lowest era in a career with more than 500 games played

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

Regular season

	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	2.49	915	63	51	.553	0	1,399	0	0	401	872.0	510	241	268	57	431	34	606	7	3,551	90	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.59	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.77	61	2.37	57	5.26	170.4
9	Josh Hader J. Hader	2.50	511	38	32	.543	0	884	0	0	252	554.2	299	154	168	66	209	24	356	6	2,174	20	14.34	3.39	4.23	1.07	40.7	9.6	0.92	.235	2.73	61	2.78	66	4.85	88
10	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
11	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
12	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
13	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.61	981	58	46	.558	0	1,326	0	0	495	969.1	634	281	302	95	305	33	736	21	3,851	22	12.31	2.83	4.35	0.88	34.4	7.9	0.97	.258	2.80	66	2.71	67	5.89	143.6
14	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
15	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
16	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
17	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
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	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.69	896	57	53	.518	0	1,322	0	0	441	866.2	531	259	290	79	368	43	674	13	3,498	74	13.73	3.82	3.59	0.82	37.8	10.5	1.04	.268	3.01	66	2.68	65	5.51	132.4
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	92	59	.609
Padres	82	69	.543	10.0
Diamondbacks	80	72	.526	12.5
Giants	63	89	.414	29.5
Rockies	56	95	.371	36.0

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Fri 9/18	SFG	@	LAD	10:15 PM
Sat 9/19	SFG	@	LAD	9:10 PM
Sun 9/20	SFG	@	LAD	4:10 PM
Mon 9/21	MIN	@	SFG	9:45 PM
Tue 9/22	MIN	@	SFG	9:45 PM

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Schwarber

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Crow-Armstrong

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RBI Leaders

111

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107

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Batting Average Leaders

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Lopez

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112

Crow-Armstrong

102

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SLG Leaders

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SB Leaders

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Simpson

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WHIP Leaders

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0.87

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K/9 Leaders

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K/BB Leaders

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5.79

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24

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Rasmussen

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Phillies	83	68	.550	5.5
Marlins	75	77	.493	14.0
Nationals	71	81	.467	18.0
Mets	69	82	.457	19.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers - y	94	57	.623
Cubs	84	68	.553	10.5
Pirates	75	76	.497	19.0
Cardinals	75	77	.493	19.5
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Padres	82	69	.543	10.0
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White Sox	77	74	.510
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Tigers	72	79	.477	5.0
Twins	70	81	.464	7.0
Royals	66	85	.437	11.0
AL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Astros	76	75	.503
Rangers	75	76	.497	1.0
Mariners	70	82	.461	6.5
Athletics	61	90	.404	15.0
Angels	58	93	.384	18.0