lowest era in quality starts since 2021 minimum 55 starts

Since 2021, Blake Snell has the best ERA in quality starts when starting 55+ games, with an ERA of 1.19.

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lowest era in quality starts by a player since 2021 minimum 55 starts

	NAME	ERA	QS	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	Blake Snell B. Snell	1.19	56	56	56	32	7	.821	482	1	1	0	355.0	165	47	47	14	113	4	0	0	1,324	14	12.22	2.86	4.27	0.35	36.4	8.5	0.78	.212	1.19	4.18
2	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	1.33	55	55	55	32	6	.842	435	1	1	0	360.0	218	53	60	19	95	15	0	2	1,380	18	10.88	2.38	4.58	0.48	31.5	6.9	0.87	.244	1.50	5.45
3	Dylan Cease D. Cease	1.38	76	76	76	41	10	.804	609	4	4	0	497.1	255	76	86	33	144	8	0	4	1,864	19	11.02	2.61	4.23	0.60	32.7	7.7	0.80	.207	1.56	4.61
4	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	1.44	79	79	79	48	8	.857	613	1	1	0	517.2	324	83	102	31	85	15	0	0	1,935	7	10.66	1.48	7.21	0.54	31.7	4.4	0.79	.246	1.77	5.63
5	Jesús Luzardo J. Luzardo	1.49	67	67	67	37	8	.822	514	0	0	0	433.2	276	72	82	24	94	12	0	0	1,647	16	10.67	1.95	5.47	0.50	31.2	5.7	0.85	.251	1.70	5.73
6	Freddy Peralta F. Peralta	1.53	64	64	64	37	8	.822	468	1	0	0	395.1	211	67	69	32	105	9	0	0	1,488	7	10.65	2.39	4.46	0.73	31.5	7.1	0.80	.205	1.57	4.80
7	Carlos Rodón C. Rodón	1.53	65	65	65	46	7	.868	474	2	1	0	417.1	237	71	77	27	84	17	0	0	1,565	9	10.22	1.81	5.64	0.58	30.3	5.4	0.77	.218	1.66	5.11
8	Max Fried M. Fried	1.54	90	90	90	57	9	.864	557	4	3	0	603.0	391	103	116	29	122	17	0	1	2,270	18	8.31	1.82	4.57	0.43	24.5	5.4	0.85	.234	1.73	5.84
9	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	1.54	112	112	112	65	13	.833	868	4	2	0	746.2	470	128	141	52	141	26	0	2	2,819	9	10.46	1.70	6.16	0.63	30.8	5.0	0.82	.241	1.70	5.67
10	Ranger Suarez R. Suarez	1.55	63	63	63	33	8	.805	398	2	2	0	418.1	301	72	77	22	92	8	0	0	1,610	4	8.56	1.98	4.33	0.47	24.7	5.7	0.94	.256	1.66	6.48
11	Zac Gallen Z. Gallen	1.56	77	77	77	51	6	.895	538	2	2	0	497.2	304	86	93	31	107	18	0	0	1,874	10	9.73	1.94	5.03	0.56	28.7	5.7	0.83	.231	1.68	5.50
12	Kevin Gausman K. Gausman	1.56	102	102	102	56	14	.800	737	3	2	0	680.2	455	118	132	40	120	4	0	1	2,581	10	9.74	1.59	6.14	0.53	28.6	4.6	0.84	.247	1.75	6.02
13	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	1.56	82	82	82	51	13	.797	645	4	3	0	541.2	349	94	102	34	102	7	0	0	2,044	8	10.72	1.69	6.32	0.56	31.6	5.0	0.83	.251	1.69	5.80
14	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	1.57	66	66	66	40	7	.851	454	4	2	0	441.2	338	77	86	22	76	5	0	0	1,708	9	9.25	1.55	5.97	0.45	26.6	4.4	0.94	.275	1.75	6.89
15	Pablo López P. López	1.59	66	66	66	35	9	.795	468	1	1	0	436.0	301	77	85	31	83	17	0	2	1,666	10	9.66	1.71	5.64	0.64	28.1	5.0	0.88	.253	1.75	6.21
16	Nathan Eovaldi N. Eovaldi	1.59	73	73	73	47	4	.922	493	4	2	0	498.0	327	88	99	33	80	15	0	0	1,865	15	8.91	1.45	6.16	0.60	26.4	4.3	0.82	.236	1.79	5.91
17	Hunter Brown H. Brown	1.60	59	59	59	32	9	.780	377	1	0	0	371.1	233	66	79	29	102	11	0	0	1,405	3	9.14	2.47	3.70	0.70	26.8	7.3	0.90	.230	1.91	5.65
18	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	1.61	61	61	61	33	9	.786	476	1	0	0	403.2	250	72	76	32	70	16	0	0	1,512	6	10.61	1.56	6.80	0.71	31.5	4.6	0.79	.237	1.69	5.57
19	Nick Pivetta N. Pivetta	1.61	55	55	55	30	8	.789	378	1	0	0	358.1	193	64	66	30	76	7	0	0	1,329	11	9.49	1.91	4.97	0.75	28.4	5.7	0.75	.195	1.66	4.85
20	Eduardo Rodriguez E. Rodriguez	1.61	60	60	60	41	2	.953	324	0	0	0	391.1	280	70	76	28	103	4	0	0	1,512	4	7.45	2.37	3.15	0.64	21.4	6.8	0.98	.239	1.75	6.44
21	Sandy Alcantara S. Alcantara	1.63	93	93	93	50	15	.769	590	11	3	0	663.1	464	120	144	39	129	19	0	2	2,541	9	8.01	1.75	4.57	0.53	23.2	5.1	0.89	.241	1.95	6.30
22	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	1.65	87	87	87	45	13	.776	657	0	0	0	574.1	339	105	114	40	135	21	0	1	2,178	17	10.30	2.12	4.87	0.63	30.2	6.2	0.83	.226	1.79	5.31
23	Charlie Morton C. Morton	1.65	61	61	61	33	6	.846	445	0	0	0	388.1	239	71	75	25	106	34	0	3	1,500	8	10.31	2.46	4.20	0.58	29.7	7.1	0.89	.240	1.74	5.54
24	Sonny Gray S. Gray	1.66	78	78	78	47	11	.810	512	1	1	0	505.2	346	93	102	30	95	9	0	0	1,929	11	9.11	1.69	5.39	0.53	26.5	4.9	0.87	.246	1.82	6.16
25	Yu Darvish Y. Darvish	1.68	56	56	56	35	8	.814	403	0	0	0	370.0	221	69	71	28	68	18	0	0	1,395	5	9.80	1.65	5.93	0.68	28.9	4.9	0.78	.220	1.73	5.38

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