lowest era since 1973 by a pitcher minimum 1500 strikeouts

Since 1973, Clayton Kershaw has the best ERA when striking out 1,500+ batters, with an ERA of 2.53.

	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	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
2	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
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Johan Santana J. Santana	3.20	1,988	360	139	78	.641	284	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
11	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	3.21	4,892	663	276	238	.537	660	189	50	1	4592.0	3,388	1,636	1,868	273	2,294	124	3	60	19,195	236	9.59	4.50	2.13	0.54	25.5	12.0	1.24	.268	3.66	89	2.92	81	6.64	369.5
12	Zack Wheeler Z. Wheeler	3.23	1,918	297	122	76	.616	297	5	3	0	1815.1	1,534	652	705	176	510	78	0	14	7,419	42	9.51	2.53	3.76	0.87	25.9	6.9	1.13	.287	3.50	80	3.27	79	7.61	176.3
13	Jose Rijo J. Rijo	3.24	1,606	376	116	91	.560	269	22	4	3	1880.0	1,710	676	772	147	663	28	43	34	7,867	30	7.69	3.17	2.42	0.70	20.4	8.4	1.26	.288	3.70	83	3.27	82	8.19	148.2
14	Stephen Strasburg S. Strasburg	3.24	1,723	247	113	62	.646	247	2	2	0	1470.0	1,217	530	582	149	394	53	0	20	5,962	44	10.55	2.41	4.37	0.91	28.9	6.6	1.10	.293	3.56	80	3.01	75	7.45	165.9
15	Max Scherzer M. Scherzer	3.27	3,503	489	221	121	.646	480	12	5	0	2985.0	2,460	1,084	1,157	363	790	115	2	20	12,089	80	10.56	2.38	4.43	1.09	29.0	6.5	1.09	.287	3.49	79	3.27	79	7.42	291.8
16	Kevin Brown K. Brown	3.28	2,397	486	211	144	.594	476	72	17	0	3256.1	3,079	1,185	1,357	208	901	139	1	42	13,542	108	6.62	2.49	2.66	0.57	17.7	6.7	1.22	.290	3.75	78	3.32	78	8.51	344.2
17	Ron Guidry R. Guidry	3.29	1,778	368	170	91	.651	323	95	26	4	2392.0	2,198	874	953	226	633	13	23	24	9,794	56	6.69	2.38	2.81	0.85	18.2	6.5	1.18	.276	3.59	84	3.26	82	8.27	192
18	Randy Johnson R. Johnson	3.29	4,875	618	303	166	.646	603	100	37	2	4135.1	3,346	1,513	1,703	411	1,497	190	7	37	17,067	109	10.61	3.26	3.26	0.89	28.6	8.8	1.17	.291	3.71	75	3.18	73	7.28	554.3
19	David Price D. Price	3.32	2,076	400	157	82	.657	322	17	3	3	2143.2	1,930	790	865	221	562	63	19	16	8,807	40	8.72	2.36	3.69	0.93	23.6	6.4	1.16	.290	3.63	81	3.38	83	8.10	165.9
20	John Smoltz J. Smoltz	3.33	3,084	723	213	155	.579	481	53	16	154	3473.0	3,074	1,284	1,391	288	1,010	57	204	84	14,271	145	7.99	2.62	3.05	0.75	21.6	7.1	1.18	.283	3.60	81	3.23	78	7.97	356.6
21	Justin Verlander J. Verlander	3.33	3,554	556	266	159	.626	556	26	9	0	3571.1	3,052	1,322	1,433	372	1,006	121	0	28	14,626	100	8.96	2.54	3.53	0.94	24.3	6.9	1.14	.280	3.61	79	3.44	81	7.69	309.9
22	John Candelaria J. Candelaria	3.33	1,673	600	177	122	.592	356	54	13	29	2525.2	2,399	935	1,038	245	592	37	82	63	10,366	28	5.96	2.11	2.83	0.87	16.1	5.7	1.18	.275	3.70	88	3.40	90	8.55	106.1
23	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3.34	2,215	515	222	162	.578	511	103	30	2	3524.2	3,161	1,308	1,439	343	888	49	3	54	14,451	68	5.66	2.27	2.49	0.88	15.3	6.1	1.15	.257	3.67	91	3.48	93	8.07	101.3
24	Bret Saberhagen B. Saberhagen	3.34	1,715	399	167	117	.588	371	76	16	1	2562.2	2,452	952	1,036	218	471	59	13	34	10,421	53	6.02	1.65	3.64	0.77	16.5	4.5	1.14	.281	3.64	80	3.26	80	8.61	225.4
25	Sid Fernandez S. Fernandez	3.36	1,743	307	114	96	.543	300	25	9	1	1866.2	1,421	696	749	191	715	41	2	33	7,668	22	8.40	3.45	2.44	0.92	22.7	9.3	1.14	.247	3.61	90	3.51	93	6.85	50.9

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Diamondbacks	46	47	.495	14.5
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Mets	40	55	.421	15.5
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Brewers	59	34	.634
Cubs	52	42	.553	7.5
Cardinals	48	44	.522	10.5
Pirates	47	47	.500	12.5
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Astros	46	50	.479	3.0
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