.528	0	1,299	0	0	440	837.2	509	246	275	78	352	40	666	12	3,374	71	13.96	3.78	3.69	0.84	38.5	10.4	1.03	.269	2.95	65	2.64	65	5.47	131.3
18	Tom Henke T. Henke	2.67	642	41	42	.494	0	861	0	0	311	789.2	607	234	252	64	255	9	548	29	3,194	30	9.81	2.91	3.38	0.73	27.0	8.0	1.09	.271	2.87	64	2.71	66	6.92	123.5
19	Dave Smith D. Smith	2.67	609	53	53	.500	1	548	0	0	216	809.1	700	240	280	34	283	13	432	64	3,357	28	6.09	3.15	1.94	0.38	16.3	8.4	1.21	.269	3.11	77	3.03	87	7.78	40.2
20	Old Hoss Radbourn O. Hoss Radbourn	2.68	527	309	194	.614	502	1,830	488	35	3	4527.1	4,328	1,347	2,273	118	875	54	24		18,918	214	3.64	1.74	2.09	0.23	9.7	4.6	1.15	.262	4.52	82	3.15	95	8.60	51
21	Mickey Welch M. Welch	2.71	565	307	210	.594	549	1,850	525	41	4	4802.0	4,588	1,447	2,556	106	1,297	52	16		20,308	274	3.47	2.43	1.43	0.20	9.1	6.4	1.23	.264	4.79	88	3.28	103	8.60	-55.7
22	Brad Ziegler B. Ziegler	2.75	739	37	38	.493	0	479	0	0	105	717.1	654	219	251	32	248	25	264	55	2,947	7	6.01	3.11	1.93	0.40	16.3	8.4	1.26	.288	3.15	68	3.49	87	8.21	41.9
23	Bob Locker B. Locker	2.75	576	57	39	.594	0	577	0	0	95	879.0	776	269	329	40	257	36	288	80	3,643	37	5.91	2.63	2.25	0.41	15.8	7.1	1.18	.269	3.37	82	2.79	80	7.95	68.1
24	Dan Quisenberry D. Quisenberry	2.76	674	56	46	.549	0	379	0	0	244	1043.1	1,064	320	356	59	162	7	553	70	4,247	4	3.27	1.40	2.34	0.51	8.9	3.8	1.18	.276	3.07	69	3.23	82	9.18	81.6
25	Ron Perranoski R. Perranoski	2.79	737	79	74	.516	1	687	0	0	178	1174.2	1,097	364	442	50	468	24	458	121	5,023	28	5.26	3.59	1.47	0.38	13.7	9.3	1.33	.276	3.39	82	3.17	93	8.40	30.6

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Padres	33	31	.516	8.0
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Cubs	34	31	.523	7.0
Pirates	34	32	.515	7.5
Reds	31	33	.484	9.5
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