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	2.48	1,389	909	62	51	.549	0	0	0	397	866.0	507	239	266	56	428	34	600	7	3,527	89	14.44	4.45	3.25	0.58	39.4	12.1	1.08	.278	2.76	60	2.36	57	5.27	169.9
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	2.63	1,319	973	57	45	.559	0	0	0	492	962.2	632	281	301	95	302	32	730	21	3,827	22	12.33	2.82	4.37	0.89	34.5	7.9	0.97	.258	2.81	66	2.71	67	5.91	143.2
6	Craig Kimbrel C. Kimbrel	2.66	1,317	889	57	50	.533	0	0	0	441	860.2	522	254	283	79	364	42	673	12	3,466	74	13.77	3.81	3.62	0.83	38.0	10.5	1.03	.266	2.96	65	2.67	65	5.46	132.2
7	Jacob deGrom J. deGrom	2.70	2,010	273	105	74	.587	273	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	252.5
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	Chris Sale C. Sale	2.95	2,756	417	158	97	.620	336	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
14	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
15	Max Fried M. Fried	3.02	1,131	215	96	45	.681	198	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
16	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
17	Tarik Skubal T. Skubal	3.05	1,035	157	62	44	.585	154	1	1	0	887.1	708	301	330	102	193	31	1	0	3,529	11	10.50	1.96	5.36	1.03	29.3	5.5	1.02	.280	3.35	74	3.06	74	7.18	106.5
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	Blake Snell B. Snell	3.14	1,466	226	83	63	.568	226	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
22	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
23	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
24	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
25	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

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Rays	79	54	.594
Yankees	75	58	.564	4.0
Red Sox	73	60	.549	6.0
Orioles	65	69	.485	14.5
Blue Jays	65	70	.481	15.0

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Fri 8/28	BOS	@	NYY	7:15 PM
Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	1:05 PM
Sat 8/29	BOS	@	NYY	7:15 PM
Sun 8/30	BOS	@	NYY	1:35 PM
Mon 8/31	NYY	@	LAA	9:38 PM

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13.03

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Braves	79	55	.590
Phillies	74	60	.552	5.0
Marlins	68	66	.507	11.0
Nationals	63	73	.463	17.0
Mets	60	74	.448	19.0
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Brewers	83	51	.619
Cubs	76	58	.567	7.0
Cardinals	67	68	.496	16.5
Pirates	65	70	.481	18.5
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