lowest era in at least 200 innings pitched and 25 games started ever since 1970

Since 1970, Paul Skenes has the best ERA when pitching at least 200 innings and starting 25+ games, with an ERA of 1.97.

Interpreted as:

lowest era by a player in at least 200 innings pitched and 25 or more games started ever since 1970

	NAME	ERA	IP	GS	G	W	L	W%	SO	CG	SHO	SV	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	Paul Skenes P. Skenes	1.97	370.2	64	64	27	15	.643	442	1	0	0	255	81	89	25	81	15	0	0	1,432	5	10.73	1.97	5.46	0.61	30.9	5.7	0.91	.265	2.16	46	2.40	59	6.19	69.6
2	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	2855.1	451	455	223	96	.699	3,052	25	15	0	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	375.6
3	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.57	1584.1	256	256	99	67	.596	1,908	4	2	0	1,206	453	490	152	353	25	0	14	6,219	32	10.84	2.01	5.41	0.86	30.7	5.7	0.98	.279	2.78	66	2.70	66	6.85	245.3
4	Jose Fernandez J. Fernandez	2.58	471.1	76	76	38	17	.691	589	0	0	0	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	68	2.43	64	6.82	73
5	Yoshinobu Yamamoto Y. Yamamoto	2.72	307.1	55	55	22	12	.647	346	0	0	0	225	93	101	26	91	5	0	0	1,222	8	10.13	2.66	3.80	0.76	28.3	7.4	1.03	.264	2.96	66	2.92	69	6.59	43.3
6	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.82	3417.2	453	466	229	133	.633	1,844	192	46	3	2,933	1,072	1,197	259	1,080	35	7	34	13,937	65	4.86	2.84	1.71	0.68	13.2	7.7	1.17	.249	3.15	78	3.49	94	7.72	82.7
7	Rollie Fingers R. Fingers	2.82	1581.0	29	883	108	111	.493	1,238	3	1	329	1,354	496	551	109	450	34	679	104	6,430	38	7.05	2.56	2.75	0.62	19.3	7.0	1.14	.271	3.14	81	2.86	79	7.71	133.5
8	John Fulgham J. Fulgham	2.84	231.1	33	35	14	12	.538	123	14	3	0	189	73	80	17	58	4	0	4	914	3	4.79	2.26	2.12	0.66	13.5	6.3	1.07	.242	3.11	77	3.42	95	7.35	4.6
9	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.86	565.2	106	106	41	22	.651	712	1	1	0	409	180	190	58	191	27	0	2	2,284	52	11.33	3.04	3.73	0.92	31.2	8.4	1.06	.271	3.02	68	3.13	73	6.51	68.9
10	Joe Nathan J. Nathan	2.87	923.1	29	787	64	34	.653	976	0	0	377	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	67	3.35	78	6.73	93.6
11	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.91	503.1	89	138	33	18	.647	471	0	0	2	404	163	175	48	126	9	17	3	2,010	21	8.42	2.25	3.74	0.86	23.4	6.3	1.05	.263	3.13	73	3.31	81	7.22	43.6
12	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	2827.1	409	476	219	100	.687	3,154	46	17	3	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
13	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.93	1899.0	257	276	110	86	.561	1,340	86	24	9	1,506	619	710	154	696	34	16	33	7,791	51	6.35	3.30	1.93	0.73	17.2	8.9	1.16	.243	3.36	84	3.36	94	7.14	43.9
14	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	2.96	3980.2	543	549	254	173	.595	3,057	181	49	0	3,321	1,309	1,441	322	1,182	56	3	96	16,163	105	6.91	2.67	2.59	0.73	18.9	7.3	1.13	.260	3.26	80	3.07	84	7.51	256.3
15	Shane McClanahan S. McClanahan	2.99	439.1	81	81	37	18	.673	490	0	0	0	354	146	155	49	130	5	0	1	1,768	20	10.04	2.66	3.77	1.00	27.7	7.4	1.10	.279	3.18	75	3.30	82	7.25	34.7
16	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.99	2133.0	320	401	151	90	.627	2,635	16	3	12	1,723	709	763	219	499	135	25	15	8,580	48	11.12	2.11	5.28	0.92	30.7	5.8	1.04	.295	3.22	70	2.89	69	7.27	306.2
17	Don Wilson D. Wilson	3.01	1124.2	153	167	64	55	.538	707	49	13	2	936	376	425	83	403	27	7	17	4,663	42	5.66	3.22	1.75	0.66	15.2	8.6	1.19	.248	3.40	85	3.36	97	7.49	10.2
18	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	3.01	1809.1	37	1,002	124	107	.537	1,502	16	0	310	1,497	605	670	119	732	47	681	90	7,507	63	7.47	3.64	2.05	0.59	20.0	9.8	1.23	.270	3.33	81	3.18	84	7.45	125.4
19	Max Fried M. Fried	3.03	1138.1	192	209	96	43	.691	1,100	6	4	0	985	383	424	91	315	47	10	6	4,642	47	8.70	2.49	3.49	0.72	23.7	6.8	1.14	.289	3.35	72	3.22	77	7.79	121
20	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.06	810.0	141	144	57	39	.594	934	1	1	0	649	275	301	92	178	27	1	0	3,222	11	10.38	1.98	5.25	1.02	29.0	5.5	1.02	.280	3.34	74	3.08	74	7.21	94.4
21	Roger Nelson R. Nelson	3.08	365.0	42	82	18	15	.545	215	12	6	3	293	125	134	28	99	8	14	4	1,459	11	5.30	2.44	2.17	0.69	14.7	6.8	1.07	.239	3.30	92	3.17	92	7.22	8.8
22	Mark Fidrych M. Fidrych	3.10	412.1	56	58	29	19	.604	170	34	5	0	397	142	163	23	99	6	2	9	1,695	10	3.71	2.16	1.72	0.50	10.0	5.8	1.20	.268	3.56	79	3.33	86	8.67	24.1
23	Alejandro Pena A. Pena	3.11	1057.2	72	503	56	52	.519	839	12	7	74	959	365	427	75	331	13	232	62	4,398	16	7.14	2.82	2.53	0.64	19.1	7.5	1.22	.282	3.63	85	3.11	85	8.16	63.5
24	Mel Stottlemyre M. Stottlemyre	3.11	1186.2	161	162	67	66	.504	503	67	18	0	1,124	410	475	72	354	23	1	33	4,922	29	3.81	2.68	1.42	0.55	10.2	7.2	1.25	.265	3.60	93	3.41	98	8.52	5.6
25	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	717.0	122	158	60	25	.706	710	0	0	4	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

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