lowest era since 1973 by a pitcher minimum 1000 strikeouts

Since 1973, Mariano Rivera has the best ERA when striking out 1,000+ batters, with an ERA of 2.21.

	NAME	ERA	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	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	Mariano Rivera M. Rivera	2.21	1,173	1,115	82	60	.577	10	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
2	Billy Wagner B. Wagner	2.31	1,196	853	47	40	.540	0	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
3	Aroldis Chapman A. Chapman	2.51	1,366	892	60	50	.545	0	0	0	386	849.0	497	237	263	55	420	34	587	7	3,458	88	14.48	4.45	3.25	0.58	39.5	12.1	1.08	.279	2.79	61	2.36	57	5.27	167
4	Clayton Kershaw C. Kershaw	2.53	3,052	455	223	96	.699	451	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
5	Kenley Jansen K. Jansen	2.62	1,302	960	55	44	.556	0	0	0	486	950.0	625	277	297	93	295	32	720	20	3,775	21	12.33	2.79	4.41	0.88	34.5	7.8	0.97	.259	2.81	66	2.69	66	5.92	143
6	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.63	1,973	266	103	70	.595	266	4	2	0	1640.1	1,253	479	516	162	367	25	0	15	6,446	33	10.83	2.01	5.38	0.89	30.6	5.7	0.99	.278	2.83	67	2.74	67	6.87	248
7	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.65	1,306	877	56	50	.528	0	0	0	440	848.0	516	250	279	79	356	41	671	12	3,416	74	13.86	3.78	3.67	0.84	38.2	10.4	1.03	.267	2.96	65	2.66	65	5.48	131.3
8	Francisco Rodriguez F. Rodriguez	2.86	1,142	948	52	53	.495	0	0	0	437	976.0	738	310	336	98	389	17	677	42	4,011	68	10.53	3.59	2.94	0.90	28.5	9.7	1.15	.271	3.10	69	3.30	79	6.81	97
9	Trevor Hoffman T. Hoffman	2.87	1,133	1,035	61	75	.449	0	0	0	601	1089.1	846	347	378	100	307	9	856	58	4,388	49	9.36	2.54	3.69	0.83	25.8	7.0	1.06	.263	3.12	71	3.07	73	6.99	143.1
10	Pedro Martinez P. Martinez	2.93	3,154	476	219	100	.687	409	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
11	David Robertson D. Robertson	2.93	1,176	881	68	46	.596	1	0	0	179	894.1	674	291	315	81	365	25	358	38	3,690	57	11.83	3.67	3.22	0.82	31.9	9.9	1.16	.290	3.17	70	2.98	70	6.78	122
12	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2.93	1,277	354	168	104	.618	341	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
13	Rich Gossage R. Gossage	2.95	1,445	966	117	106	.525	36	16	0	308	1729.1	1,425	567	626	117	688	43	674	87	7,155	56	7.52	3.58	2.10	0.61	20.2	9.6	1.22	.269	3.26	78	3.18	83	7.42	123.6
14	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.98	2,691	409	154	94	.621	328	16	3	12	2179.0	1,774	721	779	221	511	139	25	15	8,781	48	11.11	2.11	5.27	0.91	30.6	5.8	1.05	.298	3.22	70	2.87	69	7.33	316.9
15	Lee Smith L. Smith	3.03	1,251	1,022	71	92	.436	6	0	0	478	1289.1	1,133	434	475	89	486	10	802	100	5,388	47	8.73	3.39	2.57	0.62	23.2	9.0	1.26	.294	3.32	76	2.92	74	7.91	142
16	Max Fried M. Fried	3.04	1,102	210	96	44	.686	193	6	4	0	1141.1	990	386	427	91	316	47	10	6	4,655	47	8.69	2.49	3.49	0.72	23.7	6.8	1.14	.290	3.37	72	3.22	77	7.81	121.9
17	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3.09	2,236	441	195	139	.584	437	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
18	J.R. Richard	3.11	1,456	230	104	70	.598	216	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
19	Roger Clemens R. Clemens	3.12	4,672	709	354	184	.658	707	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
20	Corbin Burnes C. Burnes	3.15	1,114	210	63	38	.624	149	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	3,371	744	355	227	.610	740	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	Jesse Orosco J. Orosco	3.16	1,179	1,252	87	80	.521	4	0	0	144	1295.1	1,055	455	512	113	581	34	501	86	5,460	40	8.19	4.04	2.03	0.79	21.6	10.6	1.26	.265	3.56	80	3.60	91	7.33	52.1
23	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.17	1,445	223	81	63	.563	223	1	1	0	1161.0	897	409	445	111	523	11	0	6	4,809	86	11.20	4.05	2.76	0.86	30.0	10.9	1.22	.289	3.45	77	3.30	79	6.95	112.8
24	Steve Rogers S. Rogers	3.17	1,621	399	158	152	.510	393	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
25	Gerrit Cole G. Cole	3.20	2,298	326	156	84	.650	326	8	5	0	2003.0	1,675	712	762	225	511	62	0	7	8,068	58	10.33	2.30	4.50	1.01	28.5	6.3	1.09	.292	3.42	79	3.18	77	7.53	214.4

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Rays	55	37	.598
Yankees	52	42	.553	4.0
Red Sox	44	48	.478	11.0
Blue Jays	44	49	.473	11.5
Orioles	44	51	.463	12.5

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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 7/11	NYY	@	WSH	4:05 PM
Sun 7/12	NYY	@	WSH	1:35 PM
Fri 7/17	LAD	@	NYY	7:05 PM
Sat 7/18	LAD	@	NYY	8:08 PM
Sun 7/19	LAD	@	NYY	7:20 PM

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Braves	54	38	.587
Phillies	52	43	.547	3.5
Marlins	52	43	.547	3.5
Nationals	48	47	.505	7.5
Mets	40	55	.421	15.5
NL Central	W	L	PCT	GB
Brewers	59	34	.634
Cubs	52	42	.553	7.5
Cardinals	48	44	.522	10.5
Pirates	47	47	.500	12.5
Reds	43	50	.462	16.0
NL West	W	L	PCT	GB
Dodgers	61	33	.649
Diamondbacks	46	47	.495	14.5
Padres	46	47	.495	14.5
Giants	39	54	.419	21.5
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Rays	55	37	.598
Yankees	52	42	.553	4.0
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Blue Jays	44	49	.473	11.5
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Tigers	44	50	.468	4.5
Royals	38	57	.400	11.0
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Rangers	48	46	.511
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Astros	46	50	.479	3.0
Athletics	41	53	.436	7.0
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Sat 7/11	MIL	@	PIT	12:05 PM
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