lowest era since 1973 by a pitcher minimum 100 games started

Since 1973, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when starting 100+ games, with an ERA of 2.53.

	NAME	ERA	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	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Clayton 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	65	2.85	70	6.91	375.7
2	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.70	273	273	105	74	.587	2,010	4	2	0	1670.0	1,290	501	538	163	382	25	0	16	6,585	33	10.83	2.06	5.26	0.88	30.5	5.8	1.00	.281	2.90	69	2.74	67	6.95	252.4
3	Shohei Ohtani S. Ohtani	2.83	114	114	47	22	.681	765	1	1	0	614.1	443	193	205	60	208	30	0	2	2,479	52	11.21	3.05	3.68	0.88	30.9	8.4	1.06	.270	3.00	67	3.09	72	6.49	77.9
4	Drew Rasmussen D. Rasmussen	2.91	106	155	44	22	.667	571	0	0	2	601.0	477	194	206	54	144	16	17	3	2,390	23	8.55	2.16	3.97	0.81	23.9	6.0	1.03	.264	3.08	72	3.19	78	7.14	60.5
5	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	409	476	219	100	.687	3,154	46	17	3	2827.1	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
6	Andy Messersmith A. Messersmith	2.93	172	176	71	52	.577	857	56	16	2	1258.0	1,013	409	467	112	429	19	4	13	5,136	38	6.13	3.07	2.00	0.80	16.7	8.4	1.15	.242	3.34	81	3.46	94	7.25	28.2
7	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.93	341	354	168	104	.618	1,277	137	35	3	2556.1	2,220	833	932	198	804	29	7	23	10,421	43	4.50	2.83	1.59	0.70	12.3	7.7	1.18	.249	3.28	79	3.63	96	7.82	39.2
8	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	336	417	158	97	.620	2,756	17	4	12	2228.0	1,808	730	788	221	515	142	25	15	8,965	48	11.13	2.08	5.35	0.89	30.7	5.7	1.04	.298	3.18	69	2.83	67	7.30	334.6
9	Max Fried M. Fried	3.02	198	215	96	45	.681	1,131	6	4	0	1166.0	1,006	391	432	92	324	47	10	6	4,747	49	8.73	2.50	3.49	0.71	23.8	6.8	1.14	.290	3.33	71	3.19	76	7.77	127
10	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.04	155	158	62	44	.585	1,042	1	1	0	893.1	712	302	331	102	193	31	1	0	3,551	11	10.50	1.94	5.40	1.03	29.3	5.4	1.01	.279	3.33	74	3.05	73	7.17	108.7
11	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.09	437	441	195	139	.584	2,236	128	40	0	3141.2	2,666	1,077	1,185	260	961	43	1	84	12,827	86	6.41	2.75	2.33	0.74	17.4	7.5	1.15	.258	3.39	83	3.27	88	7.64	151.2
12	Cristopher Sánchez C. Sánchez	3.09	112	131	46	25	.648	703	4	2	1	704.0	663	242	266	59	166	18	4	1	2,894	20	8.99	2.12	4.23	0.75	24.3	5.7	1.18	.310	3.40	73	3.02	71	8.48	94.6
13	Brandon Woodruff B. Woodruff	3.10	136	151	55	30	.647	918	2	1	1	790.1	608	272	285	89	200	33	4	2	3,158	8	10.45	2.28	4.59	1.01	29.1	6.3	1.02	.271	3.25	73	3.18	75	6.92	93.7
14	J.R. Richard	3.11	216	230	104	70	.598	1,456	75	19	0	1579.0	1,200	545	607	72	746	15	3	15	6,542	88	8.30	4.25	1.95	0.41	22.3	11.4	1.23	.265	3.46	91	2.84	82	6.84	114.1
15	Julio Urías J. Urías	3.11	122	158	60	25	.706	710	0	0	4	717.0	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
16	John Tudor J. Tudor	3.12	263	281	117	72	.619	988	50	16	1	1797.0	1,677	623	700	156	475	29	5	32	7,368	18	4.95	2.38	2.08	0.78	13.4	6.4	1.20	.266	3.51	80	3.61	96	8.40	30
17	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	707	709	354	184	.658	4,672	118	46	0	4916.2	4,185	1,707	1,885	363	1,580	159	0	63	20,240	143	8.55	2.89	2.96	0.66	23.1	7.8	1.17	.284	3.45	70	3.08	71	7.66	680.4
18	Dave Dravecky D. Dravecky	3.13	146	226	64	57	.529	558	28	9	10	1062.2	968	370	421	97	315	16	37	26	4,368	10	4.73	2.67	1.77	0.82	12.8	7.2	1.21	.258	3.57	87	3.82	102	8.20	-9.4
19	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.14	226	226	83	63	.568	1,466	1	1	0	1179.0	904	411	447	111	530	12	0	6	4,878	87	11.19	4.05	2.77	0.85	30.1	10.9	1.22	.287	3.41	77	3.28	79	6.90	117.1
20	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.15	149	210	63	38	.624	1,114	0	0	2	968.0	756	339	374	104	280	38	16	3	3,914	42	10.36	2.60	3.98	0.97	28.5	7.2	1.07	.274	3.48	75	3.25	78	7.03	101.5
21	Greg Maddux G. Maddux	3.16	740	744	355	227	.610	3,371	109	35	0	5008.1	4,726	1,756	1,981	353	999	137	3	177	20,421	70	6.06	1.80	3.37	0.63	16.5	4.9	1.14	.281	3.56	76	3.25	78	8.49	519.5
22	Don Gullett D. Gullett	3.16	137	156	79	32	.712	642	38	11	3	960.0	828	337	371	82	350	9	14	25	3,990	26	6.02	3.28	1.83	0.77	16.1	8.8	1.23	.257	3.48	88	3.50	96	7.76	15.5
23	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.17	393	399	158	152	.510	1,621	129	37	2	2837.2	2,619	1,001	1,122	151	876	43	3	75	11,702	87	5.14	2.78	1.85	0.48	13.9	7.5	1.23	.274	3.56	87	3.19	88	8.31	137.7
24	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.18	334	334	160	87	.648	2,356	8	5	0	2052.2	1,712	725	776	230	521	63	0	7	8,263	58	10.33	2.28	4.52	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.291	3.40	79	3.17	77	7.51	222.3
25	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	284	360	139	78	.641	1,988	15	10	1	2025.2	1,726	721	773	220	567	36	23	13	8,262	68	8.83	2.52	3.51	0.98	24.1	6.9	1.13	.276	3.43	74	3.43	81	7.67	187.6

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