lowest era last 100 years minimum 10 games started

Between June 16, 1926 and June 16, 2026, Paul Skenes has the best ERA when starting 10+ games, with an ERA of 2.15.

Interpreted as:
lowest era by a player last 100 years minimum 10 games started
NAMEERAGSGWLW%SOCGSHOSVIPHERRHRBBHBPGFIBBTBFWPK/9BB/9K/BBHR/9K%BB%WHIPBABIPRAH/9
1Paul Skenes
P. Skenes
2.15
70
70
27
19
.587
485
1
0
0
402.2
290
96
108
29
90
16
0
0
1,573
5
10.84
2.01
5.39
0.65
30.8
5.7
0.94
.274
2.41
6.48
2Mariano Rivera
M. Rivera
2.21
10
1,115
82
60
.577
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
7.00
3Logan Henderson
L. Henderson
2.23
10
10
5
1
.833
63
0
0
0
48.1
35
12
12
5
14
0
0
0
189
1
11.73
2.61
4.50
0.93
33.3
7.4
1.01
.280
2.23
6.52
4Cam Schlittler
C. Schlittler
2.33
29
29
11
6
.647
180
0
0
0
162.0
121
42
45
13
49
6
0
0
650
3
10.00
2.72
3.67
0.72
27.7
7.5
1.05
.269
2.50
6.72
5Hoyt Wilhelm
H. Wilhelm
2.52
52
1,070
143
122
.540
1,613
20
5
228
2255.2
1,756
632
772
150
776
62
651
63
9,173
92
6.44
3.10
2.08
0.60
17.6
8.5
1.12
.244
3.08
7.01
6Clayton Kershaw
C. Kershaw
2.53
451
455
223
96
.699
3,052
25
15
0
2855.1
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
6.91
7Jose Fernandez
J. Fernandez
2.58
76
76
38
17
.691
589
0
0
0
471.1
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
6.82
8Walbert Ureña
W. Ureña
2.60
11
13
4
5
.444
58
0
0
0
62.1
49
18
25
5
35
4
0
1
272
2
8.37
5.05
1.66
0.72
21.3
12.9
1.35
.259
3.61
7.07
9Jacob deGrom
J. deGrom
2.60
262
262
101
69
.594
1,940
4
2
0
1616.1
1,234
467
504
159
360
25
0
14
6,350
32
10.80
2.00
5.39
0.89
30.6
5.7
0.99
.278
2.81
6.87
10Butch Wensloff
B. Wensloff
2.60
32
41
16
13
.552
125
19
1
1
276.2
222
80
99
12
95
1
5
1,128
2
4.07
3.09
1.32
0.39
11.1
8.4
1.15
.235
3.22
7.22
11Yoshinobu Yamamoto
Y. Yamamoto
2.63
61
61
26
14
.650
386
0
0
0
349.1
248
102
110
31
96
7
0
0
1,375
9
9.94
2.47
4.02
0.80
28.1
7.0
0.98
.254
2.83
6.39
12Jacob Misiorowski
J. Misiorowski
2.65
28
29
13
5
.722
218
1
1
0
153.0
93
45
50
12
53
10
0
0
602
4
12.82
3.12
4.11
0.71
36.2
8.8
0.95
.262
2.94
5.47
13Cade Horton
C. Horton
2.66
24
25
12
4
.750
101
0
0
0
125.1
99
37
42
11
35
6
0
0
502
1
7.25
2.51
2.89
0.79
20.1
7.0
1.07
.252
3.02
7.11
14Koji Uehara
K. Uehara
2.66
12
436
22
26
.458
572
0
0
95
480.2
350
142
153
60
78
4
207
9
1,862
9
10.71
1.46
7.33
1.12
30.7
4.2
0.89
.253
2.86
6.55
15Parker Messick
P. Messick
2.69
21
21
9
4
.692
120
0
0
0
120.1
109
36
38
12
31
1
0
1
485
3
8.98
2.32
3.87
0.90
24.7
6.4
1.16
.302
2.84
8.15
16Arnold Carter
A. Carter
2.71
24
46
13
11
.542
37
11
4
3
196.0
197
59
75
3
53
5
15
826
1
1.70
2.43
0.70
0.14
4.5
6.4
1.28
.266
3.44
9.05
17Whitey Ford
W. Ford
2.75
438
498
236
106
.690
1,959
156
45
11
3170.1
2,766
968
1,107
228
1,086
28
35
13,031
75
5.56
3.08
1.80
0.65
15.0
8.3
1.22
.261
3.14
7.85
18Tyler Holton
T. Holton
2.76
18
237
17
13
.567
250
0
0
9
300.1
224
92
99
36
62
8
38
3
1,169
10
7.49
1.86
4.03
1.08
21.4
5.3
0.95
.231
2.97
6.71
19Sandy Koufax
S. Koufax
2.76
314
397
165
87
.655
2,396
137
40
9
2324.1
1,754
713
806
204
817
18
44
48
9,497
87
9.28
3.16
2.93
0.79
25.2
8.6
1.11
.256
3.12
6.79
20Aubrey Gatewood
A. Gatewood
2.78
13
68
8
9
.471
75
1
0
0
178.1
166
55
70
9
67
3
15
5
752
14
3.79
3.38
1.12
0.45
10.0
8.9
1.31
.263
3.53
8.38
21Shohei Ohtani
S. Ohtani
2.78
111
111
45
22
.672
743
1
1
0
596.1
424
184
195
59
203
29
0
2
2,401
52
11.21
3.06
3.66
0.89
30.9
8.5
1.05
.267
2.94
6.40
22Ernie White
E. White
2.78
57
108
30
21
.588
242
24
5
6
489.0
425
151
198
29
190
10
32
2,071
6
4.45
3.50
1.27
0.53
11.7
9.2
1.26
.248
3.64
7.82
23Monty Montgomery
M. Montgomery
2.78
10
12
6
3
.667
36
1
1
0
77.2
71
24
26
2
20
0
2
2
312
0
4.17
2.32
1.80
0.23
11.5
6.4
1.17
.272
3.01
8.23
24Dick Hughes
D. Hughes
2.79
34
68
20
9
.690
230
13
4
8
307.0
221
95
101
29
76
7
17
12
1,205
8
6.74
2.23
3.03
0.85
19.1
6.3
0.97
.222
2.96
6.48
25Jacob Latz
J. Latz
2.80
10
109
5
5
.500
160
0
0
13
173.2
127
54
57
18
74
1
34
5
701
7
8.29
3.83
2.16
0.93
22.8
10.6
1.16
.243
2.95
6.58
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39
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9:40 PM
Wed
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9:40 PM
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6/19
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46
25
.648
39
33
.542
7.5
38
35
.521
9.0
36
37
.493
11.0
32
40
.444
14.5
NL CentralWLPCTGB
43
26
.623
39
31
.557
4.5
38
35
.521
7.0
36
37
.493
9.0
34
37
.479
10.0
NL WestWLPCTGB
46
27
.630
37
34
.521
8.0
37
35
.514
8.5
29
43
.403
16.5
27
46
.370
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43
27
.614
41
28
.594
1.5
34
38
.472
10.0
34
39
.466
10.5
29
40
.420
13.5
AL CentralWLPCTGB
38
32
.543
39
33
.542
34
40
.459
6.0
30
42
.417
9.0
29
44
.397
10.5
AL WestWLPCTGB
37
36
.507
36
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0.5
35
37
.486
1.5
33
41
.446
4.5
29
44
.397
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